QOTD: How Are We Feeling About The New Honda Prelude?

by Tim Healey

Published: November 6th, 2025

qotd how are we feeling about the new honda prelude

Matthew Guy drove the 2026 Honda Prelude last week. Reading/editing his review, I kept thinking that my own feelings about the car remain mixed.

As always, I reserve judgment until I drive a car, but I am not sure I love the idea of the Prelude being a hybrid with no available manual. The 0-60 time seems a tad high for a sporty car -- the new Prelude comes across as a grand tourer more than a true affordable sport coupe.

On the other hand, if the car shares bones with the Civic Hybrid, well, Honda could do worse.

I toss it over to you. If you haven't already expressed your opinion on the first-drive post, or if you want to chime in yet again, well you know what to do.

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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D on Nov 15, 2025

Looks more like a tadpole than the base C8 does!

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Jan Smith on Nov 15, 2025

I just think about the CVTs they stuff in Hondas that can’t be rebuilt when they go dead!

it’s a no go for me!

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