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What do the initials GS, RS, ESI and Tsi actually stand for?
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What do the initials GS, RS, ESI and Tsi actually stand for?
^ Well you'd be wrong because the RS badge on a Laser can be Turbo and can be AWD
What do the initials GS, RS, ESI and Tsi actually stand for?
GS - Goes Slow
RS - Really Slow
ESi - Eagle's Si (like Civic Si)
TSi- Twice Si (2x power of a civic Si)
GS-t - Got Super Turbo
GSX - Got Some Xtra
YMMV.
Don't want to sound like a naysayer but this question came up years and years ago and no one ever produced anything published by Mitsu/Diamond Star. However, what is known is that TSi (and ESi) is in reference to BMW's labelling conventions for their vehicles at that time (remember this is the late 80's) where the "i" (always in lowercase) stood for "injection" (as in fuel injection which was a fairly recent thing at that time). It is also known the the "T" does not stand for "turbo" since the Eagle Vision also came in a TSi version and it was never turbocharged.
You want to know the real answer to this question? There is no real answer.
GS - Goes Slow
RS - Really Slow
ESi - Eagle's Si (like Civic Si)
TSi- Twice Si (2x power of a civic Si)
GS-t - Got Super Turbo
GSX - Got Some Xtra
YMMV.