The Honda Passport is an SUV that we do not know at all in the Netherlands and even in Europe. The model undergoes a facelift a few years after the introduction of the current generation. It is interesting to see how the Passport also neatly participates in the rioting trend that is gaining followers in SUV land.
With their relatively high ground clearance and often somewhat chunky appearance, SUVs generally already have a more adventurous look than conventional hatchbacks or station wagons. Lately, that doesn’t seem to be enough for consumers. At least, if we are to believe the car manufacturers. Several SUVs recently received an extra rugged-looking version, a version with attached wheel arches, greater ground clearance and an extra dose of black plastic. Ford gave the Explorer a Timberline version, Subaru brought a Wilderness version to the Outback and the Forester also did not escape an outfit with mountain boots. Honda can’t stay behind and goes on an adventure with the Passport.
Honda Passport
The Passport is an SUV that is not supplied in the Netherlands. In fact, you should see the 4.84 meter long SUV as the big brother of the well-known 4.6 meter long CR-V here. Honda has long had to do without Passport, but brought the model name back in 2018 for an SUV that shared its technology with the larger Pilot but had to do without a third row of seats. The current Passport is certainly not old, but Honda is now carrying out a facelift on the model, which brings the model to the model under the new TrailSport version.
The fact that Honda is committed to that TrailSport taste is apparent from the fact that the brand does not release any image of the regular versions of the renewed Passport. Think more conventionally styled bumpers under the version you see in these photos and you’re probably well on your way. In any case, the renewed Passport has a larger grille, a more rectangular copy with a black plastic strip at the top, just like before. That strip runs slightly down near the headlights and then dives into the now slightly larger headlights. The bonnet also has a different shape and the brand also seems to have refined the wheel arches by giving the car new front fenders.
Honda Passport
The TrailSport version that you see in these photos distinguishes itself, among other things, with the filling in of the grille, its bumper work and silver-colored skid plates from the regular renewed Passport versions. The Passport Trailsport will also have a track width that has been increased by 1 centimeter at the front and rear and more off-road worthy tires as standard. Honda has already indicated that it will give the TrailSport version more perks in the coming years, including heavier off-road tires and a chassis with longer suspension travel. Regardless of the version chosen, the Passport has a 3.5-liter V6 under the hood that distributes 280 hp and 355 Nm via a nine-speed automatic transmission to the wheels. Front and four-wheel drive versions are available.
Is Honda doing good business with the Passport? It’s going well. Last year Honda sold almost 40,000 Passports in the United States. That was about ten percent more than in the previous year, but Honda sells three times the number of big brother Pilot annually and the CR-V sold 333,500 copies in 2020. The Passport competes with cars like the Subaru Forester and Chevrolet Blazer.
– Thanks for information from Techzle.nl