[Source: Honda media]
For the third consecutive year the 2.0 litre Honda S2000 and 1.0 litre Insight IMA hybrid engines won their respective size categories, the latter also winning 'Best Fuel Economy' Award. A further accolade for Honda's hybrid technology comes with the new Civic Hybrid winning the 1.0 to 1.4 litre category - as well as being nominated runner up to the Insight in the Best Fuel Economy class.
"The astonishing specific output of 120bhp/litre of this genuine 9,000rpm screamer is proof of Honda's superiority with small displacement sports car engines" ......Hormazd Sorabjee, Autocar India
"The specific power output of a Ferrari in an affordable package; the S2000 boasts better low-end torque than you'd expect of such a high-rev screamer" ......Frank Markus, Car and Driver
"Mild mannered, fuel efficient miser one second; rev-hungry racer the next - an engineering masterpiece"......Graham Johnson, Engine Technology International