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<\/p>\nThe Honda Prelude is back, at least in concept car form. Shown at this year\u2019s Japan Mobility Show, the two-door sports car is an electrified return of the nameplate that was stuck on front-engined, front-wheel drive sports cars for several decades until it was retired in 2001.<\/p>\n
The problem is, details about the new Prelude are so thin you\u2019d need a pair of tweezers to take them out of the Tokyo car show bucket of reveals. One piece of information is already out on the table \u2013 the fact that it\u2019s electric.<\/p>\n
The second drop of official info is that the Prelude Concept will bake in the \u201cjoy of driving\u201d into future electrified Honda models. And that\u2019s about it. No photos of the interior, no details about the powertrain. In fact, the concept\u2019s reveal was right at the end of the Japanese automaker\u2019s presentation, after electric aircraft, jets, micro-mobility solutions, and the partnership with GM\u2019s Cruise autonomous taxi business.<\/p>\n
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However, we have eyes, and the white two-door, zero-emissions concept looks production-ready, seeing how it doesn\u2019t have any over-the-top features like external displays, crazy headlights, or anything like that.<\/p>\n
Usually, concept cars that are bound to collect dust in a warehouse after being shown to the world have triple-hinged doors, retracting steering wheels, and floor-mounted displays, but the Prelude has none of those \u2013 that we know of, at least.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the word on the show floor is that underneath the sheet metal, General Motors\u2019 Ultium platform is nowhere to be found, leading us to believe that it may be based on Honda\u2019s own e:Architecture that will underpin several 2026-bound battery-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n
Some of these will be built at Honda\u2019s Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio, as opposed to the Ultium-based Prologue SUV and Acura ZDX that are assembled at GM\u2019s Mexico plant in Ramos Arizpe next to the Chevrolet Blazer EV.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Prelude Concept is a specialty sports model that will offer an exhilarating experience that makes you want to keep going forever and extraordinary excitement you never felt before,\u201d said Honda President, Toshihiro Mibe. \u201cIn order to offer the \u2018joy of driving\u2019 only Honda can realize, we are diligently progressing with development, so please keep your expectations high for this model,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
We can dream, can\u2019t we?<\/p>\n