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Unfortunately that was me for a while, when I saw the spec sheet on launch I dismissed it as a weird pointless slow thing and gave it no further thought, assuming someone at Honda had been on some weird drugs when they decided on the drivetrain. Then I was wandering between dealers a couple...

Nope not yet, it was originally slated for July-August due to the options I'd picked so I decided to delay it a little further to September so it rolls into the 76 plates so I could get my cheeky PR76UDE reg in. That and it gives time for some of JDM parts to arrive from Japan ready for dealer...

Only problem I've got with it is that I myself am a crap driver :P

This might upset some purists and garner me some hate, and I'm not claiming the Prelude is some performance monster, but... I’ve seen a lot of social media chatter and reviews writing the Prelude off as a slow eco-civic-coupe because of the 184hp figure (or the false 200hp), assuming it can't...

Here's a little chart helping to visualise what's going on during a straight line full throttle pull: I also charted a little simulation help. Ignore the exact numbers and just look at the shape of the graphs. This simulates approaching a corner at speed, lifting off the throttle, then...

More directly back on topic it isn't actually quite that simple. There's a real mechanical physics reason the car is slower to 60 when rowing through the 'fake' gears in S+ and it's not just because of the brief deliberate delays they put in to simulate the momentary torque drop of a clutch. To...

European regulations are that the power presented must be that of the primary propulsion source. In the e:HEV system thats the electric motor, which is exactly 184PS. The US regulations are that they can use peak combined output, which is higher as at higher speeds the engine also clutches up...

Will do once it makes its way out the factory :P

Will be documenting my incoming 'Racing Blue' Prelude here. Expecting to take delivery in September, already got the registration sorted... Should be arriving day 1 as the following - 2026 Honda Prelude Advance in Racing Blue Pearl Standard 19" black alloys. Black Pack Blue and White Two-Tone...

The power in Europe is not reduced. It's just a quirk of how they report power figures. The reduced figure is the peak output of the main electric motor, whereas in North America they use a 'combined' figure.