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by LAX and the water Ca
11-29-2004

First drive - 2009 Honda Pilot

« » 6:30 PM 4/15/2008

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2009 Honda Pilot

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. Pony count is 250 compared with 244 in 2008 and its 253 pound-feet of torque tops last year's count by 13 twist units. While that latter commodity now peaks at a somewhat heady 4800 rpm, a dual-stage intake manifold and variable valve timing and lift keeps over 90 percent of it on call from 2000-6000 rpm. Equally critical, this slick V-6 thrives on regular unleaded gas.

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Front-drivers net 17/23-city/highway mpg while AWD Pilots are now rated at 16/22 mpg-up from the previous 16/22- and 15/20-mpg stats.

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« Re: First drive - 2009 Honda Pilot (efficiencyJunkie)

« » 10:57 PM 4/20/2008

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its nissam armada meets..nissan xterra. Interesting look but id have to take a pass on it.

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« Re: First drive - 2009 Honda Pilot (efficiencyJunkie)

« » 10:40 PM 4/21/2008

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i never seen one of these fixed up....i wouldnt buy one either!

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« Re: First drive - 2009 Honda Pilot (civicboi_86)

« » 11:24 PM 4/23/2008

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motortrend's report seems more positive than negative, and proposes the pilot will be "class leading" (good for honda in general).

but the styling is very aggressive for a non-aggressive suv (IMO) it looks like honda's new design team is going for my boxy front ends (tsx, accord--although accord looks really good) but the pilot just seems out of place. i needs to be more round

but good luck pushing another SUV in USA"S horrible market now. gas is probably going to hit $4/gallon soon. ;0

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« » 9:52 PM 4/26/2008

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its ugly imo.

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« Re: First drive - 2009 Honda Pilot (efficiencyJunkie)

« » 11:05 AM 5/2/2008

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sweet thing

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« » 11:41 AM 5/4/2008

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i just took the 09 pilot test for work...has some pretty cool new features.

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« Re: First drive - 2009 Honda Pilot (azndng)

« » 12:35 PM 5/4/2008

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Quote, originally posted by azndng »

motortrend's report seems more positive than negative, and proposes the pilot will be "class leading" (good for honda in general).

but good luck pushing another SUV in USA"S horrible market now. gas is probably going to hit $4/gallon soon. ;0

I agree, it is pretty agressive. SUV's like this one will still sale, just to a smaller group. I'm sure honda has taken this into consideration, and will make smaller numbers. Hell, I bet it gets better MPG's than a element!

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