2022 Honda Pilot Review: You Can't Stop Change (Though Honda Has Delayed It)

Auto123 reviews the 2022 Honda Pilot Touring.

So far, 2022 has been a year of renewal for Honda’s SUVs. Indeed, this spring the Japanese automaker unveiled the 2023 edition of its HR-V pocket-sized crossover, already available in dealerships across the country. More recently, Honda also unveiled a new version of its very popular - and top-selling - compact crossover, the 2023 Honda CR-V. Which will be offered in hybrid configuration in Canads for the first time, by the way.

The Passport, Ridgeline and Odyssey being fresher, we won’t expect anything in terms of renewals of those models in the immediate future. That leaves the Pilot three-row SUV, now in its seventh year in its current form. That qualifies as an eternity in this segment, or in most segments for that matter. Sure enough, prototypes of the future model have already been spotted in North American on-road testing. It’s a sign that doesn't lie: Honda is indeed preparing the next Pilot.

While waiting for this well-deserved redesign, I test-drove the outgoing model one last time to determine if the biggest SUV in the Honda lineup is still up to facing down its rivals, several of which have been revamped at least somewhat in the last year or two.

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