2023 Honda Pilot Early Review | Consumer Reports
2023 Honda Pilot Early Review | Consumer Reports
Check out CR’s expert review of the Honda Pilot here: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/…
The 2023 Pilot is Honda’s newly redesigned 3-row SUV, and is entering into a competitive segment that includes the Kia Telluride, and Toyota Highlander. We purchased a Touring model for our test fleet, with a total price of over $48,000. We’ll put over 2,000 miles on this SUV before it enters our test program, and we share our first impressions of its driving dynamics, infotainment system, and whether it’s a good family car for road trips.
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2.899 -> hey we're here at the Consumer Reports
5.22 -> auto test center and we just bought our
7.98 -> 2023 Honda Pilot
11.28 -> so this touring model has all-wheel
13.259 -> drive really no options because it comes
15.66 -> really well equipped costs fifty
17.76 -> thousand two hundred and forty dollars
20.1 -> and what's really cool about this is
22.92 -> that a lot of the competing models like
25.32 -> the Toyota Highlander for example are
27.42 -> going full four-cylinder engine but
29.699 -> we're finding a lot of these four
30.84 -> cylinders they're kind of noisy they're
33.12 -> kind of rough so the good news about the
36.239 -> new pilot is that it's got a 3.5 liter
39.18 -> V6 it is super smooth it's hooked up to
42.42 -> a 10-speed automatic transmission now
44.7 -> you can get the pilot in seven or eight
46.8 -> seating capacity people are always
49.44 -> looking for family cars and this one
51.719 -> definitely fits the bill so really what
54.6 -> are the acid tests of a new car redesign
57.3 -> is could you hand your neighbors the
59.879 -> keys because they need to borrow it when
61.86 -> your neighbor borrow something like the
63.66 -> pilot it will take them all of about 30
66 -> seconds to acclimate themselves to
67.92 -> adjust the seat Define the radio station
69.84 -> to set the climate system all that stuff
72.54 -> is super easy in this car and that's one
75.42 -> of the reasons why it's such a pleasure
77.28 -> to drive so before we test cars we put 2
80.22 -> 000 miles on we make sure we want to
81.54 -> make sure everything is is running right
82.86 -> I had it over the weekend and I drove up
85.38 -> to New Hampshire a little town called
87 -> Jackson New Hampshire I took a left I
89.4 -> went West into Vermont and um enjoyed
92.58 -> all the scenery up there and and this
94.74 -> Honda Pilot is a really nice all-day
98.34 -> Road Tripper lots and lots of Headroom
100.92 -> lots of leg room easy adjustability and
104.04 -> really pretty good overall visibility
106.02 -> the a-pillars are sort of thick but not
108.42 -> really it doesn't really hem you in that
111.299 -> much it's quiet the ride is comfortable
113.939 -> the steering is a little light but still
116.399 -> responsive and the seat itself is really
120 -> comfortable for good all-day driving one
122.399 -> of the ways that the pilot makes living
124.799 -> with this car so easy is it's got all of
127.92 -> this open storage options you can put
131.34 -> all kinds of stuff here there's a
133.62 -> wireless charger there's a little cubby
135.36 -> here the cup holders are super easy to
137.819 -> use and it just everything falls to
141.42 -> place everything falls to hand listen
143.28 -> there's no tuning knob on the radio fine
146.52 -> whatever but honestly how I'm using
148.98 -> these cars I'm using the steering wheel
151.02 -> controls anyway so I'm hardly even even
153 -> touching the touch screen other interior
156 -> details that you'll probably care about
157.319 -> the touring model has second row climate
160.379 -> controls plenty of USB ports map sleeves
163.379 -> to hold stuff tons of cup holders tons
166.019 -> of Cubbies and honestly pretty nice
168.3 -> level of fit and finish for something
170.16 -> that isn't you know a luxury brand so
172.8 -> like a lot of three row SUVs the pilot
175.86 -> has a really flexible interior the third
178.56 -> row seats are super easy to fold down
181.14 -> the center section of the second row it
183.42 -> can be folded into a armrest and a cup
186.18 -> holder or you can remove it entirely go
189.239 -> to Costco go to Home Depot fill up the
192.3 -> back with all the stuff that you're
193.62 -> doing on the weekends the pilot can
195.78 -> definitely handle it so we're getting
197.28 -> close to starting the formal testing
199.379 -> that we do here at the consumer reports
200.819 -> test track I think one of the big
202.26 -> unknowns for me is going to be what kind
205.019 -> of fuel economy is it going to get EPA
206.76 -> fuel economy estimates are 21 miles per
209.28 -> gallon overall we'll have to see how
211.019 -> that pans out it's certainly not going
213.12 -> to get close to those those smaller
216.18 -> four-cylinder hybrid SUVs that are out
218.879 -> there but this is a super competitive
221.4 -> segment you've got great three-row SUVs
224.819 -> from Toyota Hyundai Kia Ford I mean
228.42 -> these have become the family cars it's
230.7 -> three row SUVs certainly no one knows
233.76 -> that better than Honda they've been at
235.86 -> this racket for a long time and I got to
238.739 -> think that they put a lot of time and
240.18 -> effort into designing this to be
242.58 -> competitive of that market so check back
244.799 -> with consumerreports.org for the final
247.14 -> test results for the new 2023 Honda
250.019 -> Pilot
252.01 -> [Music]
264.3 -> foreign
266.08 -> [Music]
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