I bought a brand new 2000 Prelude 5 speed in Dec. of 1999. Owned it until May of 2010 and put 225,000 miles on it, 180,000 on the factory clutch. Clutch still had meat when I replaced it I just popped the tension springs doing one too many 5000 RPM dump offs!! The 5 speed really transforms the car. Completely different from the slush box. That H22A was actually engineered to run up to 10,000 RPM without significant bottom end enhancements. It’s a different beast from the K or B series motors. For one, at 2195 cc, it’s Honda’s largest 4 cylinder block so it’s got more torque than any of their other 4 cylinder motors. Peak power hits at 5200 RPM and stays there until 7500 red line, so with the stick you take it up to red line in each gear to get the fun out of it. The sound of that motor screaming at that RPM is just awesome!!! This car handles like it’s a go-cart on rails with sticky summer tires. I replaced all 4 brakes, tires, and struts at the same time once and it transformed the car. The chassis was so well engineered. It’s also very high quality interior - no squeaks or rattles and everything still worked when I sold it in 2010. This is also the last Honda sold in North America to be designed and assembled 100% in Japan. It was built in Sayaima, Saitama prefecture.
Not the last one designed & made in Japan - I'd look at the S2000 for that, and they switched Japanese plant in 2004. H22 a larger block than a K24? No.
@@jacquesc3166 when it was made it was either D/B/F/H series for the I4 Honda engines, the H was considered the big AND sporty block with the F series it's economical sibling. K series wasn't around yet but yes the K24 would be the official largest I4 Honda engine to date I'm pretty sure.
I was always a Ford guy. A friend of mine bought one of these and we would always end up going for drives in her car. She would want me to drive and I always would. This is easily one of my favorite Honda cars. I thought it was better looking than any of the other two doors in their line-up. Buy I guess that's me. Lol
Had an '01 blue base 5 speed. It was the car I didn't expect to fall for. Sadly totalled by being rear ended sitting at a red light. It was a daily and I didn't really like them when they were new a decade earlier. I was looking for an Integra GSR but ran across a deal on the Prelude. The styling had grown on me but I was rather neutral on them. Very fun revving car, nice weighting on the inputs. The H22 always burned some oil but keep an eye on it and they live forever, dont trust the warning light. Picked it up with ~180k, totalled at ~250k never a problem nor signs of one. The only modification on mine was replacing the dinged up factory wheels with some RSX type S, 17" 5 spokes. Easy car to driver on road trips or scooting around the mountains. RPMs were a bit high cruising at 70+ but it did it happily. The H22 had the torque to easily pick up a few mpg with a 6th gear for hwy cruising (which Honda didn't offer). That and a half inch of head room would be about my only improvements on a wish list. My Corvette 6 speeds C4 or C5 would get better gas mileage on road trips. The Accord coupe also moved to a sportier look around the time the Prelude was killed off. The CB and CD Accord coupes were very much 2 door variants of the normal sedan. The 98? Accord has coupe specific tail lights and more aggressive roof line than the prior Accord coupes. Combine it with other models as mentioned, it didn't make sense for Honda.
I was excited for this review since you teased it in the live stream! I'm looking forward to the day my 91 (manual!) Prelude is ready to be submitted alongside my (manual!) del sols!
Honda back in the 90s also offered all of their cars as “Sporty” coupes as well. The Accord was a bigger/more luxurious option, and the Civic, was less expensive, but was still more practical than the prelude as it had a larger back seat. In addition, each of those could be had with a manual transmission, the Accord also with a V6. The Prelude became very much a niche vehicle, which didn’t really offer any major performance advantage (once the Civic SI coupe came out in 99) which I believe led to its demise.
@@LawMasterTimmy I think the Prelude was positioned higher in the model range and had more fancy features like the ATTS differential or the rear steering. It was basically Honda's flagship car apart from the Legend and NSX, especially back in the early 80's before those others came out. A bit like how the VW Corrado was positioned and price a little higher than being a Passat coupe, where the Scirocco was just a straight-forward Passat or Golf coupe.
