Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Honda S2000 revs counter was taken directly from the early 90s Formula One cars!!! This particular tachometer model, was created at the end of 80s by Magneti Marelli for the F1 Top Teams as Ferrari (Prost/Mansell), Honda McLaren (Ayrton Senna/Gerhard Berger) and, later, for all the others teams.
In a reflection of the high-revving, high-tech nature of the engine, and taking inspiration from the world of Formula 1, the HONDA S2000 uses digital instrumentation in a single, semi-circular display which is black with the ignition off, but illuminates once the key is turned, providing perfect visibility through the three-spoke steering wheel.
The graphical tachometer is a semi-circular display arcing over the digital speedometer. It reads from 0 to 10,000 rpm as a curving bar, with the 0 to 9,000 rpm segment in orange and the final 9,000-10,000 rpm flashing red as the fuel cut-off intervenes to prevent over-revving. The digital speedometer features large orange numbers in the centre of the display reading up to 299 km/h, and either side of this are the water temperature and fuel gauges represented by a pair of yellow bars. The odometer, with tripmeter, clock (from 2004) and temperature (from 2007), is also a digital display, sited below the speedometer.
The Honda S2000 revs counter was taken directly from the early 90s Formula One cars!!! This particular tachometer model, was created at the end of 80s by Magneti Marelli for the F1 Top Teams as Ferrari (Prost/Mansell), Honda McLaren (Ayrton Senna/Gerhard Berger) and, later, for all the others teams.
In a reflection of the high-revving, high-tech nature of the engine, and taking inspiration from the world of Formula 1, the HONDA S2000 uses digital instrumentation in a single, semi-circular display which is black with the ignition off, but illuminates once the key is turned, providing perfect visibility through the three-spoke steering wheel.
The graphical tachometer is a semi-circular display arcing over the digital speedometer. It reads from 0 to 10,000 rpm as a curving bar, with the 0 to 9,000 rpm segment in orange and the final 9,000-10,000 rpm flashing red as the fuel cut-off intervenes to prevent over-revving. The digital speedometer features large orange numbers in the centre of the display reading up to 299 km/h, and either side of this are the water temperature and fuel gauges represented by a pair of yellow bars. The odometer, with tripmeter, clock (from 2004) and temperature (from 2007), is also a digital display, sited below the speedometer.
