2026 Honda Passport .
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Here it is. The all-new generation Honda Passport for 2026. Finally.
The photos above show the off-road Trailsport version. I guess other trims won’t have all that macho black plastic and the outdoorsy bits.
The current Passport is still a nice SUV to drive, but it is old and looks even older. It came out in 2018 but was basically a 5-seater version of the previous generation Honda Pilot. The one that came out in 2015. We are talking about an almost 10-year-old design. Sure, the Passport has since received a few upgrades, trying very hard to make it look different from the Pilot. But that interior is still pretty much the same as in 2015.
I think Honda did a great job this time making sure the new Passport didn’t really look like a shorter Pilot anymore. This already seems to be 100 times more attractive than the current one. It will be interesting to see if Honda did the same thing with the interior. Or if they basically left the Pilot interior design alone. Which would still be OK and a huge improvement anyway.
Not much is known about the new Pilot yet. Except that we already know it will retain its great 3.5 Liter V6. Probably the one from the Pilot. It’s really too bad Honda has zero Hybrid option on this. Their V6 is fantastic but in 2025, a large portion of buyers might want something a bit more efficient.
This new Passport is right around the corner and I will have more info and photos very soon.
(Thanks to a reader for the pix)