2025 Honda Prelude (BF1) | PH Review
The Honda coupe returns, with Civic Type R hardware and hybrid power - what's it like? By Matt Bird / Monday, 27 October 2025
Nobody could accuse Honda of jumping on the hybrid bandwagon. It isn’t rowing back from an all-electric pledge to safer ground that retains combustion; it’s been offering up electrified petrol power for a quarter of a century, and selling millions of them, all the way back to the original (and very clever) Insight.
Ever since, Honda has been nothing if not determined to do its own thing with engines and electric, and plans to continue in that vein for the foreseeable future. Some of it has been special - see the NSX - while other cars haven’t made quite the same impact.
But you could never accuse Honda of following the crowd when it comes to hybrids, an approach we can surely all appreciate right now. It’s an attitude that has helped create the Prelude.
Author's summary: Honda returns with a hybrid coupe.