what does SX stand for??

[OniOne]

LX used to be short for "Lux" as in Luxury*. The LX models had more than the non-LX equipped ones
I always took S to mean "Sport". The S model fiestas had slightly re-tuned engines back in the early nighties


* at least, that's what my parents told me at the time and this was the 70s after all

I had a Kia Pride 1.3 LX. It wasn't exactly luxury.

[Cluck]

I had a Kia Pride 1.3 LX. It wasn't exactly luxury.

It was compared to the Kia Pride 1.3 base model

[Fake Ben Taylor]

just to add to the confusion......james' first 200 had 200zx in the quarter windows not a sticker either but the proper chrome shit from nissan.....whats that all about then .......and the interior was tweed....i kid you not

[OniOne]

It was compared to the Kia Pride 1.3 base model

I wonder what the base model didn't have compared to the LX?
I did have a sunroof tho and a clock in the dash, but that's about it.

[Tenman]

It doesn't mean fcuk all mate.

What does LX, S, C, LS etc mean on other cars? Nothing.

Out of interest does anyone know what 2CV stood for on the old citroen contraptions?

CheVaux

French for Horse...

[Cluck]

I wonder what the base model didn't have compared to the LX?
I did have a sunroof tho and a clock in the dash, but that's about it.

Sunroof? Luxury item you see

[Wing.Zero]

I heard somewhere that it stood for 'Silvia Xperimental' because they used the 180sx as a testbed to trial all the upgrades from the S12 that were goinging onto the S13.

[Johnny]

'Silvia Xperimental'

Amazing that the Japanese always use English to name their car models

Do you think the Japanese have the same conversation about the UK cars

"Harro wat you fink Fiesta LX stand for ??"

"I heard it stand for 'Li Xui' " after Chan Xuis favorite child "

[voodoo_melon]

Amazing that the Japanese always use English to name their car models

Do you think the Japanese have the same conversation about the UK cars

"Harro wat you fink Fiesta LX stand for ??"

"I heard it stand for 'Li Xui' " after Chan Xuis favorite child "

Especially at

Harro

[namelezz]

Johnny that was a great comment made me laugh

[rosscosr20]

LX is 'meant' to stand for Luxury Xtra

Makes me think SX stands for:

Silvia Xtra or Sports Xtra

I don't know... can you tell??

[Begg]

I heard somewhere that it stood for 'Silvia Xperimental' because they used the 180sx as a testbed to trial all the upgrades from the S12 that were goinging onto the S13.

That could be true hmmm though saying that isnt the 180/200 supposed to be better balanced than the s13? the s13 suffering from bad understeer??? i dont no i could be speaking s***e

[30psi]

No that theory is wrong. The S12 Silvia was called the 200SX in the US of A way back in '84

[VIDAL BABBOON]

Guys just be thankful that they didn't bugger the translation up like Starion or should i say stallion!

Still it sounds better the way it is lol

Anyone work for Nissan ?

Or have the official Brochure to hand ? it must be in there !

[skid solo]

I used to work for Nissan and have an original brochure for a S14a, and can tell you ..................... not an awful lot really!

Nothing in the brochure and when we were developing cars like the Micra, Qashqai, Navara etc the names always related to something but suffix letters were just picked to 'fit' the name.

[Wing.Zero]

No that theory is wrong. The S12 Silvia was called the 200SX in the US of A way back in '84

That may well be, but the car wasnt created in the US it was created in JPN and they called it the Silvia (S12).

[bobbitt]

is nt it obvious?
put an 'e' in the middle ! geez! wake up -

[VIDAL BABBOON]

is nt it obvious?
put an 'e' in the middle ! geez! wake up -

PMSL

I don't think anything productive will come of this thread

[30psi]

That may well be, but the car wasnt created in the US it was created in JPN and they called it the Silvia (S12).

So people are saying some jap called the newly created 200Sx because it meant 'Silvia X-Ray'

Get back in reality. It's soo simple. Silvia sounded shit. So they thought of an international name waayyy back in 1984 (before half this board was even born) even before the S13 was even thought of so thats it. It stuck. Simple

The japanese don't know what Silvia means let alone that it relates to some old woman who collects her pension with water retention, so the name would never work internationally.

[P1 Racing]

Why is a rhino called a rhino. Cos it f*cking looks looks like a rhino.


Same theory applies to sx's