When I was a kid, the Supra and Prelude were my dream Japanese cars. I hope Honda will do the Prelude name justice, not like what Toyota did for the Supra. My initial thoughts: I am not impressed
It would be suicide to build anything on the ultium platform. The front end looks need help but the clean simple lines throughout will be easy to bring to production. Back needs to be a lift back. 8:40
@@User.Joshua I had high hopes and have no absolute facts on it but I heard someone speculate they think GM’s battery vendor is the one creating slow downs. Ultimately, GM can sight many reasons for slow downs, but never mentions this as one even though it could be. The market isn’t demanding the Lyric or Trucks though well received. Over all market has slowed up while Tesla is having a going in to businesses fire sale. 🤷🏼♂️ Securing supply lines is obviously 1st priority.
Hi David! HI Kirk! You both complement each other very well. It’s like you were born to do this together. I hope you have a podcast at least once a month having both of you to start with and then eventually you become a team down in the future both of you have so much to offer , and you get along so well I think it’s a match made in heaven for informative, cutting edge, technology information for the world🌎🇯🇵❤️🤍🇨🇦🇺🇸🙏💜☮️⭐️👍🇮🇹❤️🤍💚
nah lol a simplified version of todays prius with the tall rear ligths of the 2017 prius would be much better looking as a less tall hypermiling conppact 4 seater of coupe
Prelude base and premium are one level higher that the civic si and type r and integra and type s respectively. All have had manuals? Sunroofs. And then sh lsd 4 wheel steering They had larger smoother engine than civics and integras. I think this will also be the integra hybrid coupe or clx i predict eawd or nsx in re reverse.
An engine like the civic type R and it would be a cool car. EV demand is waning, even LG chemical came out today and projected lower earnings forecast for their batteries due to slowing demand.
That front end is hideous. I'm all for them bringing back the Prelude and in EV form. No issues there. But, man, I hope they tweak that front end if this goes to production.
Great to see Prelude is back.....however the overall design is underwhelming. It looks like a reproduction of an old Prelude with a Prius front end and a side profile of a Civic coupe. 😳😧
Crickets when EV is mentioned 😴 Niche cars are the new thing vs what the masses want. Since it’s pre production, maybe a gas/gas hybrid is still on the table. Would be a pity if the Maverick still controls that market, but then kudos to the Mav.
Hey it's a 99 Mercury Cougar with a Prius front end. This looks nothing like a Prelude or a Honda. Mailed in the design . Love how even the commentary this guy makes is oh looks like a Prius. But wow this is so early 2000's Cougar a carbon copy.
ICE variant coming too? Type R?? Car doesn't look exciting, kind of bland. Back end looks good tho! They should have debuted a Type R concept Prelude. Then released the base versions first & the Type R a year later. Also, offer rear wheel drive option & AWD option. To be honest they should have never made it front drive with the ev. They literally could have put the ev motors easily anywhere & still they chose the front, being stupid. Everyone, INCLUDING HONDA, know rear drive is better. But STILL they persist with fwd 🙄. Yes the Civic Type R is awesome but let it go already! Everyone else is starting to switch to rwd again or awd. Stop waiting for your competition to do it first & then jump on the bandwagon 5 years later. Stop being a follower Honda & try being a leader again
idk it just looks like the 8th gen civic SI coupe, the design doesnt really speak prelude. It should have a longer bonnet proportion wise but that's just my opinion
This Prelude looks hideous. The car looks more like an Acura Integra, but even so, the older Integra hatchback of the year 1990 looked so much better than this one. I miss my Acura Integra. It was at the time, the coolest looking Japanese car, inside and out.
It's a shame that it's not very good looking; the front being particularly bad. It doesn't look great, is fact it's quite derivative and lacks family resemblance at all . . . Perhaps that's the one selling point. But it's nice having the name back.
25 years ago I owned a last generation Prelude Type SH. This new car is bloated, bubbly and very non-sporty much like the last couple generations of the Accord coupe. Very uninspiring. Prelude in name only.
Another too conservative design by Honda … please wake up and be more exciting… Our moto is the Power of Dreams !!! Think big think new !!! The Koreans, Toyota and Chinese companies have very bold and exciting product line ups in next 5 years … Honda will get slaughtered if we don’t revolutionise… I know you have the ability and the capability… Honda has the best engineers in the world but design team 🤔 hmmm ?? So please bring back Honda challenging spirt and DNA !! Before it’s too late
How did you get this video up so fast! Here I am eating cheesecake...which is way better in Japan 😂
😂😂
To be fair, that probably describes almost any food in Japan 😆
🤣 I literally just asked this
As a former owner of a Prelude Sh, I'm very happy the nameplate is coming back. That car gave me so many fun memories. 😢
As long as it doesn’t have any GM influences, it might have a chance.
Having grown up and working on a prelude, it is good to hear the name is coming back.
The only car I truly regret selling was my '93 Si. 😅
How about a 1997 prelude type S 2.2 VTEC that I sold to help me buy a house. 😢😢😢
David, Kirk, I wonder how the long rear window affects rear visibility. A retro Prelude design would have been great.
