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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

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So much for Acura using their own platforms in the future.
It kinda reminds me of the new Explorer concept. Discuss.



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The comments in that blog are funny.




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Is this production-ready? That interior looks pretty cool. I'm glad they kept it more "truckish" and less feminine (e.g. Highlander).



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Yuck, reminds me of a Chevy Uplander.

Gimme a CX-9 or Acadia.



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wow that looks terrible!
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say it hideous!
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Good lord that is hideous. Looks nothing like the concept drawing.

This belongs in the "cars have feelings too" thread.

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I just LOL'd so much, I HATE those things.

I never liked the pilot, too bloated for my taste.
And this one looks even worse than the current model






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You know, since you always seem to see ridiculous likenesses in every new vehicle, it makes me wonder how you've made it through life thus far without mistaking a jug of bleach for your latte.



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I'm going to go out on a limb and say it hideous!
Ahhhh...me too.

Honda please put down the pipe!

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Yuck, reminds me of a Chevy Uplander.

Gimme a CX-9 or Acadia.

Daaaaaamn, dude. That was REALLY below the belt there.



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seriously what was this designer thinking? This is by far in the same league as the pontiac asstek
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Nissan X-Trail anyone?

I think it looks awful!

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I'd say that this is the best looking Pilot yet. If SUV sales dont tank completely this will sell like crazy. Very tightly styled. Looks the best of the new Hondas.
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I cant say i really like it, but i am sure the final product would be alot more subdued and that i would like its styling alot more.



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uh...yeah, i still don't follow lol

but i agree it looks ugly

looks more an exploer/escape that fell into a chrome bath



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You know, since you always seem to see ridiculous likenesses in every new vehicle, it makes me wonder how you've made it through life thus far without mistaking a jug of bleach for your latte.


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You know, since you always seem to see ridiculous likenesses in every new vehicle, it makes me wonder how you've made it through life thus far without mistaking a jug of bleach for your latte.






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You know, since you always seem to see ridiculous likenesses in every new vehicle, it makes me wonder how you've made it through life thus far without mistaking a jug of bleach for your latte.

thats going into the sig!



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Jesus Christ, Honda.

It's like after the current gen Civic Coupe exterior they just let the design staff go on holiday.


There's a lot of elements I like, but the front end looks goofy as ****. Hopefully the production version will look a little more normalized.



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I reckon that the grille will be like that on the production version. But those headlights look too concept like and will probably change.
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the only thing bad on it is the front end, well the headlights



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Element-ized.



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The more I look at it, and this may sound dumb, but this truck has a confused look on its face. And the more I look at it, it won't be that hard to fix, the worst thing about it are the headlights and the grill. If they fix those, it could look ten times better. Minus the butter face, its proportions aren't so bad...
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 Re: 2009 Honda Pilot (Wes@motivemag) »« »

Wow, and I thought the Infiniti QX56 looked awful. This is a new standard waiting to be beat.




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 Re: 2009 Honda Pilot (mrbrettw) »« »

Seriously,I can't tell who has the worst style going on lately. Toyota or Honda. that pilot is absolutely terrible.
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Exterior is too slab sided for my tastes, grille isn't too bad, but the Explorer America concept is better. The interior is pretty good, I like most of the design, except for the placement of the shifter. It may not get in the way of your hands controlling the center stack, but I think it may interefere with line of sight.



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People will still buy it because it is a:


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That's worse than some of the BAD American designs on sale today. Can't believe Honda actually led it through.



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Quote, originally posted by jwaters943 »
Is this production-ready? That interior looks pretty cool. I'm glad they kept it more "truckish" and less feminine (e.g. Highlander).
Probably - when Honda shows off a "concept" of a current production vehicle due for replacement within 6 months, that's code for "95% there".
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I've liked most recent Honda concepts and cars- but this is something, umm, different. The Pilot was anonymously handsome- this is aggressively ugly. It's like a Jeep Commander raped a CR-V.



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