From what i knew and have gathered on interwebz>

Number of del Sols sold in the USA:
1993 25,748
1994 21,075
1995 14,021
1996 8,489
1997 5,603

And my question is i picked up a 97 si the other day....say the vin and figured maybe stupid bmv got the year mixed up and its really a 96....but checked the door sticker and it is a 97.....anyone have any idea why my vin is higher than the production #'s?

 

this might help you out
http://teamsolcal.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2389

 

not really but thanks, already saw that and from that site it says>

12-17th position: production sequence number

mines at 6169 and according everywhere the last sol made was 5603

 

Just because they only imported/sold that many that doesn't mean they didn't build/sell more than that. They did sell them in other markets which would add to the total. Are those the model year sales or the calender year sales??

VINs aren't always exclusive to model series either it might share number sequence with other series Civics as a whole or the ones coming off that particular line which may or may not all have been Del Sols.

 

^ This.

EH6 del Sols were sold in Japan and Europe also. And Canada. And Oz. Et cetera. So, VIN sequence =\= # of del Sols sold in 'MURICA.