You Need This: Honda Torneo SiR-T | More obscure than a JDM Accord?

Colin
By Colin Wood
Nov 2, 2024 | Honda, You Need This, Honda Torneo

Photography Courtesy CR Luling/Facebook

A U.S.-market, sixth-gen Honda Accord too mainstream? Try the Japanese-market Accord (which is pretty much related to the U.S.-market Accord in name only.)

Wait, you want something a little more obscure than that? Then consider the mechanically similar Honda Torneo.

This example is a SiR-T model powered by a 197-horsepower F20B engine mated to a five-speed manual transmission.

Find this 1997 Honda Torneo SiR-T listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $12,995.

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Comments
EchoTreeSix
EchoTreeSix New Reader
11/2/24 9:16 a.m.

Interior choices were so interesting in the 90s. Too bad the fronts aren't OEM. 

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 PowerDork
11/4/24 5:58 a.m.

That T2T4 transmission in those is glorious. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/4/24 9:06 a.m.

Rad color. 

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
11/4/24 10:09 a.m.
EchoTreeSix said:

Interior choices were so interesting in the 90s. Too bad the fronts aren't OEM. 

I am enamored with those seats.

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
11/4/24 10:54 a.m.

In reply to Mndsm :

The Zebra-print seats available in the Honda Beat are among my favorites:

As is the wool interior on cars like the Toyota Century:

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