Offered through 1996, this generation also marked the end of an experiment. Four-wheel steering, once the Prelude’s technological calling card, unceremoniously disappeared. It’s an omen of what is to come.
A final shot over the bow
When the fifth-generation Prelude arrived for 1997, its styling felt like a compromise between eras, a return to Honda’s earlier angular discipline, slightly softened to align with late-1990s tastes. It looked modern but cautious. And beneath the sheet metal, something had changed.
Credit: Honda
A 1998 Honda Prelude Type SH.
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