Earlier this week, Honda introduced the Prelude’s beginning worth. Immediately, you’ll be able to lastly construct one for your self. The Prelude configurator is now stay on the Honda web site, however you in all probability will not be capable of waste the entire day—or perhaps a few hours—constructing your excellent Honda coupe, as there are solely a handful of accessible choices.
The 2026 Prelude begins at $43,195, together with the $1,195 vacation spot cost, which is dear. That stated, it does come well-equipped, that includes the Civic Sort R’s entrance suspension, adaptive dampers, and brakes. It additionally has customary 19-inch wheels and leather-trimmed seats.
Honda’s on-line configurator first presents two choices: The Prelude Hybrid or the Prelude Hybrid Two-Tone. The Two-Tone is $500 dearer to begin and comes with a black roof, nevertheless it limits you to the White Frost Pearl exterior shade, which is a required $655 possibility, bringing its beginning worth to $44,350.
That is too limiting for me, personally, so I am going with the common Prelude Hybrid. There’s just one powertrain possibility—a 200-horsepower 2.0-liter four-cylinder hybrid. Honda additionally does not provide the automotive with a handbook transmission—the Prelude as an alternative simulates an eight-speed gearbox.
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With that selection made, subsequent is shade. Honda provides simply 5 exterior colours, three of that are free: Crystal Black Pearl, Meteorite Grey Metallic, and Rallye Purple. Two non-obligatory paint colours can be found:
- Increase Pearl Blue ($455)
- Winter Frost ($655)
I like automobiles with shade, so I would spend the additional $455 for Increase Blue Pearl. It appears like Honda designed the Prelude to put on this particular shade.
Subsequent is the inside, with Honda providing two selections. The usual cabin options black leather-based, however you’ll be able to go for the blue-and-white mixture. This selection provides white trim to the doorways, dashboard, and middle console with blue and white entrance seats.
It seems to be good and is customary on the Two-Tone trim, however I choose the black inside. The truth that the outside blue and inside blue do not match bugs me.
Subsequent are wheels, and Honda provides just one possibility—19-inch gloss-black, machined-finished alloys. They’re $2,000 additional, and conflict with the blue paint, so I would select the usual 19-inch Berlina black alloys.
The packages Honda provides on each Prelude trims are all dealer-installed upgrades, and there are 4 of them:
- All-Season Safety Package deal I ($470)
- All-Season Safety Package deal II ($435)
- Cargo Safety Package deal ($485)
- Safety Package deal ($370)
I would not go for any of those, which all provide some mixture of the splash guard set, cargo tray, wheel locks, all-season ground mats, and seatback protector. These are additionally accessible as particular person equipment, which is the very last thing within the configurator.
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Goodies embrace black door mirror covers ($80), that are customary on the Two-Tone trim, gloss-black emblems ($175), a tailgate spoiler ($500), and a entrance underbody spoiler ($350). These are all choices I would get, however there are extra if you need them:
- Automotive Cowl ($250)
- Door Visors ($215)
- Brand Sample Projector ($200)
- Safety Movie Package deal ($200)
- Rear Fender Safety Movie ($75)
- Splash Guard Set ($135)
- Valve Stem Caps ($25)
- Black Wheel Locks ($100)
- All-Season Floro Mats ($200)
- Cargo Tray ($135)
- Cargo Cowl ($150)
- Illuminated Door Sill Trim ($330)
- Inside Illumination Package ($200)
- Seat Again Protector ($150)
- Engine Block Heater ($120)
If you happen to go for the Prelude Two-Tone, improve the wheels, and add each accessible accent, your Prelude would value $48,665. It is uncertain that any purchaser would spec their Prelude like this, however there aren’t many choices accessible.
The Prelude I’d spec, with Increase Blue Pearl, the 19-inch Berlina black wheels, and a handful of visible equipment, comes out to $44,755. Would you pay that a lot for a hybrid Honda, and in that case, how would you spec your Prelude? Tell us within the feedback.
