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2009 Honda Pilot, Part Three

Why you should buy the 2009 Honda Pilot:
You have kids and take them places. Those places include bulk discount stores, the mountains, the beach, Home Depot and lacrosse practice. The utility in SUV appeals more than the style or image. You find the prospect of carrying sheets of plywood bizarrely intriguing. You need to tow, but don't want to buy an otherwise impractical vehicle in order to do so. You think that Ohio deserves just as much of your hard earned as Detroit.

Why you shouldn't buy this car:
You think an SUV will make you look tough and/or sporty. You're single. You live the kind of "Xtreme" lifestyle that requires a plethora of tribal tattoos. You think SUVs are the living embodiment of Hitler and George W. Bush combined.

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1:00 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Wes Siler
3,684 views, 51 comments

Latest by westfieldind: Must repeat....Honda good for USA, Ford bad; Honda good for USA, Ford bad; Honda good for USA, Ford bad...must stop...brain hurting more »

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2009 Honda Pilot, Part One

The 2009 Honda Pilot isn't the fastest or most exciting car to go on sale this year, nor is it the best looking. But, if we're honest with ourselves — which honestly, we aren't very often — it's probably the one we should buy. But that's the problem with honesty, it just isn't very exciting.

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3:01 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Wes Siler
4,735 views, 40 comments

Latest by EricMerrill: @athodyd: The Mazda5 is one of the sexiest non-sports cars being produced today, in my opinion. It's just got something about it. I have no idea what that something is. I imagine it's too small, though, for Jalopnik's needs. more »

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2009 Honda Pilot

Earlier today we asked all of you in the Detwa area to see if you could grab a photo of the 2009 Honda Pilot, and one of you rose to our Honda Pilot spy photo challenge by snapping photos so quickly that you beat an actual spy photographer that tried to do the same thing. Props to Steven Menlen who was in the Ypsilanti area and grabbed some great photos. We'll be contacting you soon with information on the $500 smackers you earned. In the meantime, everyone enjoy photos inside and out of the new Pilot.

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5:52 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
10,712 views, 65 comments

Latest by Branden.Tang: Why not be more like big brother MDX and look more agressive? more »

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2009 Honda Pilot Fleet Spotted Outside Detroit Area Marriott, We Offer $500 Bounty On Pictures

That's the 2009 Honda Pilot. If it looks familiar to you, it should. That's because it basically looks basically unchanged from the 2009 Honda Pilot concept we saw at the Detroit Auto Show in January. This particular, umm, fleet, of Pilots was caught outside of a Detroit area Marriott Hotel by the good folks at Car und Driver. Unfortunately C&D's shots are a bit — tiny. Although some claim size doesn't matter, more claim that it does, so if anyone wants to make a quick buck, or five hundred of them, figure out which Marriott they're at and head on out to grab some high-resolution shots (we're talking DSLR quality — sorry guys, no iPhone or other camera phone pics please). More »

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12:21 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
5,102 views, 31 comments

Latest by paulwilson05: This only pushes me back from even walking into a Honda showroom. more »

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Detroit Auto Show: Honda Pilot Sketch Versus Reality

When we saw the 2009 Honda Pilot in person, we couldn't help but notice it looked conspicuously different from the Honda Pilot sketch released earlier by Honda. It's not news that sketches are often exaggerated versions of the production models (few production models end up with 40-inch rims, for instance). But the Honda Pilot sketch v. Honda Pilot reality is a particularly striking difference. Our analysis below the jump. More »

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12:00 PM on Mon Jan 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
8,137 views, 28 comments

Latest by avconsumer: @my favorite car is a motorcycle: Holy mother of conspiracies.. you're RIGHT!! Good call on the HDMI grill. Next up... "Blu-ray" headlights!!! (the housings are kind of... blu) more »

Detroit Auto Show: No one on planet earth — save the Loverman — likes the looks of the 2009 Honda Pilot.

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Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Honda Pilot Unveiled

The 2009 Honda Pilot shares a platform with the '07 Acura MDX, starting at a lower price, with simpler features, seating 8 people. It also features a new Variable Cylinder Management system, which means the engine, can run on 6, 4 or 3 cylinders. The looks draw heavily on classic American SUV design themes, but improve upon them in a clean, contemporary way. Just look at the area behind the C-pillars for instance; it resembles what the Jeep Liberty should have looked like. Inside, the central instrument binnacle is highlighted by a clear, lighted cover that certainly looks much better than the shabby black plastic you'll find there on most vehicles. The full press release follows the jump.



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1:45 PM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By Wes Siler
57,973 views, 45 comments

Latest by null: Comment on Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Honda Pilot Unveiled I waited and waited for the first generation Pilot to look better, better, better! This is a marginally improved styling attempt on ultra conservatism which will age well, more »

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From Fukui to You: More on Honda's Diesels, Turbos

Honda's CEO, Takeo "The First Person to Call Me Dr. F Loses an Eye" Fukui says the company is working up a clean diesel V6 that will likely power the Honda Pilot and Acura MDX, AutoWeek reports. The prospective V6 is the second of Honda's new diesel engines to come to light, the first being a 2.2-liter four set to arrive in 2009, potentially in the Civic and CRV. In the same interview Fukui also said the company's recent move to turbocharge its new RDX may trickle down to Honda brand products, which may finally vindicate the kids with boost gauges sprouting from their Civics' A-pillars like weird, analog fruit. – Mike Spinelli More »

7:32 AM on Tue Dec 5 2006
By Mike Spinelli
365 views, 3 comments

Latest by lascauxcaveman: Its all good. more »

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Spy Photos: 2008 Honda Pilot

Hot tip: Run now and buy stock in the Brenda Priddy empire (or when such stock hits the street). Her latest shots — of what could be the next Honda Pilot SUV — have surfaced courtesy of AutoSpies. From the looks of it, it'll gain some new parity with its Acura MDX cousin, along with some pretty serious towing capacity. Word is the 2008 model will also get cylinder deactivation — on a new V8, perhaps? More »

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11:25 AM on Wed Aug 2 2006
By Mike Spinelli
94,377 views, 2 comments

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Spy Photos: 2007 Honda Pilot

Honda's Pilot SUV still looks pretty fresh — notwithstanding that Land Rover has since redesigned the last-generation Range Rover that influenced its elegant high-box comportment. But the Pilot will still get a new face this fall, as seen in these photos, which were taken during test runs in Nevada. According to the photog who caught the prototype without its disguise, the interior and rear designs remain unchanged, while a new nose and split-headlight design, accentuated with black eyeliner, gives the package a more high-tech look in middle age.

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Spy Photos

5:15 PM on Tue Aug 2 2005
By Mike Spinelli
3,507 views