The 2025 Honda Pilot appears to be like considerably dearer than the 2024 mannequin in net searches, however that’s principally an phantasm. Honda has snipped the least-expensive trim from the lineup and added a brand new, dearer, high-end model. Within the center trims, the place most individuals store, costs haven’t modified a lot.

With its smaller 18-inch wheels (each different trim will get 20-inch fashions) and manually adjustable driver’s seat, the 2024 Honda Pilot LX is that this yr’s finances mannequin, beginning at $38,485 (together with the necessary $1,395 vacation spot price). Honda has apparently determined its flagship 3-row SUV shouldn’t have a finances mannequin. The LX disappears from the lineup for 2025.

The corporate did the identical factor with the CR-V small SUV final yr after which shortly introduced the LX trim again. A ridiculous quirk of automobile buying in the present day is that low-end base fashions typically exist to make a automobile’s base worth look decrease in net searches — even when sellers don’t at all times inventory them and few folks purchase them.

The Pilot will get a brand new high-end mannequin for 2025. The Black Version, Honda says, will get a “extra aggressive look that features Gloss Black 20-inch alloy wheels, a Gloss Black grille bar and higher facet mirror housings, blackout remedies for the entrance fascia ducts, window trim, door garnishes and rear bumper garnish, plus Black Version badges on the grille and tailgate.”

Inside, pink contrast-color stitching helps it look sportier, and pink accent lighting completes the look. The Black Version comes solely in all-wheel drive (AWD) and begins at $55,675.

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