2013 Honda Odyssey

There was a time if minivans were abhorred by style-conscious parents about as abundant as their kids abhorred accouterment from their earlier siblings Japanese used cars dealer, but it appears as if they've fabricated it through the aphotic days. At the added end of the tunnel, we still can't avoid that with their easy-driving nature, adequate seats, alarming versatility, and alveolate interior, minivans accomplish sense--and in style, they don't accept to be so oppressive.

Among the best of the accepted bunch--and really, the arrangement for why minivans are still accordant and enjoyable--is the 2013 Honda Odyssey. Minivan designs approved to authority on to the Baby Boomer army for too long, which is actually allotment of the problem, but with the accepted adaptation Honda looked anon to today's parents. With Bluetooth connectivity, abreast infotainment and ball features, and lots of tech-savvy, additional best assurance and even a little architecture savvy, this Odyssey is neither antiquated nor abaft the times.

Minivan designers face a decidedly boxy task--of aggravating to accomplish these boxes on auto adorable and stylish, after giving up amplitude efficiency. And they get it appropriate with the Odyssey in some respects. While it's actually all-encompassing from the back, it fits appropriate in with the Honda ancestors from the front, and from the ancillary its contour is actually simple to aces out in a crowd. Credit the "lightning bolt" bulge forth the rear window; it's a cue that serves to add much-needed architecture ability as able-bodied as aid apparent visibility, slightly.

What's beneath the awning of the 2013 Honda Odyssey apparently doesn't amount abundant to a lot of minivan shoppers; but even if you're in that class you can blow assured that it has what it takes to advance strongly, canyon quickly, change lanes confidently, and even yield on abrupt abundance anchorage with a abounding load. In short, the Odyssey performs added like a car--even a somewhat adventurous one--than an SUV. Honda's 3.5-liter i-VTEC V-6 makes 247 application and 250 lb-ft of torque in all Odyssey models, but while a lot of of the calendar gets a five-speed automated transmission, top-of-the-line Touring and Touring Elite models get a six-speed automatic. The Odyssey handles abundant added like a V-6 Accord, even admitting its looks adjust added carefully with a Pilot.

What affairs the a lot of to minivan shoppers is autogenous space, versatility, and comfort; accepting means of befitting kids adequate and alive helps, too. And whether you're either a alive ancestor or an empty-nester with grandkids to booty some times, weekend activity actual added times you'll about actually acquisition that the Odyssey delivers with the accessibility you need. The Odyssey is actually loaded with anxious touches, and the additional and third rows accept a basement blueprint thatnot alone meets the needs of full-size adults but aswell maximizes the amount of positions (up to eight) for adolescent seats and kids.
Overall, the Odyssey's berth is a decidedly quiet, aesthetic space, with a bland ride, and some high-tech diabolism helps serve that impression. Alive babble abandoning and alive engine mounts both annihilate any accordance from fuel-saving butt deactivation, as able-bodied as balance alley noise.

The 2013 Honda Odyssey has a aloof appropriate that may be abundant to amplitude abounding safety-minded ancestors shoppers: It's one of the few ample cars to accomplish top ratings from both U.S. assurance agencies. It's aswell a standout in that it offers a a class-leading six child-seat binding locations and 5 LATCH locations (the official clips). And for 2013, a rearview camera arrangement is anew accepted on all Odyssey trims.

The Odyssey can be able with with some standout technology appearance such as a blind-spot system, auto-leveling HID headlamps, and a hard-drive-based music system. But all of those appearance charcoal the absolute area of top Odyssey Touring and Touring Elite models, and Honda's addiction to advance some of the a lot of adorable appearance to abundant added big-ticket trim levels (rather than allotment of bales or a la carte options) can be frustrating. For 2013, the abject LX no best skimps on Bluetooth connectivity; that's now accepted accessories on all Odysseys, and abject LX models now aswell get the able Multi-Information Display (i-MID) and 8-inch TFT screen, in accession to 2 gigabytes of audio storage, and a USB audio port.

At the actual top of the lineup, Touring Elite models can add up to about $45k, but they footfall up to a blind-spot system, a 650-watt complete arrangement with hard-disk storage, the ultra-wide-screen system, amphitheater beleaguer sound, and HID headlamps. A standout advantage is the new 16.2-inch wide-screen system, which provides ball and can even breach the awning in bisected for two abstracted inputs (including HDMI), while the aeronautics arrangement includes Zagat listings and reside cartage info.