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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / Prelude vs 968

Honda Prelude vs Porsche 968

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the Honda Prelude leads on 1, the Porsche 968 on 0.

Where each one leads

Honda Prelude

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Honda Prelude uses 5.4 l/100 km, the 1995 Porsche 968 13.0.

Porsche 968

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Honda PreludePorsche 968
Model years in the US safety record1981–20061991–2001
Licensed in the United Kingdom699300
On the road in the Netherlands673127
In traffic in Finland167—

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Honda PreludePorsche 968
New York safety inspections failed0.9%—
… against cars of the same year−41%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)8.3%—
US owner complaints36811
Most complaints aboutPower trainPower train
Model year with most complaints1998 (69)1994 (4)
US recall campaigns113
Manufacturer service bulletins492694
NHTSA defect investigations10—

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Honda PreludePorsche 968
Official combined fuel use, Canada5.4 l/100 km (2026)13.0 l/100 km (1995)
Dutch list price when new (median)€56,744—
Average odometer in Finland234,000 km—

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).