Honda Odyssey minivan returns for 2022 after last year’s updates

Prices for 2022 statesman astatine $32,290 (plus $1,225 freight) for the basal LX model. Other trim levels see the EX ($35,690), EX-L ($38,960), Touring ($43,000), and the top-of-the-line Elite ($48,020), which we tested for this study (2021 version, $47,820).

Exterior tweaks for 2021 included a caller blackout grille with a apical chrome strip, more-powerful LED headlights, a caller beforehand bumper fascia with revised fog-light housings, caller gloss-black trim with a chrome portion nether the rear window, and caller 19-inch instrumentality designs for Touring and Elite models.

The second-row seats connected each models tin beryllium folded astir flat, making them easier to remove.

EX and higher models person restyled seats and caller three-color level mats, portion EX-L, Touring and Elite models person opposition stitching successful the seats, on with powerfulness lumbar enactment for the beforehand rider seat. 

Touring and Elite models additionally got piano-black trim connected the dash, doors and beforehand doorway handles.

The caller Honda Rear Seat Reminder strategy is modular crossed the line. It tin beryllium integrated with the optional CabinWatch child-viewing system, which is included connected Touring and Elite models.

Also, models that person the CabinWatch and CabinTalk systems tin usage some of those simultaneously.

Among information upgrades, the Honda Sensing suite of information and driver-assist technologies present includes Low-Speed Follow, Pedestrian Emergency Braking, and Traffic Sign Recognition.

Touring models travel with 19-inch wheels, and our Elite exemplary came with the caller Shark Gray 19-inch painted alloy wheels, exclusive to the Elite.

Standard exterior colors for 2022 see Crystal Black Pearl, Lunar Silver Metallic, Modern Steel Metallic, and Obsidian Blue Pearl. Other premium colors, some $395, are Platinum White Pearl and Pacific Pewter Metallic.

Our Elite exemplary came with a beige interior with perforated-leather/heated/ventilated beforehand and middle-row seats, and opposition stitching and piping connected the seats successful each 3 rows. Elite models besides person caller dash trim with a metallic look, on with auto-dimming extracurricular mirrors.

The Honda Odyssey minivan has country for up to 8 passengers, oregon 7 with the halfway middle-row spot removed to let easier entree to the 3rd row.

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With the operation of a 3.5-liter V-6 motor and a 10-speed automatic transmission (with paddle shifters), the Odyssey astatine each trim levels boasts EPA substance system of 19 mpg city/28 highway/22 combined. 

The motor cranks retired 280 horsepower and 262 foot-pounds of torque. Front-wheel thrust is standard; all-wheel thrust is not offered.

There was much than capable power, adjacent with up to 5 radical and immoderate cargo connected board. The transmission shifted smoothly and astir imperceptibly, adjacent connected immoderate uphill grades. 

Keyless entry/exit with pushbutton commencement are standard, on with three-zone automatic clime control. 

Also included are 12-way powerfulness driver’s spot accommodation and eight-way beforehand rider seat, some with four-way powerfulness lumbar support; rain-sensing wipers; auto-dimming rearview mirror; multi-view rear camera system; premium HD/satellite audio strategy with 11 speakers, Honda Navigation, mobile blistery spot, and HondaLink with smartphone integration; heated/power/leather-wrapped tilt-telescopic steering wheel; and Homelink garage/gate opener system.

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Our Elite exemplary included the HondaVAC in-vehicle vacuum cleaner, which lets you cleanable up from messy formation oregon camping trips without having to resistance a vacuum retired of the house.

All models travel with Honda Sensing, which includes Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow, Collision Mitigation Braking System with Pedestrian Detection, the Traffic Sign Recognition system, Forward Collision Warning, Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist System and Road Departure Mitigation.

The Odyssey besides has the newest Honda Advanced Compatibility Engineering assemblage structure, designed to amended frontal clang safety. The Odyssey became the archetypal minivan to gain the highest standing – Top Safety Pick-Plus – from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

While the Odyssey is configured for 8 passengers, the mediate spot successful the 2nd enactment tin beryllium removed to make a pass-through to the 3rd row, cutting capableness to seven.

There are 2 bucket seats up front, separated by a removable halfway console with a heavy retention bin that tin clasp a ample purse. On apical are a gadget tray successful the middle, with 2 cupholders each successful beforehand and back. 

Each beforehand doorway has 2 retention pockets, a smaller 1 connected apical that besides could clasp a smartphone, and larger 1 with a vessel holder connected the bottom. The sliding rear doors person retention pockets with vessel holders arsenic well, wrong casual scope of the outboard passengers.

Honda’s third-row “Magic Seat” has a 60/40 divided and tin beryllium folded level into the level either successful sections oregon unneurotic to make a larger cargo country erstwhile it isn’t needed for passengers. Rear passengers person comparatively casual entree from the 2nd enactment by folding the mediate seatbacks forward.

A hands-free powerfulness tailgate is included. Even with each the seats occupied, determination is 38.6 cubic feet of cargo space, immoderate of which is made disposable by dropping the level down into a heavy good down the 3rd row. With the 3rd enactment folded, inactive leaving country for 5 passengers, cargo abstraction grows to 92 cubic feet. 

The vessel holds 19.5 gallons of gasoline, and unleaded regular is acceptable. During our test, we averaged 23.8 mpg, according to the driving machine connected the dash. We acceptable the cruise power astatine the velocity bounds for the champion substance economy, and drove connected some interstate highways and state roads.

Among information features are four-wheel antilock disc brakes, physics stableness power with traction control, beforehand seat-mounted broadside aerial bags, and roof-mounted side-curtain aerial bags with rollover sensors for each 3 rows.

The Touring Elite exemplary comes with everything that is disposable for the Odyssey, including leather, navigation and entertainment. The lone other connected our tester was the premium paint.

Total terms of our tester 2021 Elite tester was $49,335, including freight and premium paint. Honda does not connection options; each trim level’s terms is all-inclusive, with nary extras available.

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2021-22 Honda Odyssey

The package: Front-wheel-drive, five-door, eight-passenger, V-6 powered minivan.
Highlights: Updated for 2021, this is Honda’s eventual household hauler, and it comes with a assortment of comfortableness and high-tech features that marque it a virtual household country connected wheels. It is roomy and comfortable, has plentifulness of power, and has an interior perfectly suited for mundane around-town work oregon agelong roadworthy trips. 
Negatives: All-wheel thrust is not available.
Overall length: 205.2 inches.
Curb value range: 4,398-4,603 pounds.
Engine: 3.5-liter V-6.
Transmission: 10-speed automatic.
Power/torque: 280 HP./262 foot-pounds.
Brakes, front/rear: Disc/disc, antilock.
Cargo volume: 38.6 cubic feet (behind 3rd row); 92 cubic feet (behind 2nd row, 3rd enactment folded down).
Towing capacity: 3,500 pounds.
Electronic stableness control: Standard.
Side aerial bags: Front seat-mounted; roof-mounted side-curtain with rollover sensor, each 3 rows.
EPA substance economy: 19 mpg city/28 road /22 combined.
Fuel capacity/type: 19.5 gallons/unleaded regular.
Main competitors: Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Voyager, Toyota Sienna, Nissan Quest, Kia Sedona.
Base terms scope (2022): $32,290-$48,020, positive $1,225 freight.
Price arsenic tested: $49,335, including freight and premium overgarment (2021 Elite model).
On the Road rating: 9.2 (of a imaginable 10)

Prices shown are manufacturer’s suggested retail. Actual selling terms whitethorn vary.