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Originally Posted by Badhobz
what is this thing suppose to compete against?
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At the end of the day, this Prelude is a 90% parts bin car, which means the development costs for Honda is pretty low. Low (engineering) effort, low cost, high margin. What is there not to like? (for Honda, that is)
IIRC Hondas have always commanded a premium over other Japanese cars. It was the very reason why my cheapa$$ dad bought Nissans and (rebadged) Mazdas instead.
200hp for the money is definitely on the low bang for the buck end of things, but the electric torque is supposed to be masking that deficiency fairly well at normal street speed.
For reasons that I cannot explain, I am oddly drawn to the car, even though I know it makes absolutely no logical sense. And I don't have the money nor the garage space for it anyway.