A redesigned Honda Pilot is coming for 2023 and we’ll see the covers come off late this 12 months.

Honda on Tuesday introduced that its new mid-size SUV would be the subsequent recipient of the off-road-inspired TrailSport therapy.

Provided for the primary time on the 2022 Passport, the TrailSport therapy provides distinctive fascia designs, wheel patterns, and inside accents. It would not add any critical off-road mods, although the scenario might change with the 2023 Pilot. Honda described the automobile as its “most rugged and succesful” SUV but. Nevertheless, we have heard that from different automakers who solely added off-road seems to be with out the tools to match.

The brand new Pilot is anticipated to be a twin underneath the pores and skin with the redesigned 2022 Acura MDX. This might imply a platform extra inflexible than the one it replaces, translating into improved highway manners. We also needs to see the SUV provide seating for as much as eight and pack a V-6 engine as normal.

Prototypes present a extra rugged design than the present Pilot whose mushy traces are extra minivan than SUV.

The reveal of the brand new Pilot will cap off Honda’s 12 months of the SUV, which has already seen the automaker launch new variations of the subcompact HR-V and compact CR-V. Honda’s SUV onslaught is not about to sluggish, although. Along with the brand new Pilot, there would be the electrical Prologue making a debut in 2023.