Well I'm guessing its one of those deals where when a car company releases a new car it releases a slightly different version of it not too long after the original is released. If you notice, the S2000 and the S2000 Type-V have slightly different headlights, but other than that I think they are the same, besides the different colors. I guess another example of this would be the Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-spec and the V-spec II.