Workers at the Honda Alabama Auto Plant commemorated today as the initial 2023 Pilot rolled off the assembly line. It’s the 4th generation of the prominent SUV built at the Lincoln, Alabama center, which has actually produced the Pilot because it was presented for the 2003 model year.
The 2023 Honda Pilot is the largest SUV in the firm’s background. Built on a brand new platform, it’s longer and wider, offering more interior space than its predecessor, consisting of seating for approximately eight people. It includes extra sturdy styling and also is readily available in five trim plans, consisting of Sport, EX-L, Touring, Elite, and also TrailSport.
7 Images The TrailSport is a separation for the Pilot. Greater than just a different trim plan, it gives much more offroad capability than previous generations of the family-oriented SUV. Attributes include an elevated off-road tuned suspension with an added inch of ground clearance, all-terrain tires, thick steel skid plates to shield the engine as well as gas storage tank, as well as enhanced all-wheel-drive system abilities. The new Pilot can additionally be outfitted with a removable second-row center seat that can be stowed underneath the rear cargo floor rather than left in your home. Honda asserts the stowable second-row seat is a first-in-class feature for SUVs as well as is readily available on the Touring and Elite models. Under the hood, all models get a brand-new version of Honda’s acquainted 3.5-liter V6 twin overhead web cam engine, which is also set up at the Alabama
Auto Plant. Power result is up slightly to 285 horsepower and also 262 pound-feet of torque. Combined with a 10-speed automated transmission, gas economic situation and also efficiency are expected to be incrementally boosted, although no efficiency numbers are readily available. In enhancement to its setting up at the Alabama Auto Plant, the 2023 Pilot was created and also established in the United States. The Honda Design Studio in California was accountable for the designing, while Honda R&D designers in Ohio performed the advancement work.
Since 2006, Honda has marketed over 2 million Pilots in the US, which is the primary market for the large SUV.
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