RE: SOTW: Honda Prelude
Discussion
This SOTW article brought back memories. My Dad used to buy CAR magazine in the early 80's and I loved reading it (could quote all the stats from the Good, Bad, Ugly). George Bishop and LJK Setright were in there but I was too young to appreciate.
I do recall Bishop going on about a Diesel Citroen he loved (as well as food) and LJK Setright querying why we use Wood and Leather in cars and why no Silver, Silk and other expensive materials, oh and you can tell a good boat driver from the wake he leaves???... all great stuff from the old memory vault for me.
On the Honda debate, I recall in the 80's Honda's were always really well engineered and when compared to the opposition back then, very advanced.
No doubt I was influenced by their F1 participation but it seems to me they've lost their (engineering?) way in the last decade...
I do recall Bishop going on about a Diesel Citroen he loved (as well as food) and LJK Setright querying why we use Wood and Leather in cars and why no Silver, Silk and other expensive materials, oh and you can tell a good boat driver from the wake he leaves???... all great stuff from the old memory vault for me.
On the Honda debate, I recall in the 80's Honda's were always really well engineered and when compared to the opposition back then, very advanced.
No doubt I was influenced by their F1 participation but it seems to me they've lost their (engineering?) way in the last decade...
doogz said:
They weren't limited to 276bhp.
The agreement was that they would say the cars only made 276bhp.
Do you really think the R34 GTR, Supra and the like were only making 276bhp?
No of course not, they were making ~320bhp, same as the NSX could manage in Type R form. Regardless of whether they were really limited, the manufacturers still had to reign it in from what they could have achieved at the time, and the turbocharged cars could easily be detuned from their easy 400bhp+ potential. Detuning an NASP V8 to ~320bhp as some people would have apparently preferred would have made it a somewhat un-inspiring engine with no easy fix like increasing the boost, all for nothing more than a (subjective) better noise.The agreement was that they would say the cars only made 276bhp.
Do you really think the R34 GTR, Supra and the like were only making 276bhp?
Given what they were supposed to do, the V6 was a great choice.
beasto said:
4G Prelude was the one, which Honda then proceeded to remake as this Dullsville slab.
Actually, Honda seems to specialise in turning silk purses into sow's ears, a present example being the latest Civic.
looks are not bad not good either.Actually, Honda seems to specialise in turning silk purses into sow's ears, a present example being the latest Civic.
But an engine that feels like no other make. Handling that makes cornering easy work, stay flat and precise with excellent wheel feedback.
Sounds good too me, just slightly too heavy (150 kilos) and 15- bhp short along with average looks.
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