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As if the honda civic wasn’t sexy sufficient from the beginning, the car manufacturer added a sports car version to its already successful line over 20 years ago.

In 1984, the honda civic line added a sporty factor, the si, which stands for sport injected. The car was a hatchback with two-tone paint (your only selections being blue, black or red over gray), a power sunroof and sports seats. Since then, the honda civic si has evolved into a sexy four-door sedan. Here we follow its changes.

By 1992, the honda civic si got honda’s legendary vtec® engine engineering, which permitted drivers to go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 8. 9 seconds (a feature most drivers were eager to test out). After a brief mercantile break…

The si was awol from 1995 to 1999. Whether honda planned to come to a halt formulating the model altogether and was swayed by si enthusiasts to bring it back, or if the car manufacturer employed those years to advance the model, one can never know.

At any rate, in 1999, the honda civic si returned, bringing with it a twin-cam vtec® four-cylinder engine with 160 horsepower, a rarity at the si’s price point. Those who remunerated attention noticed the progress in development in the model: bettered intake manifold, low friction and high silicon pistons, more prominent throttle body, exhaust strategy with more prominent piping diameter. A heap of models of the si offered anti-lock brakes, but honda had not yet started pushing this on all models at this point.

Flash forward. In 2006, honda elected to move away from the hatchback model in favor of sophisticated sedan and coupe models. The 2006 model is the fastest of all honda civic si models, with a 0-60 startup of 6. 7 seconds.

The redesign of the si permitted for the first appearance of a 4-door model in 2007, which still brings all the sporty gains of the honda civic si, but in a more practical package for people with families.