Honda's Tokyo Auto Salon Play: HRC Prelude, Type R, and CR-V Concepts Signal Where the Bean Counters Aren't Looking
"Honda's showing more spine at TAS than they have in boardrooms for years. These aren't production cars, but they're not marketing theater either—they're what happens when engineers get 48 hours unsupervised."
— Revvly Take
Honda rolled out track-focused HRC variants of the Prelude, Type R, and CR-V at Tokyo Auto Salon—proof that someone in Suzuka still remembers what drivers actually want. The Civic hybrid got a simulated manual transmission treatment, a middle finger to the CVT apologists. These are concepts for now, but the fact they exist means Honda's performance division still has a pulse.
Thanos Pappas
Carscoops · Jan 9
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