Honda Prelude News

With the manual transmission becoming less common as time goes on, there are fewer opportunities to learn how to use it and subsequently order a car with one. In response to this, Honda hosted an experience in the Los Angeles area near Angeles Crest Highway called "Shifting Gears." There Honda brought out a bunch of its own manual-equipped cars to teach people how to use a manual transmission.

With the world's reddest interior, lots of ritzy-by-1982-standards standard features, and Accord underpinnings, this early Prelude in Wisconsin is a very rare Junkyard Gem.

The last year of the third-generation Prelude, this '91 was one of the best deals on a sporty coupe you could get at the time.

At least this is as close to a new Prelude as we're likely to get.

Now entering its 10th generation, the Honda Civic has bred numerous variants. Some wore the Civic name, but others are haven't even carried the Honda badge.

Take a look back in time as MotorWeek runs a full test on the 1984 Honda Prelude. If that's not enough, we've included 10 more retro-review videos showing off coupes from all over the globe.

It wasn't so long ago that Honda was known for its sporty two-door models, with models ranging from the Civic del Sol to the Prelude and from the Acura Integra and RSX to the Honda S2000. But look at its range today and all you'll see are the Civic and Noah Joseph

Reader/Flickr member blodi admits up front that he no longer owns the car above. We're gonna let that slide, because seriously, it doesn't get much better than this. He bought the Prelude from a buddy for $50.00. That's right -- fifty bucks. The flat black paint was already in place when he took possession, but despite the looks, everything else ran fine.

When Honda introduced the Prelude in 1978, it was a strong indicator that the Japanese automaker wanted to move beyond its mundane, econo-box image. Over the next 23 years, the Prelude would go through five iterations and serve as a rolling test bed for Honda's R&D. The third generation Prelude received VTEC technology right after it was introduced in the NSX and it still has the distinction of being the only vehicle offered with an entirely mechanical four-wheel steering system. In 1987, Ro