The Honda Pilot is a large crossover, and Honda's second SUV fully built and designed by Honda. The Pilot was released in the summer of 2002 for the 2003 model year to replace the body-on-frame Passport. The Honda Pilot is built in Lincoln, Alabama and was built in Alliston, Ontario, Canada up until April 2007. The Pilot is now built exclusively at the Lincoln, Alabama plant. The Pilot shares underpinnings and the powertrain with the Acura MDX, w...
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The Honda Pilot is a large crossover, and Honda's second SUV fully built and designed by Honda. The Pilot was released in the summer of 2002 for the 2003 model year to replace the body-on-frame Passport. The Honda Pilot is built in Lincoln, Alabama and was built in Alliston, Ontario, Canada up until April 2007. The Pilot is now built exclusively at the Lincoln, Alabama plant. The Pilot shares underpinnings and the powertrain with the Acura MDX, which has a lineage that can be traced to the Honda Odyssey minivan. The Pilot’s unibody construction and independent suspension is designed to provide handling similar to that of car, however it is also fortified with integrated perimeter frame rails, which helps it withstand light off-road use.
The Pilot was designed to fill a large American demand for SUVs. Prior to the introduction of the Pilot, Honda only had the compact crossover CR-V based on the Civic, and the aforementioned Passport which was a rebadged Isuzu Rodeo that was sold only...
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