Rendered 2027 Honda Prelude Shooting Brake is stunning

The Honda Prelude was conceived as a coupe, and will hopefully forever be a coupe, but how cool would it be if they did a three-door shooting brake version? Well, we mocked up exactly that and the results are jaw-dropping.

Shooting brakes are a niche within a niche in the modern motoring world, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist from time to time, especially at a price point people can actually afford.

At the time of writing, there is just one dedicated shooting brake offered in Australia: the Genesis G70 – and it sells in such small numbers you’d be hard-pressed to see one on the road.

One model that comes close to the mantra is high-end the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, while Mercedes-Benz has previously thrown the nameplate around with the five-door versions of its CLA and CLS.

There are no three-door shooting brakes however; only Ferrari has really played in that sector with its V12 FF and GTC4Lusso.

How cool would it be then for Honda to muscle in on the scene and lob a three-door Prelude, especially if it looks as good as our quick AI mock-up!

A three-door Prelude would be unlike anything else on the market and hammer home the coupe’s already unique appeal in being an even more practical five-figure GT car.

Honda Australia executives gave mixed responses to the notion of a Prelude Shooting Brake when discussed in passing at a recent media event, but we wonder if those with doubts will change their tune once they see how stunning, unique and thereby appealing such a car would be in the modern landscape.

To clarify, there’s been no indication from Honda, at any level, that the Prelude will ever be anything other than a two-door coupe – we could even have to wait for another generation to see a hotter version than the one just launched.

* Lead image generated by AI

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