Del Sol EX... Del Sol SI... which one sounds better?
just kidding. Honestly I'm not sure... it may be because until 1995 the Civic Si was still powered by the D16z6, and they wanted to keep the congruency between the nomenclature of the cars. IE Any honda that says Si is automatically a D16 for the EG chassis. In Japan, the DOHC VTEC del Sol were called SI-R, which makes a lot of sense in honda language. That's the way it's traditionally been... The R is reserved for the fastest cars. GSR integra is only named GSR because it was out before the Type R made its debut in I believe 1994 or 1995 (I know there's no DA Type R, only DC). But the Si-R monicker is reserved for Japanese cars, and the integra is, so far, the only car to hop the pond sporting the Type R badging. USDM honda naming is six shades of messed up. Ever notice that the USDM CR-X's say Civic CR-X, and the USDM del Sols say Civic del Sol (before 1995), yet in Japan it's CR-X del Sol? Yeah... I just leave it as things get lost in translation.
Matt - Don't be threatened... I'm a rare breed among girls.
I actually know about cars and apply that knowledge. And there is nothing more fun that watching every jaw of every guy at the drag strip drop when they find out that I actually did most of the wrench time on my car that just beat their mustang.