I’ve seen some unique and altered badging on cars, but this one is a bit different. A celebration of the Infernal Kombustion engine?
Otherwise, this 2001 Prelude appears to be stock.
Well, except for this drooping door protector. On one side only, too.
Oh, and there’s this on the hood. A single “V”. To commemorate the V-TEC engine underneath the hood?
Folks have decidedly mixed feeling about this generation of Prelude. Mine aren’t very mixed; it just doesn’t ignite my…kombustion.
Brendan Saur did a proper write up of this generation Prelude here. That gives me the excuse to keep it very short. Got anything to add?
I presume the owner is mimicking this badge?
You beat me to it, Ed…
My first thought too.
or a little sign against this e-mobility craze?
I once saw a car where the owner had added a couple of extra letters to the badge to transform their car into a “Nissan Versace”.
I’ve also seen a 1990s Olds Ciera with a homemade “A-Body” badge.
I had a Nissan Cefiro with unstuck lettering on the back panel. We changed it to an OFICER. It could also have been an ORIFCE.
Looks like someone had some fun with the autozone stick-on letters.
Here y’go, have at it!
Uhh…
That just makes me think of Kermit the Frog trying to buy a tshirt:
https://youtu.be/fKNJLeVncug
At first glance, I wasn’t quite sure what was going on here…
That thing got a Hemi?
My new GOLF/SE TSI just had a badge-ectomy. Now reads “GO”
I rather like this generation of Prelude. Clean, well-proportioned design, especially in front.
Saw an old Range Rover once and on the rear hatch the owner had pulled off the first E and 2nd R and snapped a bit off the 1st R so badge said ‘Hang Over’.
This guy hates his Celica and his Tundra TRD.
For a second I thought that was a Pinto.
+1 😉😉
I found this window sticker on a converted electric van. Due to the glare, its a bit hard to read, but it states “QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION”
I’m all for open mindedness but I’m pretty certain that international combustion does indeed exist.
However the Fiero taught us that external combustion was not the answer either. 🙂
I thought of adding an “X” to my Taurus SE long ago. But the Taurus was already sexy and had nothing to prove…Did you mean “internal” combustion engine, or was it just annoying you? (Just kidding) At the time this car came out, I was just glad that, for one thing, it’s an actual car. Second, it’s a sporty Honda, and third, was styled conservatively before everything started looking weird/hideous/immature/evil-alien-spaceship-power-ranger-y. Paul, I always enjoy your stories and your perspective. This is literally the only site I’ve ever participated in with comments. I’m getting closer to writing an interesting one. Baby steps…