5th generation probably holds up the best out of all the generations of preludes that came out while they were in production, like I drive my 99 SH around and it still gets looks and comments by people who aren't even car people. Definitely one of the best affordable options of the JDM era for a fun high revving toy car even in 2024
I’ve owned an 01 SH since 06 my junior yeah in high school. My uncle had a Red 89 Si with 4WS when I was 5 and that’s what started my love for cars. ❤️
As a 5th gen prelude driver myself, there are a lot of qualities that sets this car from civics, these cars come with wishbone suspension that are quite literally built for turning, I do believe they should all have the 4WS (four wheel steering) and if you have a 4WS prelude that really sets it from other cars.
I couldn’t understand then why the Prelude didn’t sell well, especially with the popularity of the 3rd generation. But now viewing their late 90’s lineup, (and the prices of the Accord coupe, Integra and Civic Si) Honda was its own competition, and could have be solved (maybe) by pricing.
The Prelude came in at a pretty high price point at the time, especially the SH and had limited production even at the height of sales, so dealers rarely budged on price. You could easily get an Accord coupe V6 bringing more power and a usable rear seat for almost the same price.
Something to consider about the popularity of the Prelude is the pricing. When new, a base model Prelude cost around the same as a Integra Type R. I know which one I’d have…
I assume you mean the Type R? But a car with no sound insulation at all and thinner glass is not for everyone, it's a bit tiring (also nearly 4000rpm @ 70mph in the 5-speed ITR gearbox). That's where the more luxurious Prelude comes into it (and also why from the European FN2 & FK2 Type R onwards up to the present FL5 all have luxuries like (some) sound insulation and cruise control, even if it is not "true" to Type R!).
@@1DonFF Almost all Honda vehicles are front wheel drive (or front wheel drive based AWD) apart from the two-seat sportscars. In racing form as the Accord Super Tourer, the front wheel drive was completely fine. A non-issue. 🙂
Your channel partially inspired me to get into rotary. Just recently sold my 3rd gen prelude 4WS for a s4 Turbo II. The prelude was quite the car, it had a b20a5, a predecessor to the H series without FRM making 140hp. all mechanical rear steering. Boo hoo fwd, but it drove amazing. Superb handling. It sucks you got an automatic to review because honda manuals, everyone knows how great they are. Good review!
Always loved the Prelude, in fact a second or third gen would be my dream car. I always thought that 4 wheel steering combined in manual was just so damned cool
I have a '97 Type SH. It all original except the Type S engine swap that grants it an additional 20 or so hp. All of the VINs are still there. The body is very rough. 90s clear coat issues, hey? It also needs a good bit of wrenching on before I'll be taking it to cars and coffee regularly, but it still runs and drives just fine with over 250,000 miles on it. It's even got the original wheels, which is so cool. The Type S/SH wheels are very understated. I used to have a white 4AT back in my college days. I loved that car. I had to part with it because it was getting to be too expensive to keep it running. It had some new mechanical issue I had to solve every other week, and that car was my daily driver. I can only hope the next person who got it loved it as much as I did. The paint on that thing was perfect and the body was as straight as an arrow. That auto trans had took me from 128k to 198k. I changed the fluid every 30k. It still ran perfect. This Lude I have now is not my daily. I have a 9th gen Civic that serves as my reliable daily. That car has no problems, but I do want to trade it for an Accord of the same vintage just to have a bit of a bigger car and to have a cheap manual I can daily.
"It's even got the original wheels, which is so cool. The Type S/SH wheels are very understated." Did you make sure to put the left-hand wheels on the left side and the right-hand wheels on the right side? 😄 Directional spokes put on backwards is apparently a bug bear of some people's car OCD. 😂
This design aged very well. It's clean and purposeful. It's surprising that Honda never really bothered much with RWD. If a car deserved to be RWD, this is it. The new Prelude concept looks like a Prius coupe. Not bad if Toyota wanted a Prius coupe, but as a Honda Prelude concept it's meh.
@@Kizzle001me too. Mine was a manual of course (I don’t think you could get an automatic SH). I remember ATTS being active torque transfer system or something like that.
