Eric's Autos: 2024 Honda Pilot
If you don't think looks are important, look at what's happened to minivans... if you can find one to look at. Only a handful of them are still being made.
Chiefly -- arguably -- because of the way they look.
The way they function, on the other hand, has been taken over by models such as Honda's Pilot, which is related to the company's Odyssey minivan but doesn't look anything like it.
It just works a lot like it.
What It Is
The Pilot is a midsize (bordering on full-size) crossover with three rows of seats that's related to the Odyssey minivan -- but you'd never know by looking.
Like the Odyssey, the Pilot can seat up to eight people (including the driver) and both come standard with the same 3.5-liter V6 engine and 10-speed automatic transmission. But the Pilot is available with all-wheel drive, while the Odyssey comes only with front-wheel drive.
Prices start at $37,090 for the base trim LX with FWD; interestingly, the Odyssey stickers for $38,240 to start.
Adding AWD to the LX notches up the MSRP to $39,190.
A top-of-the-line Elite -- which comes standard with AWD as well as a full digital instrument panel, a head-up display, heated and ventilated front seats, heated second-row seats, a heated steering wheel and a 12-speaker Bose audio system -- lists for $52,480.
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