New Honda S2000 Roadster To Launch By 2017, Gunning For Mazda MX-5 And Fiat 124 Spider Honda is expected to bring back its much loved 1999 S2000, finally. Expected in 2017, the new S2000 is even rumored to have a Type-R variant that may just blow it past its competition between the Mazda MX-5 and Fiat 124. by Kyle Nofuente