![]() ![]() The Touring Elite, which we drove for this review, adds a higher-output audio system with HD radio, HID headlamps, and a larger 16.2-inch screen for the included rear entertainment system.Ģ016 is the last model year for this generation of Honda’s Odyssey minivan a new version, based on the underpinnings from the latest Pilot SUV and Ridgeline mid-size pickup is coming early next year as a 2017 model, a few months later than we had anticipated. The Touring model adds standard navigation and a host of small upgrades. However, to get a power rear liftgate, a sunroof, or heated seats requires stepping up all the way to the leather-lined $36,950 EX-L. Every subsequent trim adds lumbar adjustability to the driver’s side, as well as the handy power-sliding doors, tri-zone automatic climate control, and push-button start. There’s really no trim level to avoid, as even the base LX model wearing steel wheels drives competently and has a backup camera and power front seats (eight-way on the driver’s side, four-way on the passenger’s). 2018 Honda Odyssey Long-Term Test VerdictĪll Odysseys are powered by Honda’s sonorous 248-hp 3.5-liter V-6, which endows it with more than adequate power and crisp off-the-line responsiveness.Tested: 2018 Honda Odyssey 10-Speed Automatic.Tested: 2018 Honda Odyssey Nine-Speed Automatic. ![]() (Note that its 38 cubic feet of cargo space in this configuration is more than double that of Honda’s similarly sized Pilot SUV.) If you’re looking for the best way to haul a family with small-or even large-children, as well as their varied paraphernalia, look no further. Also, unlike most three-row SUVs, when the Odyssey’s third row carries passengers, there’s still plenty of luggage space behind it. ![]() Sure, a minivan’s priorities toward practicality and cargo volume leads to less exterior style, but all three rows of seating are comfortable and spacious for adults, even those well over six-feet tall, which can’t be said of any SUV. Many buyers who stand to benefit greatly from inviting one into their lives dismiss them with not only almost no consideration whatsoever, but also with a white-hot disdain that’s typically directed toward more deserving atrocities such as “man buns.” But what cooler heads so appreciate about minivans in general, and the Honda Odyssey in particular, is its positively cavernous interior space for passengers and cargo. Overview: The recent and ongoing mad rush to all things crossover and SUV seems to have had a further polarizing effect on the public opinion of minivans. ![]()
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