I own one of these. Manual. Sadly, here in europe most of them didnt come with the H22 engine, but with the F20A4 engine, which has 133BHP and no VTEC. Still a BLAST to drive
Those after-market wheels are about a billion times better looking than the stockers. Preludes are fantastic looking cars from about '84 all the way through til the end of their production
i have a 01’ manual, and i got lucky, doesn’t burn or leak anything. but lemme tell you every other lil thing wants to crumble apart like an ancient tomb
The Prelude SH (super handling was a lame name) was very nimble! I never understood what, exactly, Honda was trying to do with the Prelude. They gave the Accord coupe more power and basically all the same amenities (excepting the SH capability.)
Hondas fabric choices starting with the 83 prelude, 86 accord, and on up were fantastic. Warm, cozy, comfortable, durable and excellent looking. Prior to 83, fabric and vinyl were flimsy and didnt last long. Mid 80s to late 90s hondas were their absolute pinnacle honda. Cant put my finger on it but styling and pure hondaness is lacking nowdays
I feel like the 5th gen could of sold more if it had more options in the US. They could of offered a SE package with every US option and maybe a few JDM options. Also bring over the sir s spec for the prelude enthusiast who wants more performance. Japan would still have there exclusive top model the type s
Very nice car. Pity about the autobox. So much nicer to drive with a manual. Funny enough the auto was pretty popular in Japan, an otherwise manual gearbox culture. Of the JDM imports I knew here in Ireland back in the day I'd reckon roughly half were autos. A silver daily driver one lives around the corner from me, still going(also an auto). But you forgot the Integra. Which(imho) was probably the Prelude's biggest internal Honda rival, especially in US' GSR guise(the Tyre R was too niche for most). Hatchback so more practical and could carry a lot more, lighter and more nimble, better fuel consumption and mostly cheaper. Ok yeah they were "Acura" in the US, but still a Honda.
If honda could have made these rear wheel drive. It might have made keeping the segment more sensible. They would have had a sporty rear wheel coupe gt class.
I miss affordable sports coupes. All the coupes now are out of my price range. Most 4 door cars today look like a pair of sneakers with wheels. It’s very difficult to determine one car from the other. I miss these days and I miss these cars. What I’d give to get my hands on another MX-6.
The autos are so bad in this car i wouldn't be entirely surprised if it went out during the making of this review :p mine went out at 105k miles, but got it swapped for the good ol 5 speed shortly after, It drives like an absolute dream! Mine is also in milano red. Love when these cars get reviewed, thank you for this!
The real reason it fail is because the people who complain about the insurance high price. Didn't wanna spent insurance worth another new car payment. They rather go buy an accord or civic sedan. To avoid the sporty full coverage insurance. These are the same drivers who don't turn on their ac in the summer heat. Never using it and later selling their car after 3 to 4 years never using the ac when needed. You gone cheap and are late driving it past your prime. Being too cheap early on is a hard pill to swallow later on in life. Kids don't be cheap on an expensive ride. Nothing is cheap when it's good at that release era.
Gimme just a few models with a lot of options. The Prelude was a great, fun, first car for me in college (mine was an '85, so a bit older than this one), and one of my best friends had a black '97 5-speed, but after all was said and done, the Prelude was a very niche model that was targeted at enthusiasts. The problem was, at the time, most enthusiasts were younger and didn't have the money to afford the premium that the Prelude commanded. But back to the original question - I'd support an a la carte option; give me a Touring-trim Civic sedan with the Si motor/ transmission and brakes.
honestly i think automatic seats and windows are slower then manual and they weigh more n cost more, it takes forever for windows/seats to go down, we aren't in a gas crisis but we are in a expensive gas era so its the same to me lol like my dad says why have 400hp if you cant legally use it, but if you drive a 100hp to the max it'll sound the same as one. we just seen teslas fail in cold winters. this prelude is the safer, inexpensive option
1: how often do you adjust your seats dramatically enough to need to added speed of manual? 2: unless we're talking about some 70s boat with worn motors, power windows are just as fast if not faster than crank windows. 3: unless it's a track car where every ounce matters, what does a few extra pounds matter?
those few extra pounds matter, electric seats go down slower then a elder getting in warm bath, and those motors for the windows and seats could eventually need replacing because they become faulty, why is your generation so lazy? power seats and window used to be luxury now its just standard slow tech. in 1 second the seat/window will go down and in the power seat/window will take 10 seconds how is that more convient@@bwofficial1776
I have a manual Prelude that I bought on October 1st, 2022 and it’s absolutely gorgeous. I have some videos on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.
