Throwback Cars In Nigeria: Honda Prelude

Boasting a 1.8 four-cylinder engine hitting 100 horsepower and 104 lb-ft of torque, a comfortable interior with tons of leg room and visibility on all sides, surprisingly good fuel efficiency, and much more, this is one that'll get you feeling nostalgic for the old days. Check it out and reminisce with us below. The one made from 1983 to 1987, a generation before Honda introduced the 4WS system the car was famous for. I'm sure it's a fun and sprightly drive, even if it only cranks out a little more than 100 horsepower in stock form.

Styling wise, the Prelude is very, very 1980s Honda — angular, low to the ground, and equipped with pop-up headlamps. I don't think it's aged all that well but it's definitely representative of its era. Prelude styling  got better as it went along. Regardless of what year it's from, the Prelude is a great reminder of the days when Honda made cars that were high-tech and fun to drive as well as efficient

On April 9, 1987, the third-generation Prelude was released in the Japanese domestic market and released later that year worldwide, being an 1988 model in North America. Featuring evolutionary styling from its predecessor, it shared design cues from the Honda NSX that would be introduced later in 1989. The Prelude featured innovative features for its time such as a 0.34 drag coefficient, roof pillars made of high-strength metal and its signature feature, the available option of the world's first mechanical four wheel steering system available in a mass-production passenger car.

The third-generation Prelude was exclusively powered by variants of the Honda B20A engine, a base carbureted version with a SOHC 12-Valve valvetrain, or a DOHC variant with Honda's PGM-FI fuel injection and 16 valves In 1987, Road & Track published a test summary that shows the 1988 Honda Prelude 2.0Si 4WS outperforming every car of that year on the slalom, with a speed of 65.5 mph (105.4 km/h), even besting exotics such as Porsche and Ferrari. For reference, the 1988 Chevrolet Corvette C4 took the same course at 64.9 mph (104.4 km/h).

The Prelude was Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 1987. Honda released the Prelude SiStates in 1990 as a Japanese domestic market special edition, this car was a limited production run and very few were built. It featured four-wheel steering, ABS, limited slip differential, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear lever, extra sound deadening on the firewall and hood, rear windscreen wiper and washer, and many more features that were usually options. It also featured a modified B21A engine rated at 145 PS (107 kW) that was only produced for the SiStates. A major distinction of the SiStates is that it was the same width as the Prelude sold in North America, from which it took its name. The extra width and the larger engine combined to place the SiStates Prelude in a considerably higher tax bracket; while this slowed sales it also targeted some status hungry buyers. This model was only available with automatic transmission.

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