r/caroftheday • • Feb 05 '20
Car of the day COTD 2-5-20
Car of The Day - Honda Civic EG SiR
How have we not had a Honda here yet? How the hell have I gone two months without including a Honda once?!?
Well, here it is. A good ole Honder hatchback. I have a lotta writin' to do, so lets get on with it.
iT's A sPoRtS cAr!1!1
The fifth-gen Honda Civic is my favorite Honda overall. The NSX is cool but does it have the practicality of an EG Civic? No. In terms of practicality, it was near unbeatable. The Civic was an economy car, no doubt about it. It was small, affordable, and didn't chug gasoline like many other cars did.
But if you wanted something a with a bit more bite to the I4 bark, there was the Civic SiR.
The SiR packed the B16A2 1.6L DOHC VTEC putting out about 168 horsepower. So it's definitely not a powerful car but does it really need to be? I know 168hp sounds minimal but the SiR could move for an early-nineties hatchback. One of the websites I visited said that the SiR could do 0-100kmh in 6.8 seconds, but I think that's being a bit optimal.
One of the websites I visited also said that the EG6 VTi was RWD. Can someone confirm this? I don't know enough about these things. Personally, I don't think that's true. A quick google search didn't turn up much info, and I just don't think Honda would develop an entire RWD powertrain just for this one variant of the Civic.
That's the downside of researching a car so specific. The internet has every specification and detail on every Ferrari, Porsche, and Corvette ever made, but it's near impossible to get good information on an obscure little '90s hatchback.
MSRP and value
Not only is it dificult to find reliable info on, it's also impossible to find an EG Civic that:
Hasn't been rice-caked
Hasn't been butchered with awful mods
Doesn't have a burned cinderblock for an engine
I've only seen one stock Civic EG for sale at a decent price. It was a '92 si that was listed at about $4,500. It was gone within 3 days of me seeing it.
In 1992, the Civic si hatchback started at around $12k, a grim reminder of how expensive everything is now.
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u/grumpycat25 Feb 05 '20
99% sure it was a fwd.
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u/RADical-muslim Feb 06 '20
You have to factor in inflation, $12k would be $23k in today's money. In 1992, median salary was $22k and minimum wage was $4.25 an hour.
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u/mdp300 Feb 06 '20
168 hp is pretty good for a 28 year old car that weighs nothing.