The manual should be 0-100kph in about 7-8 secs. About the same as a BMW 328i of the period. Being a transverse transaxle in a Prelude or Accord Type R, the H22A has less drivetrain loss.
These are disastrous Honda Prelude, they blew head gaskets. The best most reliable Honda Preludes were from 1983-1987…anything after this were hit and miss. The 1988-1991 were starting to get spotty reliability.
Who on earth (!) bought one of these with an auto - take away their car guy card. Part of the joy of Hondas was the manual. These were super slick but expensive back in the day both for the equipment level and compared to the competitiion. But, it was a little jewel of a car - unfortunately kids or clients made it impratical for many and the price kept it out of the hands of those who might have looked (or they got an Eclipse GST, et al instead with more gee whiz stuff)
I'm curious as to how many of these people actually like these vehicles when their driveways consist of forty inch lifted F-650's all day. This is what encompasses almost 100% of US roads now. So how many of these channels are just crap?
This car not being RWD is criminal
Everyone says that
@@Jay-sb2xs And everyone is right.
I legit thought it was RWD all this time. 😭
This car being fwd kike it is
Is Peefect
If you want rwd
Buy a rwd car
@@fj717have you ever seen preludes Drift 😂
Have you Never heard of a Honda ?
There are very few rwd models 😂
Me watching this amazed like I don’t have one parked outside 😂
Same! (Except mines tucked away until spring) Quite certain I’ve seen every Prelude video on UA-cam. Need more! Lol
I think the '99 Prelude looks like modern cars on the road today. Especially with those wheels!
Not sure if that can be considered a compliment
@@drewh22 Yeah depends what you compare it to lol, but it aged well for sure imo way more than the mk 4
I bought a brand new 2000 Prelude 5 speed in Dec. of 1999. Owned it until May of 2010 and put 225,000 miles on it, 180,000 on the factory clutch. Clutch still had meat when I replaced it I just popped the tension springs doing one too many 5000 RPM dump offs!!
The 5 speed really transforms the car. Completely different from the slush box. That H22A was actually engineered to run up to 10,000 RPM without significant bottom end enhancements. It’s a different beast from the K or B series motors. For one, at 2195 cc, it’s Honda’s largest 4 cylinder block so it’s got more torque than any of their other 4 cylinder motors. Peak power hits at 5200 RPM and stays there until 7500 red line, so with the stick you take it up to red line in each gear to get the fun out of it. The sound of that motor screaming at that RPM is just awesome!!!
This car handles like it’s a go-cart on rails with sticky summer tires. I replaced all 4 brakes, tires, and struts at the same time once and it transformed the car. The chassis was so well engineered. It’s also very high quality interior - no squeaks or rattles and everything still worked when I sold it in 2010.
This is also the last Honda sold in North America to be designed and assembled 100% in Japan. It was built in Sayaima, Saitama prefecture.
Not the last one designed & made in Japan - I'd look at the S2000 for that, and they switched Japanese plant in 2004. H22 a larger block than a K24? No.
They still build cars in Japan and import them. The Civic type R are all built in japan.
@@jacquesc3166 when it was made it was either D/B/F/H series for the I4 Honda engines, the H was considered the big AND sporty block with the F series it's economical sibling. K series wasn't around yet but yes the K24 would be the official largest I4 Honda engine to date I'm pretty sure.
@@whereswaldo9089I'm not sure of the current one, but the previous generation Civic Type R was built in the UK.
I was always a Ford guy. A friend of mine bought one of these and we would always end up going for drives in her car. She would want me to drive and I always would. This is easily one of my favorite Honda cars. I thought it was better looking than any of the other two doors in their line-up. Buy I guess that's me. Lol
I really like that car; the color, the wheels, the stance...everything about it.
