It's kind of tragic that the Mazda RX-8 and Honda S2000, two of the very best Japanese performance cars of the last decade, are no longer in production and never produced any heirs to their legacy. So how would the Scion FR-S measure up if it went toe-to-toe with with Honda's roadster and Mazda's last rotary?

Thirteen words for you: Pretty please, with sugar on top, do not drive like this at home. Aside from that, wicked car control, Random Turkish YouTube Dude!

What do you do when you're a car company who has completely given up on your glorious sporting past, but you still want to look like you make something exciting — and you need to make a few bucks selling aftermarket products?

Ferrari claims that the 458's 9,000 RPM limit is "a first on a road car." We hate to break it to you Ferrari, but Honda beat you to it with the S2000. By over 12 years.

With very few exceptions, Hondas are front-drivers, and front-drivers don't make the best wheelie cars. An exception in the Honda fleet being the late, departed S2000. Watch as this heavily-tuned unit managed a very un-Honda-like nose loft (helped by massive boost and drag slicks) at TX2K12 this past weekend.

Putting a modern engine in an older car can either time-warp its performance, or point out the glaring faults of its remaining antiquated architecture. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Datsun 510 has received Honda's peaky F20C as its motivator, but should its price be even higher than its rev limit?

Even before the Fiat 500 became known to the American public as "the funny little car J.Lo drives" few people ever associated the cars with jaw dropping straight line performance, even in it's awesome original Abarth form. That might change after you watch these videos featuring an excellent vintage 500 with a…

If you've ever wondered what happens when Honda S2000s fall into the wrong hands, see the above video. Three morons took to the busy Turkish streets to film themselves driving their S2000s like idiots. It is equal parts amazing and lucky this video does not end in a serious crash.

Detroit snapped back into winter last night, with over ten inches of snow and temperatures in the teens. None of which stopped one Honda S2000 owner from making a top-down commute.

This Honda S2000 was spotted where it definitely shouldn't be, down in a ditch filled with poison oak. Something tells us the tow truck driver's going to charge extra for this one. Tipster Colin fills in the details below.