You guys are great together. Kirk with the sales perspective and David from the engineering side. I appreciate both of you. Keep it going!!
Finally a Honda I actually LIKE. And the production model better look LIKE this.
Build it exactly as shown! Don't change anything!
David, I hope this is just a prelude to many more videos from Japan. 😉🤣
The 1 long light bar is a trick is to reduce production costs, not to critisize. I like this Honda a lot.
Looks like a Nissan Z and Prius had a baby.
It looks like a prelude...but you're too young to remember.
dysgenic ape babay
Exactly! from the front is like a Prius and from the side is like a Nissan Z.
The rear lightbar looks like the Prius too @@whuang03
Looks like Honda and Toyota designers have been hanging at the same bar. Kanpai!!!!!
When I was a kid, the Supra and Prelude were my dream Japanese cars. I hope Honda will do the Prelude name justice, not like what Toyota did for the Supra. My initial thoughts: I am not impressed
Lets all hope that HONDA PRELUDE EV makes it into production
and is sold in the North America market. Please Honda.
Thank the heavens! I have been bored with the Model 3 as the only sporty and small EV in this segment.
Yes! Please bring to US and please keep it a coupe!!!!! (Or hatch - as long as there are only two doors)
It would be suicide to build anything on the ultium platform. The front end looks need help but the clean simple lines throughout will be easy to bring to production. Back needs to be a lift back. 8:40
What’s wrong with the Ultium platform? Isn’t the Prologue built on it? I am asking as an uninformed enthusiast. I’ve only heard good things about it.
@@User.Joshua I had high hopes and have no absolute facts on it but I heard someone speculate they think GM’s battery vendor is the one creating slow downs. Ultimately, GM can sight many reasons for slow downs, but never mentions this as one even though it could be. The market isn’t demanding the Lyric or Trucks though well received. Over all market has slowed up while Tesla is having a going in to businesses fire sale. 🤷🏼♂️ Securing supply lines is obviously 1st priority.
I have a 2022 Toyota GR86 now. I loved my 1997 Honda Prelude back in the day.
Love these collaborations, great job guys... and do more "fear factory / mystery food" videos :)
The front reminds me of that Honda CRZ they had!
Loved the ‘89 Prelude SI with 4WS in Milano Red. 😊 (back in the day)
Looks more like what the Integra coupe should have been...
Doubt it's going to be ICE though, full electric or hybrid
Looks good but please make front looks Honda in production.
you cant beat the iconic retro prelude .. period !
Hi David! HI Kirk!
You both complement each other very well. It’s like you were born to do this together. I hope you have a podcast at least once a month having both of you to start with and then eventually you become a team down in the future both of you have so much to offer , and you get along so well I think it’s a match made in heaven for informative, cutting edge, technology information for the world🌎🇯🇵❤️🤍🇨🇦🇺🇸🙏💜☮️⭐️👍🇮🇹❤️🤍💚
Thanks Jimmy!
Thank you so much Jimmy! We hope to do many more together...
Love to have more info on that red hatch retro City too.
Iv had 3 , 5 gen Preludes
I love this one
And its going to be Hybrid 💯💯💯
it kinda looks like the new Prius but also the Supra
That 2 Door Prius looks HOT!
How does it look like a Prius? Is it the 4 wheels? Pretty sure these Prius comments are from people so young, they don't even know what a prelude was.
nah lol a simplified version of todays prius with the tall rear ligths of the 2017 prius would be much better looking as a less tall hypermiling conppact 4 seater of coupe
@HDHQDIRECT Look at the New Prius front and this vehicle, they look like siblings. I know what the hell a prelude was lol
Prelude base and premium are one level higher that the civic si and type r and integra and type s respectively.
All have had manuals? Sunroofs.
And then sh lsd 4 wheel steering
They had larger smoother engine than civics and integras.
I think this will also be the integra hybrid coupe or clx i predict eawd or nsx in re reverse.
hope acura makes a 2 door
The side profile screams nsx to me
hahah so floridian of you kirk to pronounce prelude such a way that it rhymes with Quaalude
That's the way you pronounce it. I'm from Ohio. You must be young and think it's pronounced like pretrial.
Keep the tail lights on the side but remove the lights bar on the trunk!
Does someone see a Peugeot RCZ roof line?
Billet K20/k24 and dct entered chat .
Time for a real swap to that body.
side view looks like mitsubishi eclipse 2010
Honda, please bring this BEV coupe to the North American market!
Am I the only person who had a sinking feeling when Honda announced it would be working with GM on electric cars?
That's only for the prologue and the cruse origin (autonomous taxi scheduled to commence operation in 2026 in Tokyo)
I used to love the prelude. front end needs work
Looks like a Toyota. Haha. But looks super nice.
This just need to be the integra type s coupe please 🙏
Honda confirmed it was a hybrid, not an EV
I like it Honda make it don’t listen to people thanks! It’s good it will sell a lot. Period make it the new Honda style!