I've had three preludes a second gen and two fifth gen absolutely love them such a good balance of sporty and well built
Had an '01 blue base 5 speed. It was the car I didn't expect to fall for. Sadly totalled by being rear ended sitting at a red light. It was a daily and I didn't really like them when they were new a decade earlier. I was looking for an Integra GSR but ran across a deal on the Prelude. The styling had grown on me but I was rather neutral on them. Very fun revving car, nice weighting on the inputs. The H22 always burned some oil but keep an eye on it and they live forever, dont trust the warning light. Picked it up with ~180k, totalled at ~250k never a problem nor signs of one. The only modification on mine was replacing the dinged up factory wheels with some RSX type S, 17" 5 spokes.
Easy car to driver on road trips or scooting around the mountains. RPMs were a bit high cruising at 70+ but it did it happily. The H22 had the torque to easily pick up a few mpg with a 6th gear for hwy cruising (which Honda didn't offer). That and a half inch of head room would be about my only improvements on a wish list. My Corvette 6 speeds C4 or C5 would get better gas mileage on road trips.
The Accord coupe also moved to a sportier look around the time the Prelude was killed off. The CB and CD Accord coupes were very much 2 door variants of the normal sedan. The 98? Accord has coupe specific tail lights and more aggressive roof line than the prior Accord coupes. Combine it with other models as mentioned, it didn't make sense for Honda.
The Prelude curse is real
I was excited for this review since you teased it in the live stream!
I'm looking forward to the day my 91 (manual!) Prelude is ready to be submitted alongside my (manual!) del sols!
These are underrated and cool looking
Considered one of these back then. Ended up buying an Integra GSR. The hatch made it a little more useful and was still really fun.
Honda back in the 90s also offered all of their cars as “Sporty” coupes as well. The Accord was a bigger/more luxurious option, and the Civic, was less expensive, but was still more practical than the prelude as it had a larger back seat. In addition, each of those could be had with a manual transmission, the Accord also with a V6. The Prelude became very much a niche vehicle, which didn’t really offer any major performance advantage (once the Civic SI coupe came out in 99) which I believe led to its demise.
Accords and Preludes besides body styles are the same. Always thought of the prelude as a sportier accord
@@LawMasterTimmy I think the Prelude was positioned higher in the model range and had more fancy features like the ATTS differential or the rear steering. It was basically Honda's flagship car apart from the Legend and NSX, especially back in the early 80's before those others came out. A bit like how the VW Corrado was positioned and price a little higher than being a Passat coupe, where the Scirocco was just a straight-forward Passat or Golf coupe.
@@TassieLorenzo the 80 preludes are a thing if beauty. Reminds me of the old school skylines
@LawMasterTimmy facts it was my favorite prelude from the mid 80s to 91 were my favorite preludes
5th generation probably holds up the best out of all the generations of preludes that came out while they were in production, like I drive my 99 SH around and it still gets looks and comments by people who aren't even car people. Definitely one of the best affordable options of the JDM era for a fun high revving toy car even in 2024
I’ve owned an 01 SH since 06 my junior yeah in high school. My uncle had a Red 89 Si with 4WS when I was 5 and that’s what started my love for cars. ❤️
As a 5th gen prelude driver myself, there are a lot of qualities that sets this car from civics, these cars come with wishbone suspension that are quite literally built for turning, I do believe they should all have the 4WS (four wheel steering) and if you have a 4WS prelude that really sets it from other cars.
Bought a 97 Type SH brand new. In red! ATTS front diff made the front wheels tuck in and made it feel RWD!
I sold my prelude for way too cheap 4 years ago. I still miss it to this day! Timeless and fun
I couldn’t understand then why the Prelude didn’t sell well, especially with the popularity of the 3rd generation. But now viewing their late 90’s lineup, (and the prices of the Accord coupe, Integra and Civic Si) Honda was its own competition, and could have be solved (maybe) by pricing.
The Prelude came in at a pretty high price point at the time, especially the SH and had limited production even at the height of sales, so dealers rarely budged on price. You could easily get an Accord coupe V6 bringing more power and a usable rear seat for almost the same price.
