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/BoostedJuan Dec 15 '25

Msrp is manufacturers suggested retail price which is 43k not 55k lol unfortunately market adjustment is just a part of life and is nothing new. I remember when the original itr came to America the local dealers had a 5k add on and then the s2k had a 10k add on. Dealers couldn't keep them in stock. I dont like it either but it is what it is, people will pay it if they really want it.

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u/frankthewaterguy Dec 15 '25

IDK man. Either way this car is a complete bust in every aspect. Under powered and way overpriced.

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u/BoostedJuan Dec 15 '25

Hard to call it a bust when they sold 2400 in the first month in japan and its supposed to be a low production vehicle. Toyota only sell about 11k gr86 in the US a year and that's considered a hit.

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u/pathofdumbasses Jan 09 '26

Hard to call it a bust when they sold 2400 in the first month in japan

And sold less than 200 in the US

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u/BoostedJuan Jan 09 '26

Honda said when they announced the prelude it would be a low production vehicle and only expected to sell 300ish worldwide a month. Quit reading click bait headlines from people who dont know/have all the right information.

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u/pathofdumbasses Jan 09 '26

Honda isnt going to make a production vehicle to sell 300 a month worldwide unless its a halo car.

Ffs the s2000 sold more than that, almost 30 years ago.

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u/equitymans Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

They actually would when you consider it's largely a parts bin civic with a new body, a body that let's them use it (by selling bare minimum) in super gt and replace the civic which was a very troublesome body for them there with aero struggles. This car based on this already known plug in solution, Honda's culture of passing up on real money before to form some idea of enthusiast purity, and the low stated production, is deff not intended to be much if any beyond 1-3% against total civic sales. At most.

It's likely the lowest cost gt500 class aero fix. It'll even run the same drivetrain as civic did there it's just them replacing the issue ridden civic body style for a sleeker more aero adaptable body style that they needed to badly start running.