HONDA PILOT ELITE 2016

WHAT WE LIKE: The space inside the Honda Pilot makes it perfect for pulling all way of individuals and stuff. The various cubbies are demonstrating particularly mainstream. In the wake of driving it to Breaks, Virginia, for a 24-hour experience race—which sounds to whatever is left of the staff like an incredible approach to ruin a generally flawless weekend in Virginia—tech chief Eric Tingwall composed a tribute to the Pilot's middle reassure: "It's sufficiently enormous to stash a huge number of calories of nibble nourishments, yet not all that profound that they vanish into a dull gap never to be recouped. Furthermore, when it's an ideal opportunity to devour, you close that tambour entryway and use it as a serving plate, never stressing that something will slide off, in light of the fact that the entryway is somewhat recessed underneath the edges of the console." Beyond the Pilot's value as a portable nibble focus, the Honda's 21 mpg in our grasp is quite useful for a seven-seater.                                                                                                                                                                                           The push-catch shifter is goading and senseless. Given what amount of space is allocated to those catches, why isn't it only a normal shifter? Rather, there are catches of various sizes and shapes arranged in various planes for various capacities. Push a catch for park, drive, or unbiased, yet to connect with opposite, you pull on a switch. What's more, since the Pilot so emphatically takes after a minivan now, the bundling bargains with respect to the Odyssey are significantly more disappointing. Be that as it may, possibly, as architects attempt to pack more space into hybrids based on auto and minivan stages, hybrids will gradually begin to transform again into their unique shapes, and we'll see a moderate relocation of purchasers toward the uncompromised common sense of the hatchback and the minivan. On the other hand maybe not.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           In the sort of Washington, D.C., parking garage where you might expect to find a Law & Order villain lurking in the shadows, one of our contributors encountered a far more real menace: a pipe obscured by a support column. The pipe scraped along the left-rear fender, with the damage fortunately confined largely to the plastic trim piece around the wheel well, although it did dig into the quarter-panel and the bumper cover. Had more metal been damaged, the bill undoubtedly would have been higher than the $987the mishap cost us. Our 10,000-mile service, an oil change and inspection, came to just $44; our second service, at 20,000 miles, added a tire rotation and a change of the rear differential’s fluid and set us back $243.    

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 7-passenger, 4-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED: $47,950 (base price: $30,865)
ENGINE TYPE: SOHC 24-valve V-6, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 212 cu in, 3471 cc
Power: 280 hp 6000 rpm
Torque: 262 lb-ft  4700 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 9-speed automatic with manual shifting mode

Wheelbase: 111.0 in
Length: 194.5 in
Width: 78.6 in Height: 69.8 in
Passenger volume: 153 cu ft
Cargo volume: 16 cu ft
Curb weight: 4351 lb
PERFORMANCE: NEW
Zero to 60 mph: 6.0 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 16.7 sec
Rolling start, 5-60 mph: 6.2 sec
Top gear, 30-50 mph: 3.5 sec
Top gear, 50-70 mph: 4.6 sec
Top speed (governor limited): 113 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 172 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.81 g

EPA city/highway driving: 19/26 mpg
C/D observed: 21 mpg
Unscheduled oil additions: 0 qt
WARRANTY:
3 years/36,000 miles bumper to bumper;
5 years/60,000 miles powertrain;
5 years/unlimited miles corrosion protection;
3 years/36,000 miles roadside assistance