2026 Honda Passport.
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Honda just released a few teaser photos of the all-new 2026 Honda Passport.
The version they are showing is the off-road-oriented Trailsport trim, which will not be the best-seller version, since off-roading is not what most Honda owners are doing. Even if the SUV itself gets better and better off-road capacities…
Here is the official word from Honda:
- Fortified with a new, more powerful DOHC 3.5-liter V6 engine, high-strength 10-speed automatic transmission, and best-in-class torque vectoring i-VTM4™ all-wheel drive system standard, the all-new Passport TrailSport is the most adventure-ready and capable Honda SUV ever.
- From the red rocks of Moab to the sandy dunes of western Michigan to the muddy trails of Appalachia, Honda engineers are putting the next-generation Honda Passport TrailSport through the very highest level of testing validation on challenging trails all over America.
- The 2026 Passport and Passport TrailSport will be revealed this fall ahead of arrival at dealers early next year.
“This fall” sounds a lot like the Los Angeles Auto Show to me.
And good news about the V6! It all sounds like what they currently use on the Honda Pilot. 3.5 Liter V6 and a 10 speed auto, which is great. And will make the new Passport quite pretty unique in the marketplace. Since the next Murano is rumored to ditch its V6 of a 2.0 Liter Turbo. And Toyota’s 5-seater V6 SUVs are long gone.
The current Honda Passport came out in 2018. And was basically a shorter 5-seater version of the previous generation Honda Pilot, which dates back to 2015. That means we are talking about a 10-year-old interior by the time the 2026 model comes out.
So far, from the new teaser photos, it seems the front end of the new Passport will be quite different from the Pilot. However, the doors seem to be the same and of course, the whole thing is shorter behind the rear wheel.
We can’t really see the interior either but what we can observe through the windshield is already very similar to the Pilot. I expect Honda might have redesigned the bottom part of the dash and that could be it.
Unfortunately, there are no rumors about a hybrid version being available in any trim. Which could really end up being a liability in the next few years…
Cannot believe Honda does not a large vehicle hybrid system. I am sure it will debut on this vehicle. Hopefully the V-6 is top trim only and that is why the PR talks about it.
Where is the new RL?, 2026?
Does anyone really think the Passport won’t be a truncated Pilot, without much disguise?