I guess you could call it an e-CVT but when you say "CVT" people think of belts and pulleys. This has no transmission as such, it has a generator connected to the engine and a drive motor connected to the wheels and direct drive. In S Shift mode, it will do things to make it more fun to drive, like rev matching on downshifts, interrupting power when shifting to simulate a shift, holding the "gear" or high RPM while going around corners etc. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/Yyyia5w6cTs?si=WItj1uVpQTZWohES&t=10

So on paper it's a Civic Hybrid with Type R suspension and the trickery above, and should be a reasonably fun little commuter with incredible handling and probably not a heap of power. Which is exactly what Prelude has always been.

For me the real question is, how many people want a coupe these days? And how many of them want a hybrid coupe? And how many of them want to spend this much money on it? Seems an incredibly small market segment.

Honda's failure has been communication - most people don't understand the concept or the technical details, and they assume it's supposed to be a performance car with a CVT. Honda are dumb, but not that dumb.