First Drive: 2024 Honda Prologue SUV Is a Chevrolet Blazer EV in Honda Clothing
The automaker's first mainstream electric vehicle has unique styling and a modified infotainment system. But for better or worse, it's mostly a General Motors electric vehicle.
Early review video featuring the 2024 Honda Prologue AWD Touring bought for our test program.
Honda finally has a mainstream, mass-market electric vehicle for sale. But this isn’t a clean-sheet design that originated deep within its Tokyo headquarters.
Instead, the 2024 Honda Prologue is the result of a Honda-General Motors accord. This allows Honda to make use of GM’s Ultium batteries and the basic building blocks of GM’s electric vehicle architecture in designing and building the Prologue and the Acura ZDX.
GM builds a number of models on this new platform, including the Cadillac Lyriq and Chevrolet Blazer EV, which are similar to the Prologue, along with the GMC Hummer EV and forthcoming Chevrolet Equinox EV.
The Prologue jumps ahead of the EVs from Toyota and Subaru with an EPA-rated driving range of 296 miles for the front-wheel-drive version and 273 to 281 miles for the all-wheel-drive versions.
The AWD Toyota bZ4X is rated between 222 and 228 miles, and the FWD version is rated between 236 and 252 miles. Subaru’s AWD-only Solterra has an EPA-rated range of 222 or 227 miles.
Photo: John Powers/Consumer Reports Photo: John Powers/Consumer Reports
Photo: John Powers/Consumer Reports Photo: John Powers/Consumer Reports
Pricing begins at $47,400 for the base EX model with FWD, with the FWD Touring starting at $51,700. The range tops out at $57,900 for the AWD-only Elite trim. Honda charges a $1,395 destination fee on all Prologues.
For our test program, we bought a Prologue Touring with all-wheel drive, which had a base price of $54,700. Our only option was Pacific Blue Metallic paint, which cost $455. With the destination charge, our Prologue came out to $56,550.
If you’re a Consumer Reports member, our initial expert assessment of the Honda Prologue is available to you below. Once we purchase our own model and complete 2,000 break-in miles, we’ll put the new electric Honda through more than 50 tests at the CR Auto Test Center, including empirical measurements of acceleration, braking, handling, car-seat fit, and usability. CR members will have access to the full road-test results as soon as they’re available.
What we bought: 2024 Honda Prologue AWD Touring
Powertrain: 288-hp, dual electric motors; 85 kWh battery; 1-speed direct-drive; all-wheel drive
MSRP: $54,700
Options: Pacific Blue Paint ($455)
Destination fee: $1,395
Total Cost: $56,550
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