>>28706238
I still hope people buy it though. It's obvious that it's not a true enthusiast-centric model, let alone a sports car (it never was). It's also pathetic that it barely even has more power than the previous model 25 years ago (normies don't know this). It's also pathetic that it fakes gears (normies don't know this).
I'd still rather be surrounded by normies commuting to work in what I see as a normal economy car in the Prelude over the alternative, however. Everyone (rightfully) complaining about it is just going to doom themselves to be surrounded by an endless sea of jellybean-shaped crossovers until the end of time. I'll take seeing these over ever having to see one more HR-V on the road ever again.
Fuck it, tell Toyota to crank out a hybrid 2-door Corolla or Prius coupe to go up against it.
>>28706244
I don't think this thing would be nearly as hated if they had at least shoehorned a manual option into it like they did with their previous hybrids. People would still be complaining about power just like with the CR-Z, but they would at least have a more "engaging" option for the enthusiast (autist) that just wants a funky, efficient daily driver.
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>>28603551
fpbp
It's just a modern commuter coupe, the type of car most NPC types used to, and should still be driving instead of shit-tier cuckovers.
The problem is that those people don't see coupes as practical anymore, and I don't see Honda even attempting to market this as a "sporty" alternative to your average NPC that would otherwise only be looking at an HR-V/CH-R or whatever shitbox CUV is popular. No manual to satisfy the genuine autists that bought manual Insights and CR-Zs, either.
I imagine I'm going to see one of these nu-Preludes stanced on RPF1s by some Honda-bro hypebeast online before I even see one on the road since I don't know who else is actually going to buy these.
fpbp
It's just a modern commuter coupe, the type of car most NPC types used to, and should still be driving instead of shit-tier cuckovers.
The problem is that those people don't see coupes as practical anymore, and I don't see Honda even attempting to market this as a "sporty" alternative to your average NPC that would otherwise only be looking at an HR-V/CH-R or whatever shitbox CUV is popular. No manual to satisfy the genuine autists that bought manual Insights and CR-Zs, either.
I imagine I'm going to see one of these nu-Preludes stanced on RPF1s by some Honda-bro hypebeast online before I even see one on the road since I don't know who else is actually going to buy these.
>>28526359
>What gives?
People don't have money anymore. Sure, every poster on /o/ is a tech bro that pulls in $350k+/year if I'm to believe what I read here, but in the real world the average cost of a new car is $50k, with payments regularly ballooning to $1k+, with 84/90+ month loans being taken out to accomplish this. That tells me that many are living beyond their means rather than within them.
When vehicles are being looked at as an even longer-term purchase than ever before (the average age of a car in the US is over 12 years old, the highest it's ever been), your average shopper is thus going to be looking at a "do everything" vehicle rather than something that may be niche, a lifestyle vehicle, a "personal" car or whatever marketing term they're called in the 2020s. Thus, it pushes people away from coupes, and in lots of cases now, away from the few sedans still offered and into crossovers or SUVs. Will you have kids 5+ years from now? Will you live where it snows or floods? Maybe you'll pick up a new outdoorsy hobby? Probably no to all these things - but look at the marketing for any of these "do everything" vehicles and those are the usually what they'll depict.
Honda is literally about to release a new Prelude anyway, which, although people seethe at it having an NPC-tier hybrid powertrain, is a lot closer to what most actually need out of a commuter. I'd rather see a sea of Prelude-like coupes instead of Rav4s and CR-Vs everywhere, personally. I just know that the people that actually should buy it likely won't for reasons I've already mentioned.
>What gives?
People don't have money anymore. Sure, every poster on /o/ is a tech bro that pulls in $350k+/year if I'm to believe what I read here, but in the real world the average cost of a new car is $50k, with payments regularly ballooning to $1k+, with 84/90+ month loans being taken out to accomplish this. That tells me that many are living beyond their means rather than within them.
When vehicles are being looked at as an even longer-term purchase than ever before (the average age of a car in the US is over 12 years old, the highest it's ever been), your average shopper is thus going to be looking at a "do everything" vehicle rather than something that may be niche, a lifestyle vehicle, a "personal" car or whatever marketing term they're called in the 2020s. Thus, it pushes people away from coupes, and in lots of cases now, away from the few sedans still offered and into crossovers or SUVs. Will you have kids 5+ years from now? Will you live where it snows or floods? Maybe you'll pick up a new outdoorsy hobby? Probably no to all these things - but look at the marketing for any of these "do everything" vehicles and those are the usually what they'll depict.
Honda is literally about to release a new Prelude anyway, which, although people seethe at it having an NPC-tier hybrid powertrain, is a lot closer to what most actually need out of a commuter. I'd rather see a sea of Prelude-like coupes instead of Rav4s and CR-Vs everywhere, personally. I just know that the people that actually should buy it likely won't for reasons I've already mentioned.