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The new Honda Prelude will have a hybrid drive and over 200 "horses"

The new Honda Prelude will have a hybrid drive and over 200 "horses" The new Honda Prelude will have a hybrid drive and over 200 "horses"

At last year's Tokyo Motor Show, Honda surprised everyone by revealing the Prelude concept. The company has already confirmed that the production version will be a hybrid-powered coupe, and Best Car Web now provides insight into new details on the car's powertrain, dimensions and price.

It was previously known that the production Prelude would have a hybrid powertrain, which chief engineer Tomoyuki Yamagami said would serve as a "prelude" to Honda's future electric vehicles.

Best Car believes it will have the same 2.0-liter four-cylinder e:HEV engine that powers the Civic Hybrid, with a total combined output of 207 hp.

The Prelude will reportedly be 4,300mm long, 1,790mm wide and 1,300mm tall, while the wheelbase will be 2,575mm.

That makes it bigger than the Mazda MX-5 Miata, unsurprisingly, and almost identical to the Toyota GR86.

Honda is reportedly positioning it as a premium model above the aforementioned Toyota.

In Japan, the new Prelude will reportedly cost between $27,300 and $29,300. By comparison, the GR86 costs $18,900-$23,400 in the same market.

It is expected to arrive in showrooms by the second half of 2025.

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