Something to consider about the popularity of the Prelude is the pricing. When new, a base model Prelude cost around the same as a Integra Type R. I know which one I’d have…
I assume you mean the Type R? But a car with no sound insulation at all and thinner glass is not for everyone, it's a bit tiring (also nearly 4000rpm @ 70mph in the 5-speed ITR gearbox). That's where the more luxurious Prelude comes into it (and also why from the European FN2 & FK2 Type R onwards up to the present FL5 all have luxuries like (some) sound insulation and cruise control, even if it is not "true" to Type R!).
Something else to consider is Honda’s choice to make it a freaking front wheel drive 😞
@@1DonFF Almost all Honda vehicles are front wheel drive (or front wheel drive based AWD) apart from the two-seat sportscars. In racing form as the Accord Super Tourer, the front wheel drive was completely fine. A non-issue. 🙂
The cooler dashboard from the previous gen paired with the last gen body would be perfect
Your channel partially inspired me to get into rotary. Just recently sold my 3rd gen prelude 4WS for a s4 Turbo II. The prelude was quite the car, it had a b20a5, a predecessor to the H series without FRM making 140hp. all mechanical rear steering. Boo hoo fwd, but it drove amazing. Superb handling. It sucks you got an automatic to review because honda manuals, everyone knows how great they are. Good review!
I still think the 3rd generation 87-91 is the best looking . Pop up headlights and a very light tossable car at 2,100 lbs . Some came with 4WS
The s2000 and SUV craze killed it
During the 90s this was selling like hot pancakes.
Always loved the Prelude, in fact a second or third gen would be my dream car. I always thought that 4 wheel steering combined in manual was just so damned cool
Same!!! A 3rd Gen with 4WS is my dream car
Shame not a manual transmission:(
Unfortunately that's the only transmission most people want on an old Honda. Autos only good for beaters
Blah, blah, blah... Trite comment. 🥱 That automatic is probably the main reason the car still exists for this video.
@@doug6191 You bet. I was around my lot of Preludes back in the 2000's, the idiot drivers were all manual.
@@doug6191 Definitely not, plenty of manuals driving around. Most people manual swap these cars these days
I love the 90s Japanese car you can actually see all side of the car
I have a '97 Type SH. It all original except the Type S engine swap that grants it an additional 20 or so hp. All of the VINs are still there. The body is very rough. 90s clear coat issues, hey? It also needs a good bit of wrenching on before I'll be taking it to cars and coffee regularly, but it still runs and drives just fine with over 250,000 miles on it.
It's even got the original wheels, which is so cool. The Type S/SH wheels are very understated.
I used to have a white 4AT back in my college days. I loved that car. I had to part with it because it was getting to be too expensive to keep it running. It had some new mechanical issue I had to solve every other week, and that car was my daily driver. I can only hope the next person who got it loved it as much as I did. The paint on that thing was perfect and the body was as straight as an arrow. That auto trans had took me from 128k to 198k. I changed the fluid every 30k. It still ran perfect.
This Lude I have now is not my daily. I have a 9th gen Civic that serves as my reliable daily. That car has no problems, but I do want to trade it for an Accord of the same vintage just to have a bit of a bigger car and to have a cheap manual I can daily.
"It's even got the original wheels, which is so cool. The Type S/SH wheels are very understated." Did you make sure to put the left-hand wheels on the left side and the right-hand wheels on the right side? 😄 Directional spokes put on backwards is apparently a bug bear of some people's car OCD. 😂
I’ve been waiting for this review for so long!!
@Shooting Cars I just found your channel and I have a manual! Just submitted it via your website. Hope to hear from you soon.
Honda not making this car RWD is what killed it honestly could’ve been legendary.
This design aged very well. It's clean and purposeful. It's surprising that Honda never really bothered much with RWD. If a car deserved to be RWD, this is it.
The new Prelude concept looks like a Prius coupe. Not bad if Toyota wanted a Prius coupe, but as a Honda Prelude concept it's meh.
hey! You guys should do a a50 supra review or something
I sent in a request for you to come review my Type SH 5spd Prelude in north Texas if you want to drive an original manual Prelude
Love the last gen preludes, sucks honda stopped making them
It's not out yet @@Brian_Eugene_Lee
I owned one of these. Mine was 1998. Also red, also an auto... But it sure was a fun car:)
Same, I always regret selling mine
@@Kizzle001me too. Mine was a manual of course (I don’t think you could get an automatic SH). I remember ATTS being active torque transfer system or something like that.
