The Drive Takes the Hybrid Honda Prelude Out in the Wet and Comes Back Smiling

A reviewer at The Drive put the hybrid Honda Prelude through a rainy drive and came away convinced the coupe is more entertaining than its critics allow. The car carries an elaborate hybrid powertrain and a modest 200 horsepower, figures that invite skepticism on paper. On a soaked road, though, the reviewer found the Prelude willing to be pushed and happy to rotate, with a lightness of spirit the numbers do not convey. That playfulness, rather than outright power, is the quality the magazine says the car's detractors have overlooked.

With reporting from The Drive.