Has anyone ever asked you...?

[Alfettaman76]

"...is it a Porsche?"

I've been asked a few times now!

[Not a real photo - just a bit of fun... ]

 

[SSV51]

I’ve had more of ‘I thought it was a Porsche…’ than ‘is it’

 

[rexracer22]

The Prelude is a good looking car. Looks more like a 2-door Prius. LOL.

 

[Kguy6]

Nope. But plenty of "the Preludes back, awesome!"

 

[Alex_Waverley58]

I have gotten the "I thought it was a Porsche" comment.

 

[GoZoner36]

The Prelude is a good looking car. Looks more like a 2-door Prius. LOL.

The angle of the Prius front end, a nearly straight line from the nose to the top of the windshield is UGLY.

 

[rexracer22]

The angle of the Prius front end, a nearly straight line from the nose to the top of the windshield is UGLY.

I feel the current Prius is by far the best looking Prius so far. I guess that is not saying much. lol. I spent a lot of time in a ’25 Prius this year on a road trip and did not care for it for a lot of reasons. That steep windshield rake helps the aerodynamics and mpg but also makes getting in and out of the front seats awkward for me. I always hit my head getting in or out. The A-pillar is also right in my line of sight. The engine is corse sounding and unrefined. It only managed to get less than 39mpg on the trip. Honestly a Civic Hybrid is a lot more fun and refined feeling.

 

[GoZoner36]

I’ve never been in one but have wondered what the dashboard looks like with that rake. The driver sits far away from the base of the windshield?

Honda Prelude designers, in same Japanese language YouTube video, made a big deal about the design of the A pillar’s intersection at its base with the dashboard and the site lines to the fenders.

 

[rexracer22]

I’ve never been in one but have wondered what the dashboard looks like with that rake. The driver sits far away from the base of the windshield?

Honda Prelude designers, in same Japanese language YouTube video, made a big deal about the design of the A pillar’s intersection at its base with the dashboard and the site lines to the fenders.

The Prius dash is a small POD just behind the steering wheel. It is dash POD is not hard to see. The distance between the bottom of the windshield and the driver is FAR. It is a pain to clean the inside of the Prius windshield. You need really long arms. lol. That windshield rake is steep and the A-pillars interferes with front passenger ingress, egress and visibility. It is not the Prius is a bad car, it is a very good one but just not a good fit for me. Ergonomically I would consider a Camry over the Prius. The Camry gets almost the same mpg. Unfortunately the Prius and Camry are not much fun to drive. And I am not a hater. I think the current Prius and Camry are by far the best looking of their respective models.