I own one of these. Manual. Sadly, here in europe most of them didnt come with the H22 engine, but with the F20A4 engine, which has 133BHP and no VTEC. Still a BLAST to drive
they should have dropped the del sol and kept the prelude personally
Those after-market wheels are about a billion times better looking than the stockers. Preludes are fantastic looking cars from about '84 all the way through til the end of their production
i have a 01’ manual, and i got lucky, doesn’t burn or leak anything. but lemme tell you every other lil thing wants to crumble apart like an ancient tomb
The Prelude SH (super handling was a lame name) was very nimble! I never understood what, exactly, Honda was trying to do with the Prelude. They gave the Accord coupe more power and basically all the same amenities (excepting the SH capability.)
Hondas fabric choices starting with the 83 prelude, 86 accord, and on up were fantastic. Warm, cozy, comfortable, durable and excellent looking. Prior to 83, fabric and vinyl were flimsy and didnt last long. Mid 80s to late 90s hondas were their absolute pinnacle honda. Cant put my finger on it but styling and pure hondaness is lacking nowdays
I love that prelude including in that red!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is the base model right?
I feel like the 5th gen could of sold more if it had more options in the US. They could of offered a SE package with every US option and maybe a few JDM options. Also bring over the sir s spec for the prelude enthusiast who wants more performance. Japan would still have there exclusive top model the type s
That new concept should be called the epilogue because that ain’t no prelude.
Miss my prelude so much
Very nice car. Pity about the autobox. So much nicer to drive with a manual. Funny enough the auto was pretty popular in Japan, an otherwise manual gearbox culture. Of the JDM imports I knew here in Ireland back in the day I'd reckon roughly half were autos. A silver daily driver one lives around the corner from me, still going(also an auto).
But you forgot the Integra. Which(imho) was probably the Prelude's biggest internal Honda rival, especially in US' GSR guise(the Tyre R was too niche for most). Hatchback so more practical and could carry a lot more, lighter and more nimble, better fuel consumption and mostly cheaper. Ok yeah they were "Acura" in the US, but still a Honda.
If honda could have made these rear wheel drive. It might have made keeping the segment more sensible. They would have had a sporty rear wheel coupe gt class.
5th gen prelude well built reliable and good smooth driving cars
I have an SH model, but it's not running 😅
Damn. You didn't test drive the 5 speed manual ?
I've owned two. I love’em
First!! I love this car! Reminds me of high school!
I miss affordable sports coupes. All the coupes now are out of my price range. Most 4 door cars today look like a pair of sneakers with wheels. It’s very difficult to determine one car from the other. I miss these days and I miss these cars. What I’d give to get my hands on another MX-6.
yep, Probe, Eclipse, Celica, etc. Love those cars
no manual for the video😔
The autos are so bad in this car i wouldn't be entirely surprised if it went out during the making of this review :p mine went out at 105k miles, but got it swapped for the good ol 5 speed shortly after, It drives like an absolute dream! Mine is also in milano red. Love when these cars get reviewed, thank you for this!
How much did it cost to do the manual swap?
Might be the coolest model name Honda ever had
bro what wheels are those
The real reason it fail is because the people who complain about the insurance high price. Didn't wanna spent insurance worth another new car payment. They rather go buy an accord or civic sedan. To avoid the sporty full coverage insurance. These are the same drivers who don't turn on their ac in the summer heat. Never using it and later selling their car after 3 to 4 years never using the ac when needed. You gone cheap and are late driving it past your prime. Being too cheap early on is a hard pill to swallow later on in life. Kids don't be cheap on an expensive ride. Nothing is cheap when it's good at that release era.
Gimme just a few models with a lot of options. The Prelude was a great, fun, first car for me in college (mine was an '85, so a bit older than this one), and one of my best friends had a black '97 5-speed, but after all was said and done, the Prelude was a very niche model that was targeted at enthusiasts. The problem was, at the time, most enthusiasts were younger and didn't have the money to afford the premium that the Prelude commanded. But back to the original question - I'd support an a la carte option; give me a Touring-trim Civic sedan with the Si motor/ transmission and brakes.