Full ev?? Sad 😢 wish it was at least a hybrid
Prelude EV concept awesome stuff production version in 2027
it's actually coming much earlier than that. I heard that they're targeting to launch it at the earliest sometime next year.
Sooner the better for me sweet looking from front to rear.
Bring it to the uk Honda !!! 😊
Agreed…does not look like a Honda product. The silhouette is all Genesis.
R.I.P Honda.
An engine like the civic type R and it would be a cool car. EV demand is waning, even LG chemical came out today and projected lower earnings forecast for their batteries due to slowing demand.
That front end is hideous. I'm all for them bringing back the Prelude and in EV form. No issues there. But, man, I hope they tweak that front end if this goes to production.
Make a hybrid version and sell them all..
Great to see Prelude is back.....however the overall design is underwhelming. It looks like a reproduction of an old Prelude with a Prius front end and a side profile of a Civic coupe. 😳😧
If made, I doubt that the fifth gen Honda Prelude will be a coupe. Because of functuality and efficiently, it is most likely to be a 4 door sedan.
6th gen but not really because it's not a prelude lol
Crickets when EV is mentioned 😴 Niche cars are the new thing vs what the masses want. Since it’s pre production, maybe a gas/gas hybrid is still on the table. Would be a pity if the Maverick still controls that market, but then kudos to the Mav.
Hey it's a 99 Mercury Cougar with a Prius front end. This looks nothing like a Prelude or a Honda. Mailed in the design . Love how even the commentary this guy makes is oh looks like a Prius. But wow this is so early 2000's Cougar a carbon copy.
Beautiful design, but doesn't feel like a Prelude.
Hybrid S3000 please
the front is messed up a bit
Yeah, I'm not feeling the front end all that much, but the rest of it is gorgeous!
HOLY SHIIIIIIIII THE PRELUDE IS FINALLY BACK!!!!
Good to see the Prelude coming back !!! She would probably be a rear wheel drive since she will be all electric !!! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Prelude is DOHC VTECCCCC 😝
Looks like a Nissan Z.
*THE FAT LOTUS*
the rear is a clone of porsche 911
Honestly, I’m not that excited about this model but it does look cool somewhat
You lost me at fully electric.....
Sorry, you lost me at fully electric.
They're wrong.
Honda came out and said it will be hybrid.
That’s not a prelude 😒
It's nice but I don't want a EV. Make it gas!
Fully electric…meh, Nope. Too bad it’s not their 2.0l Turbo with a Hybrid setup 😑
Really electric Honda f up
The prelude is destined to failure, if it’s electric.
Couldn’t give us an actual modernized prelude ? It’s not that hard to do … look at the bronco I’m no ford fan but that’s how it’s done.
prelude in name only. it looks like crap. sad.
ICE variant coming too? Type R?? Car doesn't look exciting, kind of bland. Back end looks good tho!
They should have debuted a Type R concept Prelude. Then released the base versions first & the Type R a year later.
Also, offer rear wheel drive option & AWD option.
To be honest they should have never made it front drive with the ev. They literally could have put the ev motors easily anywhere & still they chose the front, being stupid. Everyone, INCLUDING HONDA, know rear drive is better. But STILL they persist with fwd 🙄. Yes the Civic Type R is awesome but let it go already! Everyone else is starting to switch to rwd again or awd. Stop waiting for your competition to do it first & then jump on the bandwagon 5 years later. Stop being a follower Honda & try being a leader again
Not impressed by the design
idk it just looks like the 8th gen civic SI coupe, the design doesnt really speak prelude. It should have a longer bonnet proportion wise but that's just my opinion
This Prelude looks hideous. The car looks more like an Acura Integra, but even so, the older Integra hatchback of the year 1990 looked so much better than this one. I miss my Acura Integra. It was at the time, the coolest looking Japanese car, inside and out.
*Make it RWD Honda!*
RWD based Honda/Acura these days: 0
Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru ALL offer pure, RWD based sports cars.
Shame on you, Honda!
Looks nothing like a Prelude.
mitsubishi prius prelude.
Looks very nice, but doesn’t resemble a Prelude at all. What Honda needs to bring back is the iconic S2000!
It's a shame that it's not very good looking; the front being particularly bad. It doesn't look great, is fact it's quite derivative and lacks family resemblance at all . . . Perhaps that's the one selling point. But it's nice having the name back.
🥱
No electric or front wheel drive for me.
25 years ago I owned a last generation Prelude Type SH. This new car is bloated, bubbly and very non-sporty much like the last couple generations of the Accord coupe. Very uninspiring. Prelude in name only.
EV? I'm good.
Another too conservative design by Honda … please wake up and be more exciting… Our moto is the Power of Dreams !!! Think big think new !!! The Koreans, Toyota and Chinese companies have very bold and exciting product line ups in next 5 years … Honda will get slaughtered if we don’t revolutionise… I know you have the ability and the capability… Honda has the best engineers in the world but design team 🤔 hmmm ?? So please bring back Honda challenging spirt and DNA !! Before it’s too late
Beatiful car, I know its the way of the future but i am bumming its all electric!