It’s been awhile since I made a more long form YouTube video but I had been wanting to make one about the lack of coupes in the US auto market, largely just to walk down memory lane and bring up some of the coupes I grew up with from the 80s and 90s and do a little design study on a photo of my Polestar 2 imagining it as a slightly less practical 2 door 
I was following a Polestar today and was bothered that they didn’t make the tail lights narrower like on your drawing!
Personally offended you went with the E36 with no mention of E30. If I were slightly more full of myself I’d imagine you did that intentionally just to trigger me 
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Otherwise appreciate the elimination of the “Crab Claw” tail lights; worst automotive styling cliche of all time?
Also - Don’t forget the Integra and Legend.
Ha, I knew someone would bring up the E30.
so many coupes to name, the Legend coupe of course and Integra, the RSX that followed it, the Prelude, the S2000 (not a coupe, but people love to leave that hard top on them)… maybe you could even count the CRX kinds? Apparently I left out a lot of Hondas. Then of course from Toyota I didn’t mention the Celica, even the Scion Coupe was at least something affordable.
Great sketch! But so very niche. We are about to lose the sedan, after the wagons went. You can get a coupe from a lot of brands, but alas it will be some kind of SUV with more cramped rear doors.
Have you seen the 2026 Honda Prelude? I don’t love it nor hate it, but a coupe is a coupe.
Unfortunately I have @engio . It’s:
Slow (8 second 0 - 60… double the time most good EVs will take)
Underpowered (200hp, my 2001 TT had more than that and it was considered a slow car back then)
Expensive ($60k… for this Honda?)
Looks like a Prius coupe (why does it look like a Toyota?)
Still burns fossil fuels because it’s a hybrid (what is this 2015?)
Honda should be embarrassed by what seems like a rather half assed effort on one of their most fondly remembered nameplates. I read it is selling well with retired men though. It is basically a Civic Hybrid 
… this thing is going to fail and then be another case study with the headline of “coupes don’t sell”… but it’s just a bad product.
Back in 2017 Honda showed us this EV coupe concept. The fact this is not the current Prelude is pretty unforgivable in my opinion:
It’s only $53k CAD. #FAFO LOL.
Underpowered
We called them quaaludes in the 80s, no reason to change now. 
at least it has a bad CVT now… the same guys who say “EVs have no soul” (which, is just a very weird thing to say, but anyway) are clamoring for this hybrid with a CVT?
Just give me a direct connection between my foot and the motor for instant torque please.
Man, I checked and the BMW 2 series starts at $54k CAD. Honda needs to be $8k less (at least) imho. Good luck…
Concept looked good. Some future, some retro… kinda what Nissan was relatively good at with their coupe revivals. Interesting surfaces on the production car but not enough to save it.
I have good memories of the old Prelude. A rich kid at my high school had one. Wasn’t it an intro of a lot of new tech? Like 4 wheel steering and VTEC fuel delivery? I thought it was so cool back then and still clamor to 
if I see one on the road.
they released an MR2 EV concept a few years back…. what engine? It will have a motor
Honestly Toyota is so far behind, I have pretty low exceptions this would be anything more interesting than the Prelude.
Fun fact, I used to have an MR2.
IDK, this story says it might have a turbo 2L doing 400hp. Needs three pedals! Would be a cool complement to the GR Corolla.
Gross. If it takes gas it’s a hard pass…. that might as well be an article about new horse breeds or something.
Ok… Thought this was a “coupe” thread. Could Toyota make a an affordable MR2 EV? In that tiny size it would have to be priced like a BRZ to have a chance at a market.
I believe it is pronounced Mr. Two.
The rampant sucking up to Gen X is deafening. But I would guess we are the last to give a crap about cars.
