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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:08, 30 April 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thinking at </del>Honda R&amp;D. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it </del>be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It </del>was conceived to fill a hole in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the model </del>lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in it's lineup </del>since <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the end </del>of the 145 Coupe <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5 </del>years prior <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions and model options throughout the four years available show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets, where the competition was harsher. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year-old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values and a Honda cost. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">early </ins>1977 and was inspired by the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">newly established </ins>"Benz" <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mindset within the </ins>Honda R&amp;D <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">department</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A simple </ins>question was asked <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">amongst the design group</ins>, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a car </ins>be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heavily </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">help </ins>develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Prelude </ins>was conceived to fill a hole in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Honda's growing </ins>lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</ins>seater that Honda was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">severely </ins>lacking<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>since <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production ended </ins>of the 145 Coupe <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">five </ins>years prior.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After the Prelude's release in late 1978, it unfortunately did not perform well domestically in Japan. This caused an image problem for Honda. The Prelude was advertised exclusively alongside the launch of Honda Verno dealerships and interested buyers were just not taking it seriously. Sale numbers showed that both young and older generations were not buying into the sporty nature the Prelude promised on its "Benz" ideology. Major interior revisions and model options throughout its four-year tenure showed it struggled to fit into a sporty niche market and was the not the mid-ship sports car Honda promised. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets, where the competition was much harsher. Oversea sales slowly grew with the 20–35-year age groups who wanted a small upscale car, but with Honda reliability and cheaper cost. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>"This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values." <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Honda R&amp;D''''' </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Later nicknamed the "Kawagoe Benz", the 1st generation Prelude was a very unique Honda created by its designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and its marketing teams in the early 80s. The immense luxury value found in the Prelude was extremely rare for Honda and it proved they were serious about an adult sports coupe that had European styling but kept with Honda's simplicity and rugged ergonomics. Its electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, making the Prelude the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still holds it's worth today. It proved that Honda could build a high-quality sports 2+2-coupe with classy "Benz" sophistication, but in the end, the consumer spoke and breathed a change back into Hondas designers for the 2nd generation Prelude mid-ship sports car. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high quality sports coupe with classy sophistication, but in the end, the consumer won and breathed a change back into Hondas designers for the 2nd generation Prelude. </del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:02, 10 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high quality sports coupe with classy sophistication, but in the end, the consumer won and breathed a change back into Hondas designers for the 2nd generation Prelude.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high quality sports coupe with classy sophistication, but in the end, the consumer won and breathed a change back into Hondas designers for the 2nd generation Prelude.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:01, 10 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" thinking at Honda R&amp;D. The question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does it be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. It was conceived to fill a hole in the model lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking in it's lineup since the end of the 145 Coupe 5 years prior . Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions and model options throughout the four years available show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets, where the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Civic and Accord were well respected</del>. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year-old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values and a Honda cost. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" thinking at Honda R&amp;D. The question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does it be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. It was conceived to fill a hole in the model lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking in it's lineup since the end of the 145 Coupe 5 years prior . Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions and model options throughout the four years available show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets, where the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">competition was harsher</ins>. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year-old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values and a Honda cost. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:00, 10 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" thinking at Honda R&amp;D. The question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does it be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. It was conceived to fill a hole in the model lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking in it's lineup since the . Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions and model options throughout the four years available show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets, where the Civic and Accord were well respected. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year-old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values and a Honda cost. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" thinking at Honda R&amp;D. The question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does it be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. It was conceived to fill a hole in the model lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking in it's lineup since the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">end of the 145 Coupe 5 years prior </ins>. Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions and model options throughout the four years available show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets, where the Civic and Accord were well respected. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year-old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values and a Honda cost. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:05, 9 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high quality sports coupe <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to exactly what the designers intended it to be</del>, but in the end, the consumer <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wanted more because they saw what </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">potential could be in a Honda sports car</del>.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high quality sports coupe <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with classy sophistication</ins>, but in the end, the consumer <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">won and breathed a change back into Hondas designers for </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2nd generation Prelude</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:02, 9 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dollar </del>sports coupe <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with </del>exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and exciting at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">quality </ins>sports coupe <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to </ins>exactly what the designers intended <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it to be</ins>, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:02, 9 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">daunting </del>at the time, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which made the Prelude </del>the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for the company at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exciting </ins>at the time, the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:01, 9 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Honda </del>at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and daunting at the time, which made the Prelude the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the company </ins>at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. It's electric sunroof was innovative and daunting at the time, which made the Prelude the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:00, 9 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for Honda at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for Honda at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. It's electric sunroof was innovative and daunting at the time, which made the Prelude the first Japanese car to have a production sunroof standard</ins>. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any street corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:57, 9 February 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" thinking at Honda R&amp;D. The question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does it be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. It was conceived to fill a hole in the model lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking in it's lineup. Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions throughout the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">model </del>years show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1st generation Honda Prelude started development in 1977 and was inspired by the "Benz" thinking at Honda R&amp;D. The question was asked, what made a Mercedes Benz desirable and cool? What did Western buyers want in a sports car? How does it be cool, sexy and intelligent? These questions were used to develop the cars styling and unique characteristics. It was conceived to fill a hole in the model lineup for a sporty, upscaled 2+2 seater that Honda was lacking in it's lineup <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">since the </ins>. Unfortunately, while being developed alongside the 2nd generation Honda Civic, it did not perform well domestically in japan and caused an image problem externally for Honda. The car was also the power horse behind the newly established Honda Verno dealerships and buyers were just not taking it seriously as the sports car it was advertised to be. Heavy interior revisions <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and model options </ins>throughout the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">four </ins>years <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">available </ins>show it struggled to fill a hard niche market and was the not the Mid-ship sports car the Japanese market wanted to buy. This was also an interesting time for Honda as the car grew quite popular in the US and European markets<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, where the Civic and Accord were well respected</ins>. Overseas it slowly flourished for 25-35 year<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</ins>old sales or business associates who wanted an upscale car, but with Honda values <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and a Honda cost</ins>. Only 30% of the cars volume sales were domestic, while 70% were exported to overseas markets.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&quot;This is not a sports car for performance or handling. This is a rare moment for a car to offer sophistication, comfort and looks at an affordable price with Honda values.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for Honda at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to this day </del>turns heads at any corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">won</del>.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "Kawagoe Benz" is a very unique Honda created by it's designers and not by the customer, bringing forth a radical new viewpoint for Honda R&amp;D and it's marketing teams in the early 80s. The luxury found in the 1st generation Prelude was extremely rare for Honda at the time and it shows they were wanted an adult sports coupe that had European styling, but kept with Honda's simplicity and ergonomics. To this day, it stands as the most radical Prelude in the five generations it helped launch and still turns heads at any <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">street </ins>corner. It proved that Honda could build a high dollar sports coupe with exactly what the designers intended, but in the end, the consumer <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wanted more because they saw what the potential could be in a Honda sports car</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Quoted straight from Car Styling Quarterly Magazine #26, Spring 1979. This is a superb article about the SN body style and how it came to be.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Quoted straight from Car Styling Quarterly Magazine #26, Spring 1979. This is a superb article about the SN body style and how it came to be.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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