A powerful engine, sleek sheetmetal and a fabric top, they all add up to adrenaline rushes on the open road.

With a glass back window instead of a plastic one that the first S2000's came with, this newest version is a good companion all year round, even when the weather is not stellar.

The seats are comfortable, the gear shifter is simply out of this world, oh yeah, should mention that no automatic is available for this particular vehicle, focused on getting you from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible while delivering a pure driving experience, unadulterated by the veneer of isolation most manufacturers deem necessary.

Significant changes to the vehicle has made it slightly easier to live with for 2004, but only just slightly. If you buy an S2000, you're not getting a boulevard cruiser but rather a tool, or as some have termed it, a scalpel to carve turns with. It's not a vehicle you buy to commute 45 minutes to work in every day, not that the vehicle won't do it, but it's just that much more suited to blasting up to your favorite ski resort via narrow winding mountain roads.

Should you be one who values an exciting driving experience, this is the car for you, there's nothing else close to the price of this vehicle that approaches the purity of the S2000 feel. But if you're more interested in looking good gliding smoothly down the highway or your favorite stretch of downtown, you might be better served elsewhere.