Wld love a 98.coupe wit the h22.. cuz I love it ifu don't well fu !! Wit car honda heart !!
honestly i think automatic seats and windows are slower then manual and they weigh more n cost more, it takes forever for windows/seats to go down, we aren't in a gas crisis but we are in a expensive gas era so its the same to me lol like my dad says why have 400hp if you cant legally use it, but if you drive a 100hp to the max it'll sound the same as one. we just seen teslas fail in cold winters. this prelude is the safer, inexpensive option
1: how often do you adjust your seats dramatically enough to need to added speed of manual?
2: unless we're talking about some 70s boat with worn motors, power windows are just as fast if not faster than crank windows.
3: unless it's a track car where every ounce matters, what does a few extra pounds matter?
those few extra pounds matter, electric seats go down slower then a elder getting in warm bath, and those motors for the windows and seats could eventually need replacing because they become faulty, why is your generation so lazy? power seats and window used to be luxury now its just standard slow tech. in 1 second the seat/window will go down and in the power seat/window will take 10 seconds how is that more convient@@bwofficial1776
They were fun to drive.
Wonder if he has any dodge avengers coupes on his page... 🤔 gotta take a peak.
I don't, but I'd love to!
@@ShootingCars not on everyone's radar, but a car I had and loved. It was different.
I have a 01 and a person a Starbucks as me if this was a Civic never seen it before. So don’t know how to react to that 😂
3rd gen camryy plz
i gotta get my 88 running
Crx.. 98 coupe/00si an s2000
Oh the nsx.. also the preloood..
I love honda.. an hate I drive a e46.. bimmer
I have a manual Prelude that I bought on October 1st, 2022 and it’s absolutely gorgeous. I have some videos on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.
Thumbs up 👍🏻 for Honda making the Prelude in 1999
Didn't even realize this was a new video until I saw someone say first as the top comment
10:00 it's pronounced "nee-sh" if you wanted to know
Fantastic reviews!💪 Thanks for sharing.😊
It would've lived if it was a 4 seater Rear Drive Honda
More models with less options. I think the current enthusiast community is sick of what's out there and wants to see some new and refreshing models.
0-100 in 3 business days... and yet on track it was a poor man's Porsche.
The manual should be 0-100kph in about 7-8 secs. About the same as a BMW 328i of the period. Being a transverse transaxle in a Prelude or Accord Type R, the H22A has less drivetrain loss.
Y.. y minus the rear steer.. honda bullpoop
no popper on the fob. man, if i had a nickel..
These are disastrous Honda Prelude, they blew head gaskets. The best most reliable Honda Preludes were from 1983-1987…anything after this were hit and miss. The 1988-1991 were starting to get spotty reliability.
Who on earth (!) bought one of these with an auto - take away their car guy card. Part of the joy of Hondas was the manual. These were super slick but expensive back in the day both for the equipment level and compared to the competitiion. But, it was a little jewel of a car - unfortunately kids or clients made it impratical for many and the price kept it out of the hands of those who might have looked (or they got an Eclipse GST, et al instead with more gee whiz stuff)
You took a really boring car and made it moderately interesting. Didn't know much about these til now. Thanks!
"really boring" 🤔
@@doug6191 dudes funny 😂😂😂 my prelude would gap what ever he drives
I have one that’s been sitting in my driveway, 195K, first owner. Any one want it?
Aftermarket radio boo!
As a honda enthusiast, I fucking hate this video lmao
May I ask why?
Nice 😀
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Thank god it is not RWD, at least few jdm cars from 90s that not skyrocket their price bcs of some drift idiots
I'm curious as to how many of these people actually like these vehicles when their driveways consist of forty inch lifted F-650's all day. This is what encompasses almost 100% of US roads now. So how many of these channels are just crap?
HONDAS are great care. just dont be in a HONDA when in a auto accident.
the intro music is really annoying
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Auto 👎🏼
The material on the seats might be “Felt." That's an actual material.
Si blu.. yes boner stats.. ty honda