2016 Honda Pilot gets sleek to gain more sales - Detroit Free Press
Story Highlights The 2016 Honda Pilot will go on sale this summer. Pilot reinvents itself as a modern 3-row family vehicle that is classy enough to take out on the town and equipped with a new engine, transmission and amenities. The Pilot gets a new 3. 5-liter direct injection V6 with cylinder deactivation technology and new 6- and 9-speed transmissions Among the nice touches are a reversible cargo lid with carpet on one side, but easily hosed down on the other Honda has... The Pilot has been a dependable mainstay for Honda. But the current utility vehicle, which dates back to 2008, was looking dated: a boxy truck in a world of sleek crossovers. To compete with a growing number of nameplates, the 2016 Pilot reinvents itself as a modern 3-row family vehicle that is classy enough to take out on the town and equipped with a new engine, transmission and amenities. "Now it looks like the (Honda) CR-V's big brother, which is good because Honda sells more than 300,000 CR-Vs a year. In fact, on Wednesday Honda announced it will add production of the Acura MDX to its East Liberty, Ohio, plant beginning in 2017. The MDX is currently made only in Lincoln,. Source: www.freep.com
