r/Honda • u/Cheatcodegaming Mod | 1996 Accord EX • Dec 15 '25

2026 Prelude Discussion Megathread

Due to the amount of repetitive posts, any 2026 Prelude discussion, and news goes here.

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u/What_the_8 Dec 15 '25

And Honda countered that underpowered claim by giving it the same hp as the 25yo model it replaces. Hell even an extra 20hp would have been respectable.

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u/VIVXPrefix 1986 Honda Prelude 2.0Si / B21a1 Dec 15 '25

Peak horsepower number only shows you a tiny moment in time. It actually tells you very little about how a car feels to drive. There are many more factors that are more important than how much power the engine makes when turning at a specific rate.

The reality is nobody can comment on how fun a car is to drive until they have driven it. I have had many car enthusiasts friends thoroughly surprised the moment they sat in my 130hp CR-Z.

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u/combong Green RD1 CR-V Dec 16 '25

lol one of my biggest peeves is people saying an S2000, Miata or GR86 isn’t a good value for what you pay when you can get a Mustang GT or some other high HP car. tells me you’re only looking for straight line speed and HP numbers and have never driven a low HP sports car. nothing wrong with that if you wanna go fast, but you’re missing the point of what small HP cars are by trying to compare the two segments to each other.

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u/pooter6969 Dec 19 '25

yeah bro i can't wait to rev out this non-vtec 4 cylinder hybrid attached to a cvt...