The 2024 Honda Prologue is a sign of things to come for the automaker. As these kinds of vehicle unveilings often go, the Prologue carries a more futuristic exterior design, a tech-packed and connected cabin, and an electrified powertrain, all targeted toward a younger demographic. However, with the 2024 Honda Prologue, a little more is happening under the surface.

The most interesting news is how Honda will offer shorter-term lease plans in zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) states to transition hybrid customers to electrified vehicles and increase the likelihood of more widespread EV adoption. That and how the 2024 Honda Prologue was developed in concert with General Motors. 

Inspired by Nature

Honda dubs the overall design of the Prologue as “Neo Rugged,” a look and feel devised by the automaker’s design team in Los Angeles (the Honda Design Studio is in LA). The idea is to present multiple elements simultaneously through the design, be it clean and simplistic or stylish and calm. Like other vehicles before it, the 2024 Honda Prologue finds part of its identity in nature. For example, the North Shore Pearl exterior paint was inspired by the colors near Lake Tahoe, while the charcoal and light gray interior is meant to resemble snow on the mountains. 
“Our goal was to create a clean harmony based on a rugged SUV image by coordinating the colors and materials to express neo-rugged design styling that’s familiar to our customer...