Honda’s first all-electric vehicle is expected in 2024. We already know its name, the Prologue, and we know that it will be born from a collaboration with General Motors (GM). Until now, we didn’t really have an idea of its lines.
This is no longer the case as the company yesterday shared an official “photo” of the model. We should rather speak of a computer rendering, but still, it gives us an overview.
What is surprising is that Honda does not usually present its vehicles to us long in advance, or at least their appearance. When it does, it reveals what it calls “concepts,” but these are products very close to production. That’s not what we have here.
In terms of design, remember that the Prologue is the result of a collaboration between American designers (Los Angeles offices) and Japanese Honda. Conceptually, the idea was to create an SUV that looked modern, without appearing as a style intruder among the brand’s other products. Honda explains that aerodynamics was at the heart of the project, a question of offering maximum autonomy. The Prologue will serve as a school in this chapter.
“As project manager for the exterior design of the Honda Prologue, it was very exciting to work with a young team of designers to create an SUV with simple and clean lines, heavily influenced by our global electric models, including the Honda E. We’ve balanced that with a neo-rough look found in our current lineup, so the Prologue represents a true Honda EV,” said Jiro Ikeda, Head of Exterior Design.
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We let you judge the lines of the vehicle, but it is true that they are refined and in line with what we have seen recently from the company, in particular the new HR-V and CR-V.
Interesting detail for our market, Honda explained that its Prologue would first be offered in the United States (and Canada, we guess) before being offered elsewhere. The company also believes it will be able to assemble the vehicle at its own facilities. After the launch of the Prologue, Honda will prepare its first clean electric vehicles, this time assembled on an in-house architecture.
Finally, the company also announced an update to its image program, intended for its dealers.
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