The 2022 Honda Passport has been approved … for more roads.
The redesigned two-row midsize SUV features a rugged new look and is the debutante for Honda’s new TrailSport trim, which promises improved off-road performance and outdoorsy styling to go with it.
The Passport’s biggest change comes up front, where it has received a significant nose job. While the outgoing model resembled the larger Honda Pilot SUV it shares a platform with, the new one borrows its blunt grille and flatter hood from the Honda Ridgeline pickup that it’s also mechanically related to.
It gives it a unique identity more like a truck’s that better reflects the Passport’s edge in off-pavement capability over the more street-smart Pilot.
The Honda Passport TrailSport is a new model featuring more off-road style.
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The Passport’s trim levels have also been shuffled around, and it now comes standard across the board with leather upholstery, a suite of electronic driver aids with adaptive cruise control, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration and a wireless charging pad to go with it. Honda’s familiar 280 hp 3.5-liter V6 and 9-speed automatic transmission combo is the only powertrain available in both front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models.
The Passport TrailSport cabin has orange-stitched upholstery.
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Prices start at $39,665 for an EX-L and run up to $47,225 for an Elite, but the $44,265 TrailSport is this year’s most interesting model.
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It’s hard to pin down a direct competitor for the Passport TrailSport, but it’s roomier than the sort of similar Subaru Outback and Toyota 4Runner. This is thanks in part to its width. It’s so wide that that Honda decided to make retractable side mirrors standard to help squeeze into tight trails or, just as likely, parking spaces at the mall.
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2022 Honda Passport TrailSport
Base price: $39,665
As tested: $44,265
Engine: 3.5-liter V6
Power: 280 hp, 262 lb-ft
Transmission: 9-speed automatic
MPG: 19 city/24 hwy
