LexFather

Anthony

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June 97.. damn 12 years ago! 3 series

kit cat

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OH SNAP! I remember reading in high school (which was forever ago)!

ffpowerLN

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Honda Prelude...

Those were the good old days.

Damn you Honda.

GSteg

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Honda is legendary when it comes to making FWD that can handle, despite the horrible weight distribution. This is apparent in the last gen TL-S also.

The 318 did pretty darn well for having an engine with an output of a radio control car.

I8ABMR

seems like more than a few years ago LOL. I remeber driving the discussed generation 3 series BMW M3 and DAMN I was impressed. I was moved. Kind of like the first time I drove a 911 turbo. It was an experience you dont forget. Not that they were the fastest cars of all time, but for their day they were head and shoulders above the rest in terms of pure driving pleasure

LexFather

Okay, you literally made me spit my curry chicken out with that comment. Hilarious!!

I'm also a big Honda Prelude fan as well. Shame it died (Wait I thought I hated all Hondas)

IS-SV

I had a 'Lude, truly a sweet 4 pot engine, and I don't like many 4 bangers.

jwong77

How much you wanna bet if that if the Prelude was still around today, Honda would have turned it into a pig of a car with an ugly face.

RXGS

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That BMW was/is so ugly, i never understood why anyone would buy that, but I was pleasantly surprised by the ford

mmarshall

One thing that the article doesn't take into consideration (and I know it's a little off the topic) is that the Camaro and Eagle Talon were both junk from a build quality standard....that also applied, of course, to the Talon's two corporate brothers, the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Plymouth Laser (all three were Mitsubishi-built at Normal, IL). The Eclipse of that generation was one of the worst cars Mitsubishi ever built from quality point of view. I saw brand-new ones in the showroom, back then, with loose trim parts, burrs in the finish from painting over dirt particles, and *****/buttons that would not work properly.

I do agree, though, that the Eclipse/Talon/Laser trio would handle.....and, for that era, they had kick-a** power, especially in the turbo/FWD version. The AWD versions, of course, added weight and drag.

Threxx

Seeing articles like these makes me appreciate how much better cars are today... especially for the money.

Those cars were about $25,000 on average which in current day dollars is about $34,000 adjusted for inflation going from 1996 to late 2008.

Can you imagine looking at your dealer's new car lot and that's what you had to choose from for $34,000 of your hard earned dollars?

Today that kind of money can buy SO much more car... much better built, more refined, far more feature-laden, safer, more economical, more reliable/durable, and better built.

speed_Demo

Man, still can't believe they put a V8 in comparing w/ mostly inline 4...and one V6.

They should've put the Camaro w/ the Thunderbird, Mustang, or others V8 in a comparison.

Damn I do miss the Prelude. Back then, i thought they might use the 2.4 in the prelude. Its still not too late HONDA, put the 2.4 in Prelude 2011

SLegacy99

The day that a Contour outhandles my Legacy is the day that hell freezes over.

I would buy another Prelude assuming it were still light, FWD, and efficient.

Threxx

Have you driven the Contour SVT? They're pretty impressive cars. Heck of a bargain on the used car market too.

I have no idea how it stacks up next to your car... I'm just wondering if you've driven one.