2 Fast 2 Furious Honda S2000

The Honda S2000 was launched in April 1999 to mark Honda's 50th anniversary, and it remains one of the most technically uncompromising road cars Honda has ever sold. Per Honda's heritage archive, the AP1 generation (1999–2003 in most markets) used the F20C — a 2.0-litre DOHC VTEC inline-four producing 240 hp at 8,300 rpm with a 9,000 rpm redline, making it the highest specific-output normally-aspirated engine in series production at the time of launch. Power went rearwards through a 6-speed manual gearbox to a Torsen limited-slip differential, with double-wishbone suspension at all four corners and a near-perfect 50:50 weight distribution. The car captured by LEGO® 77241 and indexed at Brickset is the AP1 — earlier short-stroke F20C, less torque, more revs, more knife-edge — rather than the later 2.2-litre AP2.

Suki's car appears in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), directed by John Singleton for Universal Pictures. Production wrapped multiple identical AP1 S2000s in the now-iconic cherry-blossom (sakura) wrap that defines the build, with Devon Aoki playing Suki — a member of the small crew of street racers Brian O'Conner falls in with in Miami. The film's car was not a single hero S2000 but a small fleet built to the same spec by the production's vehicle department under Dennis McCarthy (who took over the franchise's car-building lead from this film onward). 77241 — designed by Markus Rollbühler per Brickset — focuses on the visual identity of the film car: the pink-and-floral wrap, the deep front splitter, and the aftermarket wing.

Mechanically the S2000 is also one of the most discussed handling cars of its era. The first-year AP1 specifically had a reputation for snap-oversteer at the limit on stock Bridgestone S-02 tyres, which Honda addressed mid-cycle with revised damper and tyre specs — and which the AP2 (2004–2009, 2.2L F22C1, retuned chassis) further smoothed out. The car remained in production until 2009, with around 110,000 units built across both generations per Honda's heritage archive. Production cars were built at Honda's Tochigi plant in Japan, with most US-market cars sharing the same line. The S2000 captured by LEGO® 77241 and indexed at Brickset represents the AP1 specifically, since that was the generation in production at the time of 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).