Honda Prelude Returns as a Sporty Coupe, This Time with EV Power

• Honda has revealed a brand new EV idea with the enduring Prelude identify.
• The Prelude is a two-door coupe that appears remarkably production-ready.
• We have no particulars on its powertrain, however we’re hoping it turns into a actuality quickly.

The Integra is again, and now so is the Prelude. One other thrilling identify from Honda’s previous has returned, this time utilized to a sporty-looking two-door coupe idea with an electrical powertrain. Revealed on the Tokyo auto present, the Prelude idea supposedly previews future Honda EVs, particularly sports-car fashions that promise to prioritize driver engagement and efficiency.

We don’t have any particulars on the Prelude’s powertrain or which platform it’s going to use, however we suspect it’s one in all Honda’s upcoming proprietary EVs slightly than a shared GM-supplied platform just like the upcoming Prologue crossover. Sadly, we don’t count on to see any form of guide transmission, not even a simulated one, as Honda’s CEO stated the corporate wasn’t contemplating this method and would as an alternative use different efficiency metrics for imbuing partaking dynamics into its forthcoming EVs.

The Prelude idea appears about precisely as you’d think about a twenty first century interpretation of the coupe from the 80s and 90s to look. It’s not radically low-slung, however as an alternative appears considerably like a sleeker model of an Accord coupe—which itself was discontinued a couple of generations again. We’re hoping that this implies a professional two-door is returning to Honda’s lineup, because the automaker hasn’t produced a real sports activities automotive because the S2000 or perhaps a coupe because the Civic and Accord dropped their two-door variants.

Although billed as an idea, the Prelude doesn’t seem to have any overly fanciful options that must change for manufacturing. We’re hoping that Honda decides to make this automotive a actuality sooner slightly than later. The corporate has indicated that EV sports activities vehicles are within the pipeline, and the opposite could also be a non secular successor to the Acura NSX. We’re excited to listen to extra in regards to the what’s to come back, and to get extra data on the resurrected Prelude.

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Regardless of being raised on a gentle weight loss plan of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or maybe due to it—Joey Capparella nonetheless cultivated an obsession for the automotive business all through his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He discovered a strategy to write about vehicles for the varsity newspaper throughout his school years at Rice College, which ultimately led him to maneuver to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first skilled auto-writing gig at Vehicle Journal. He has been a part of the Automobile and Driver crew since 2016 and now lives in New York Metropolis.