except you missed a VERY key difference.
The Prelude was made from *1978* to 2001, and North America? You will never find people gushing over the 1st and 2nd gen, only 3rd and later. Which were wildly different cars to put it mildly.
JDM buyers are the ones who remember 1st gen and 2nd gen. They aren't put off by a CVT. And you will NEVER sell it to a 5th gen fan, not EVER.
Biggest Prelude fanbase in the US?
4th and 5th gen.