Sportscar Imitation.
Originally posted by FourthGenHatch
It's sport injection. The first Sis came out in 1985 when all other models in their range were carbureted, Sis were fuel injection hence the Si is for Sport Injection.
Yes, it replaced the "S", the carb'd "Sport", thus the "i" was added to denote the fuel injection. Kinda like the 86-89 Accord LX-i, which was an LX model with a fuel injected A20A.