del Sol?

[Katgrl1979]

Do they still make the del Sol at all? I remember seeing them when I was younger, and I thought they looked awesome. Especially a purple one I always saw zipping through town. What happened to them? Were they just not popular enough, or was there a problem with the car itself?

[admin]

1996 was rumored to be the last year for the Del Sol, although it would survive for one more year. Rumors persisted about poor quality, and the early leaking roofs and faulty auxiliary lighting (the bulbs burned out too quickly), hurt sales. The rumors seemed confirmed when the 1996 front bumper was redesigned that eliminated the holes needed to fit auxiliary lights and low side vents were added. The base engine in the S model was increased to 1.6 liters at 106 bhp, resulting in a slight power gain. The Si engine also received a very minor power gain to 127 bhp. The top of the line VTEC engine remained unchanged. In 1997, the Del Sol underwent no changes, and was discontinued in the U.S., but survived one more year in Europe and Japan.

Quoted from Wikipedia.org

[Whirling Dervish]

I was wondering that, too, and am disappointed that it's gone. The yellow ones were tasty little morsels, too. :-)

I do remember my ex's stepdaughter having some problems with hers, but don't remember exactly what they were. She did get hit a couple times, and they were her only accidents. She's convinced people really couldn't see her. Getting it fixed was quite expensive, too.

[Katgrl1979]

Ah, I'm disappointed too. That little purple speedster was my dream, and if they had kept making them just a little while longer I could have had one, too Speaking of yellow cars, some people do say that they are harder to see. Now, I don't know how you could miss that bright yellow, but that was always my brother in law's excuse when he got in accidents with his yellow car. Not a real reliable source, I know.

[b16crx]

they only made then in the early 90's cuz it was also called the 3rd gen crx

[97-ferio]

i believe in Japan they have a VIN code of EG7...and were known as the Honda Civic del sol, but yes, also known as the 3rd gen CRX as well.

[sol2hatch]

Originally Posted by 97-ferio

i believe in Japan they have a VIN code of EG7...and were known as the Honda Civic del sol, but yes, also known as the 3rd gen CRX as well.

you got it backwards. In Japan they were known as the CRX Del Sol, here they had the name Civic Del Sol on some of the years, not sure which ones.

and to the OP, they were discontinued for a couple reasons. One was because of some of the flaws, even thought they fixed a few of them, and also because people liked the miata better, which came out about the same time. Due to low sales, they were discontinued. They are cool little cars though. I loved mine when I had it. You can still get one, look around for a good used one.

[97-ferio]

yah, that's what i meant, i couldn't remember clearly what it was. LOL. it's funny, i never really liked that car when i lived there, but now i would consider getting one. oh well.

[Whirling Dervish]

Well, someone posted over on the prelude forum (I think) that they are possibly bringing back the lude. So maybe they will bring back the Del Sol.

What do you guys think? Would it be worth it to them?

[EyesofFreedom]

Civic Del Sol S was on the back of my 93, i had it for less than six months, actually 2 days after I made my sixth payment my ex-girlfriend totaled the thing. only had 7000 miles, UGH!!!