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Honda Prelude Is Back After 24 Years, This Time As a Google-Backed Hybrid With Simulated Gear Shifts

Honda Prelude Is Back After 24 Years, This Time As a Google-Backed Hybrid With Simulated Gear Shifts

PCMag
The sportscar returns amid Honda's successful hybrid push, with full EVs on the back burner.

Honda discontinued its Prelude sports coupe in 2001, but it's making a comeback as a hybrid.

The 2026 model, expected this fall, will feature the same two-motor hybrid-electric system as 2024's Honda Civic hybrid. Thanks to the CR-V hybrid, Accord hybrid, and Civic hybrid, hybrids …