Originally posted by RavenLude
Personally, I feel the V6 Accord Coupe for '03 is going to be the temporary replacement for the Prelude.
If you look back into automotive history, perennial top sellers that died have come back. Celica, MR2, Z, eventually the RX, possibly Supra and 240.
1. Celica never really died.
2. The Nissan 240SX is still dead and has no sight of coming back to the USA.
3. All the other cars are real sport cars with power to back it up. Something the Prelude has never claimed. It was a nice sport coupe, but it wasn't in the league of the 300Z or Supra or even the old MR2 turbo.
The Prelude never had the commanding sport car image of the Z, RX, or Supra. Unless there's a surge for sport coupes again for the US market, I don't see the Prelude coming back with the RSX and Accord coupe covering whatever potential niche the Prelude would've taken. I highly doubt Honda will drop the Accord coupe, a better recognizable name, for the Prelude. I really don't see how the name can come back. I'm sadden by the Prelude name dropping, but it is reality and makes business sense. :wtc: I only hope if the Prelude name does come back, it doesn't come back as a Spyder only model like what Toyota's done with the MR2, but this is the only product I see Honda is missing.