I was just thinking. What sports car under $50,000 in the last 30 years has had a new engine introduced with the same body when there was only one engine available for the car and the new engine was not used along with the old engine during the same year?

 

Let me read that again a few more times.

 

Ummm.......

What does the price matter?

The NSX went through the same progression......

 

Did this happen with the Prelude? If so then I answered my own question.

 

why didn't your entire post post

 

never mind, you must have edited your post?

 

After reading your original post about 12 times I think I get it...

Are you asking what sports car under $50,000 has been offered in the past 30 years with a new engine and no body style changes rather than multiple engine options (2.0l or 2.2l choice)?

I think the Corvette did this in the early years of production then they offered different engine choices on the same MY.

 

Which model year did this happen... For my car trivia records?

 

No, this is not an "unprecedented change." It's just a slight increase in displacement. No biggie. It's been done tons of times. Look at BMW. They recently upped the displacement of their sixes. Porsche has repeatedly upped the displacement of its flat six over the 30-plus-year history of the original air-cooled 911. They've done it with the new water-cooled 911 and Boxster. Jaguar did it with their E-type, and probably the earlier XKs. As pointed out, Honda did it with the NSX, and they also did it with the old Ss. The Corvette's small-block went from a 283 to a 327 during the same body style, and it later went from a 327 to a 350 during the same body style, I believe. I'm sure I'm overlooking tons of other sports cars (lots of British ones, I bet). Point is, a slight increase in displacement is nothing new. I don't mean to sound harsh, but I think people on the board are making far too much of what will surely be just evolutionary changes.

 

I guess that you are right. No biggie.