Clean looks, VTEC power and rear-wheel steering makes this Prelude interesting in so many ways...
I’ve been driving a few cars with rear-wheel steering recently – most recently, many Range Rovers from the big ‘un to the latest Sport last week. That, plus seeing a Mk5 Honda Prelude last weekend while I was in Nottingham, reminded me just what a handsome and interesting car it is. It made this one jump right out of the screen when I was perusing the classifieds this morning.
Unlike today’s systems, which are electric, Honda’s first RWS system was all mechanical. There was shaft running from the steering rack at the front to a box on the back axle that operated the rear track control arms and turned the wheels. The steering angle and direction was controlled by a planetary gearbox. It still worked along the same principles as today’s systems, though.
That said, Mitsubishi’s and Nissan’s RWS was more advanced. Those versions had no mechanical link between the front and rear steering systems and, instead, used computer controlled hydraulic actuators to move the rear wheels. And by 1991, when the Mk4 Prelude arrived, Honda had emulated that set-up and gone further. Its new system used a computer to direct the rear wheels using an electric motor, which, in effect, is the same system we see on modern cars.
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