- Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:47 pm
#21849
(this was translated roughly in Babelfish. excuse the engrish. (came of an SiR club in japan)
About the SiR badge
SiR?
SiR in HONDA most until it is the grade which is given to the specification which had sport efficiency, Type-S, Type-R and Euro-R appear, if you mentioned the HONDA sport model, it was SiR. You can call that DOHC VTEC which is thrown without sparing the engine technology which HONDA is proud in the world is loaded major feature.
From tendency of method of attaching the HONDA grade name, like below the semantic attaching wound it can presume.
The grade, SiR was for the first time adopted with the EF type Civic which appears in 1987 September. Originally the grade, Si which loads the name machine ZC type DOHC engine existed in EF type Civic. As for SiR appearing and, furthermore as the grade which evolved sport efficiency from Si then it was 1989 September of 2 years later. For the first time it is loaded by the DA type InTEGRA which appears in 1989 April in SiR, it meaning that the B16A engine which decorates shocking debut is loaded, it does.
At that time, mainly SiR and SiR as a race/lace based vehicle II where comfort equipment is administered were lined up.
You look at the sticker which shows the grade which was pasted in the body of this time when,
As with said, the letter of Si is red, becoming, you can understand the fact that it is the sport model even from the fact that furthermore the crown of R is administered and is. And, with EK4 with SiR and CF4 letter everything of SiR-T has become red, the fact that it is the sport model can be made to recognize. The rear of the that means that the DOHC VTEC on-board vehicle almost the designation of SiR keeps being given. (* 1)
But, presently, the accord and the accord wagon, SiR is set to each car of torr neo only to become, the sport model replaced in the grade, Type-S, Type-R and Euro-R. And, with the present sport model it is not DOHC VTEC, because it reaches the point where DOHC i-VTEC is loaded, the grade, SiR intentionally becomes unable to use, about Type-R which praises pure sport is not pure sport efficiency, but even then the grade, Si which has sufficient capability is attached several models (US Civic of DOHC iVTEC loading).
Those where DOHC VTEC is loaded for the first time are the DA type InTEGRA which appears in 1989 April, but grade name was XSi. Although DOHC VTEC being loaded in the same way, also the model where the name, SiR is not attached exists. The circular eye 4 light in the country was Prelude of DB, DC type InTEGRA and the BB1, BB4 type which are disreputable, these were the grade, Si VTEC. With the other things even with BB6 type PRELUDE, while loading DOHC VTEC, from the meaning, furthermore of being in regard to 1 ranking, in the grade, Type.S, and, it has become the grade, EK type Civic FERIO Si.
About the SiR badge
