- S ▁was ▁produced ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁only ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 ▁were ▁produced ▁in ▁this ▁time , ▁all ▁on ▁' R ' ▁registration ▁pl ates . ▁Like ▁the ▁MB 6 ▁V T i - S , ▁the ▁E K 4 ▁V T i - S ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁standard ▁V T i ▁h atch , ▁with ▁differences ▁being ▁the ▁Star light ▁Black ▁paint , ▁front ▁and ▁rear ▁b um per ▁lips / sk ir ts , ▁rear ▁mid - sp o iler , ▁ 1 5 " ▁speed line ▁chron o ▁al loy ▁whe els , ▁the ▁dash board ▁cluster ▁used ▁white ▁number ing ▁on ▁the ▁speed ometer , ▁fuel ▁gauge ▁etc ., ▁rather ▁than ▁orange / red ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁regular ▁V T i , ▁however ▁it ▁still ▁retained ▁the ▁red ▁need les . ▁The ▁boot ▁bad ges ▁sp elling ▁out ▁' H onda ' ▁' C iv ic ' ▁' 1 . 6 V T i ' ▁and ▁' V TE C ' ▁were ▁all ▁replaced ▁with ▁a ▁single ▁V T i - S ▁bad ge , ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁al loy ▁g ear ▁kn ob ▁and ▁V T i - S ▁floor ▁m ats . ▁Mechan ically ▁and ▁in ▁performance ▁terms ▁it ▁is ▁identical ▁to ▁a ▁regular ▁E K 4 ▁V T i . ▁Due ▁to ▁a ▁problem ▁with ▁the ▁registration ▁process , ▁many ▁genu ine ▁V T i - S ' ▁were ▁not ▁on ▁the ▁log ▁books ▁as ▁a ▁V T i