2016 Honda Pilot: Mostly Everything You Ever Wanted to Know 

Will I damage it if I spill water on it? It's right next to the cup holders.

Denton Armstrong Exactly right! I want a lever that I can grab with my whole hand not buttons, I bet the 2020 redesign will go back to a lever after numerous customer complaints.

Denton Armstrong seriously, i play with stick all the time while driving. between N and D.

Bruce Solomon I think they are saving the dashboard shift for the the Oddy.

I think the same... Looks like a minivan.

So buy one now, there still selling the 2015 models. You could get a pretty good deal on them to

I totally agree with you

funny that you say this. My wife just got one. I always say get a minivan and she's like no way in hell. Karma....

Don’t look like a mini van at all

harish reddy then you should buy a sab

***** You obviously haven't driven one..

yiyangcheng You win the thread!

yiyangcheng you nailed it

163pete They Made a Honda Traverse , Outback , cr - v edition

or Ford escape

A Traverse that's actually built properly.

Exactly, looks cool, but too much like a minivan.

KJ Soul Modern family SUV's are nothing more than jacked up minivans.

What's so bad about it? The everyday usage is pretty much the same, why not

Honestly an insult that they even consider these things suvs. These are NOT SUVs at all. Can't stand crossovers

headcas620 people don't want to believe they drive a mini van so they drive this

Martin Espinoza Agree - right where a dog can step on it... We've learned that no pet owners' vehicles should have buttons that are on a flat horizontal plane (especially not the window or door lock buttons - thanks new Grand Caravan for teaching us that one on a rainy day). My question would be - does the new Pilot still have the built in tow hitch that all the old ones came with, and - if not - did they reduce the tow capability at all on the new one?

Martin Espinoza I know mainly luxury cars have it. Is there another competitor the Pilot that has torque vectoring?

spade118 Not that I'm aware of. I don't think it's particularly worth putting it in the Pilot, though. The Pilot already costs too much, and EBD (which I just said it's fine to sneer at) is actually awesome. It works really well, and it really doesn't take much power. If you couple it with a torsen diff, which is cheaper than a torque-vectoring diff, it takes very little power to keep it working in the snow and whatnot. The real problem with torque-vectoring is that it only works when all the sensors are working. A mechanical LSD works even when nothing is working. So this is the high-tech choice, but it's not clear that it's the best one.

Martin Espinoza I agree the current pilot is can get expensive but it is very capable now, with the different modes it has. Not sure how much it has increased in price. Honda does have a cheaper all wheel drive system in the CR-V but its only kicks in with front wheel slip. Which makes it ok but not as capable as the Pilots competitors Actual torque vectoring all wheel drive is much more capable in all weather conditions. Which is the only way I can imagine it working in sand and snow or mud or whatever. If this is anything like Acura's torque vectoring system I can imagine it making this car very confident in all weather conditions. LSD doesn't do a good job when the one wheel starts slipping as it has no torque to send to the wheel. like ice. Brake vectoring also is good but in the snow im guessing the aggressiveness is drastically reduced which makes its effectiveness minimal. In the dry those two combined can be very good I imagine.

spade118 There's some truth to your points, but you're overstating the case. What LSD brings to the table when coupled with EBD is that you don't need to use very much braking force to keep the wheel from slipping, and the LSD working. When you couple LSD with EBD the results are excellent - EBD is really quite good even with just an open diff.

John Mcadams The lights actually flash very quickly. Seeing it in person you'd never notice because it flashes too quickly for our eyes to see. But cameras record video at much higher frame rates than our eyes do so they're able to detect the flashing. That's why you see a flicker. It's the same concept as looking at a computer screen through a video camera.

Shaunn Barron then get the 2015, i am sure they will be a little cheaper, and then there u go

Saw a video with a medium size 182cm guy sitting in the 3rd row with head room but knees touching the front seat. He still fit so that's pretty good. 2nd row should fit a 190cm human without spiky hair.

How the hell did u get it under 35k! I got my crappy 12 sorento for lx for almost 20k with fwd and it doesn't have anything just a radio, I hate my life

I mean 2012 Kia Sorento lx

I paid under 35k that is correct plus the taxes of course. in any case. windows sticker was at 42k. I guess they wanted to make space for the 2016 model year

Andrew Kraemer I'd guess 3500lbs, maybe 5k with a towing package if they have one.

Andrew Kraemer 3500 for FWD and 5000 for 4WD.

True.

I'm worried if it's still reliable. I wish it was made in Japan.

Hate the new look!!!

I guess they're trying to appeal to more female buyers..I got to admit I hated the boxy-look

Abandoned TN Honda is copying Acura. Because it's about time the Honda line got some Acura tech.

***** Yes I know. I was just pointing out that Honda was taking tech from their own Acura line to put into the new Honda's, not ripping off tech from other brands.

Abandoned TN The 9 speed is sourced form ZF (if it's the same as the TLX) so it may be the same as the Chrysler.

Abandoned TN It is the same transmission with different programming for the application.

Handling on par with competition? NOT!!!

Max Andrade Early summer of this year. I am assuming June or July!

I heard May 20th

John Frantz I think may 20 they are going to release the HR-V but not 100 percent sure though

Oh I Thought the HR-V was already out

John Frantz not yet

veran167 Booooo. It's really not that big of a deal. I have the 2015 Fit and use the steering wheel volume controls exclusively. Knobs are dead.