I haven't been paying attention to the topic for a long time but at the last auto show I went to (late 01), the honda guys told me the original plan was just a hibernation of the prelude, like the Nissan Z, RX7, etc. now if they've stuck to the plan or not I don't know, but that was there original idea. they wanted to wait for the new z to come out then a couple years later the new prelude would be re-introduced.

just my two bits
~joe