Honda Prelude wins prestigious 'Best Coupe' award at The New Car World Championships 2025/2026

Honda's all-new Prelude e:HEV sports coupe has been named 'Best Coupe' by the Best Cars of the Year organisation at the 2025/2026 New Car World Championships, following the return of the iconic model after 25 years away.

The Honda Prelude has arrived in Europe, allying an advanced hybrid powertrain and innovative Honda S+ Shift with a striking design approach to deliver the 'joy of driving' for which the model has always been known.

Best COTY New Car World Championships judge Peter Lyon said:

“Honda may have dug deep into its extensive parts bin to create the new Prelude - borrowing the high-performance chassis, suspension and Brembo brake packages from the Civic Type R and the 200-hp hybrid engine and CVT from the Civic e:HEV - but what it has brought to showrooms is much more than the sum of those parts.

“The Prelude deserves this win. The styling is fresh and eye-catching while engineers have added something quite unique to elevate driver interaction. The new Prelude takes the much-disliked CVT and not only gives it a realistic 8-speed shift pattern with paddles, but adds a bespoke S+ Shift mode that enables the car to automatically change down with a blipping function going into corners.”

The Prelude features Honda's full hybrid e:HEV powertrain. Pairing a 2.0-litre petrol engine with the company's lightweight dual electric motor automatic transmission, the 184PS (135kW) system offers true driver exhilaration with responsive power delivery, excellent efficiency, and superb refinement.

The Honda Prelude is priced from £40,995.00 OTR.

Further information

The all-new Prelude will be available to order from 7th November 2025. Please contact our Honda sales team on 01932 877234 to be one of the first to test drive this stunning new model.