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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), March 7, 1979, p. 7

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About once a decade a new ear comes along that challenges mut-h of the eurrent automotive thinkingThe last automobile r e- thought was the Honda ( i\'ie. A ear that radically altered the way ( 'anadians thought about small cars Now there s an automobile that has t e~ thought the GT elass of ears-the new Honda l n-lude. - An important part of l relude thinking is the front wheel drive. (it is tnte i that there is already the l l r_ i 7 _- _ redueing weight) and stabilized by two eoekpit. The suspension is. as you 'Ullltl expeet in ' a fine GT ear: fully independent , on all four wheels'l he . Mat-Pherson Struts llil tll'lil e rate offset springs to further I improve the ride. Heat and rear surbiliZers (see illustration) minimize lltlfly roll during hard cornering. The steering is rack and pinion. In its elass. the Preludes t'oekpit is the state of the artThe instrument panel odd sports coupe available with F'Wl). but a sports ( oupe is not to be er infused 1th the more personal statement of a true (IT ear such as the Prelude.) l relude's FWD not only delivers the obvious lit neflls of impmved traetion and mad feel. neffieieney, weight and bulk of a drive shaft and differential. Preludes body is of a rigid nronoeoque design that reduces body flex without the need for a heavy sub frame thus substan- tially reducing unnecessary Weight. The transversely mounted ltitltlee St )Ilt engine is attached directly to the monocoque ('on- struetion (once again i l l utiliZes the latest eoneepts in design technology'l he speedometer and tat-hometer have been ('1 nnbined in a 'spt tl-o-utt'h' so you ean monitor the engine speed and road speed #7 W at a single glance. It. : ' lnt'onjunetion withthe r 'Si)< (l-wtzit'lr'there t _. /\_ [Ar 1 are fuel and tempera- i cure gauges and ~ lights that warn you if any door is not pn )per ly elosed. if a brake light is burned out. iftlie oil or , filtet'needehang ing. L; ,g,, , or if the tires need rotating. Just to the right of the instrument eluster is a digital el< wk and an AM FM stereo with a unique n ttary tuner The turn signals. headlights and dinr met: windshield washer and wipers and rear windi m defogger are all operable witht rut moving yr nur hands in urn the steering Wheel. The multiadjustablebueket hf j. torque rods to minimize engine vibration in the ; seats are designed ft tr true GT driving. The lumbar suprn >r1 keeps your baek straight and t'omfot'talile helping to reduee fa- tigue. And the superior lateral support keeps you from slidingaround in the seat when nego- tiatinga series r if tight turns. Behind the eoekpit is a trunk that seems outrageously large for the size of the eat: It will hold se\'eral suiteases with room left o\ . And while adequate trunk spaee may not seem like fresh thinking in the general ear market. We assure you it is indeed fresh thinking in the ( i'l ear elass. The new llontla l elude. lly rethinking the ( i'l ear eoneepL it has brought a whole new dimension to the ( l'l elass. We invite you to look at one at your llonda dealers And now's a par tieur lat'ly good time to do it beeause llt trrda is having its lltth .-\nni\'er- Vrryt'elehmtiorr So right no a triptoa llonda dealer earr giye you the ehanee to win an anniversary llr rrrda Speeial Xvallonda Aver >nl - llatehbaek. :t llonda '-" r\eeord Sedan. a llonda \ .~ Kay) ril' eyen a tie\\ llunda Prelude. itself. ;\.\l\' your ll: unda dealt-ts f: Ir de- tails. ( 'ontest ends

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