Back in 1997, Honda engineers came up with a radical idea: What if they took an Accord, made it look a little bit better and drive a little bit sportier, and then sold it for five years before cancelling the car entirely and just making the Accord slightly more sport-oriented? And what if, for four of those five years, Honda also made an Accord Type R? Well, that sure would be an odd business choice, but boy did they do it anyway. Enter the Torneo.
This SiR doesn’t borrow the European Accord Type R’s H22A engine, instead getting the F20B from the, uh, Accord SiR. With which it also shared a platform and wheelbase. Also the Torneo weighed more. It looks unique, though, and that counts for something!
