2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport
After teasing audiences with movies of the automobile in camouflage, Honda lastly pulled the wraps off its redesigned flagship SUV. The 2023 Pilot will enter its fourth design era subsequent month sporting new exterior and inside styling, a brand-new V6 engine, and a revamped TrailSport trim stage that the automaker is selling as essentially the most off-road-capable Honda SUV ever.
The unique Pilot debuted for the 2003 mannequin yr, and it was an prompt hit with each critics and the car-buying public. Whereas not as standard general because the compact CR-V, the midsize Pilot has remained a favourite of Honda loyalists and model newcomers with calendar-year gross sales topping 100,000 for 18 of its 20 years in the marketplace.
Exterior clever, the brand new Pilot adopts comparable styling cues because the equally redesigned 2023 CR-V with a big entrance grille and slender headlights. The look is clear, however generally it doesn’t break any new floor. The revamped TrailSport is essentially the most visually fascinating of the lot with its accessible “Subtle Sky Blue” paint, chunky all-terrain tires, and extra floor clearance. The TrailSport additionally provides full underbody skid plates and a singular all-wheel-drive (AWD) system with what Honda calls “path torque logic.” This function is designed to assist preserve traction in situations the place one of many wheels could elevate off the bottom.
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2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport
Beneath the hood, as a substitute of transferring to a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, Honda is sticking with V6 energy for the 2023 Pilot. Whereas it has the identical 3.5-liter displacement because the outgoing mannequin, the motor is in any other case fully new, producing 285 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque. The earlier 9-speed computerized transmission has been upgraded to Honda’s wonderful 10-speed, too. Official EPA fuel-economy numbers weren’t accessible as of this writing, however we count on enhancements of round 1-2 mpg throughout the board.
All 2023 Pilot fashions, which ascend by Sport, EX-L, TrailSport, Touring, and Elite grades, have a wheelbase that’s practically 3 inches longer than their predecessors, which interprets into extra passenger and cargo quantity. The 2nd-row and Third-row seating areas acquire 2.4 and 0.6 inches of legroom, respectively. Touring and Elite fashions function a singular 2nd row with a foldable center part. It could possibly act as a daily seat, folded flat to kind a large armrest for outboard passengers, or stowed beneath the ground to create a passageway to the Third row. With the 2nd and Third rows folded, there’s now an enormous 113.7 cubic toes of cargo room.
The remainder of the Pilot’s inside additionally borrows a lot of its general look from the brand new CR-V. The infotainment display screen sits in pill model atop the middle of the dashboard. The bottom Sport mannequin’s is 7 inches whereas the remainder of the lineup, which ascends by EX-L, TrailSport, Touring, and Elite, will get a 9-inch unit. Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto performance are newly commonplace on all however the Sport. Elite fashions get a totally digital 10.2-inch instrument panel whereas the remainder have a 7-inch show with an analog speedometer. The Touring and Elite come commonplace with a panoramic sunroof and 12-speaker Bose audio system.
Pilot additionally has an up to date model of the Honda Sensing security suite. The cameras and radar programs have wider information of view to assist with potential collision detection. The blind-spot monitor has an extended vary whereas the adaptive radar cruise management and lane-keep help programs have been tweaked to react extra easily.
Pricing and full function availability for the 2023 Honda Pilot might be introduced instantly earlier than the automobile arrives at sellers in December.
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2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport
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