If you use my Mercedes E55 (469 HP, supercharged 5.4L V8) as an example, the thing has enough torque below 2,000 RPMs that I only let it rev higher if I just feel like destroying my tires or really want to leave a bigger hole in the ozone layer. I generally drive my Ram that way as well, although that's a diesel with a 3,000 RPM redline.
I imagine driving the S2000 that way would be very unrewarding.
For 212k miles on it, the E55 is still doing really well. They thought it was really cool to see a 200k+ mile E55 come in the door, so we'll use them in the future if needed. My wife had a red "brake" warning light come on when she drove it to Wichita earlier this week. Got it in at the dealer because I suspect the main brake control unit (thing has brake by wire) was bad. Sure enough, it was. So $2k later that's all replaced. Got them to pull the codes for me while it was in there. Some things that look like routine maintenance, a couple of emissions items that maybe I'll deal with, and one of the airbag sensors for the passenger seats.
Only thing of potential concern was the cam to crank angle code, indicating the timing chain is likely stretched some after 212k miles. Car makes plenty of power, and there are no funny noises from the engine. So I'll ignore that one.
