Tamiya 24032 1/24 Honda Prelude XX

The Honda Prelude is a Japanese sports car that was first presented to the public in 1978. Its serial production started in the same year and lasted until 2001. During it, the model was manufactured only in the city of Sayama in Japan. In total, approx. 825 thousand jobs were created. cars of this model.

The Prelude model did not have a direct predecessor in the Honda Motor Company offer, but was developed and put into production in order to fight the market with cars such as Toyota Celica, Nissan Silvia and Mitsubishi Eclipse. The new car was based on many solutions used in the Accord and Civic models. Suffice it to say that the first generation of cars of this type was built on the platform of the Civic II models. This condition did not change until 1982, when the 2nd generation Honda Prelude appeared. Like the models mentioned above, Prelude had a chassis with a self-supporting body. During series production, the car was offered primarily as a 2-door coupe, and the range of engines included engines with a capacity of 1.6 to 2.3 liters.