2009 Honda MR-V aka Pilot revealed
The American-built 2009 Honda Pilot has been unofficially unveiled in the United States. To be called the Honda MR-V in the GCC, it is definitely not a looker. It seems like Honda’s original design team went on vacation after the Civic redesign back in 2005, and hasn’t returned ever since.
The engine is better though, with an upgraded 3.5-litre V6 with 250 hp and 343 Nm of torque. Fuel economy has improved ever-so-slightly, thanks to cylinder-deactivation technology like the 3-4-6-cylinder system found in the Accord.
While we believe there is still no low-range gearing available for this all-wheel-drive vehicle, new features to aid off-road ability include a hill-assist system to hold the car on an incline safely. We expect improved on-road abilities as well.
The interior doesn’t fare much better than the exterior, with visibly hard plastics and numerous ugly design touches, such as the console-mounted shifter and the dash-mounted passenger-side tray.
All the usual convenience features found in the previous model are here too, such as airbags, ABS, power windows, sunroof, etc. Three rows of seating are available, and the last one is again suitable for very small adults at best.
Expect the car to hit GCC showrooms before the end of summer.
so this MR-V got double exhausts end.
April 15th, 2008 | #
rear end looks alright, not sure what happened with the front end, though. Rims need changing as well
April 15th, 2008 | #
surely something went wrong in terms of styling
April 15th, 2008 | #
Very Boring indeed!!!!!
April 15th, 2008 | #
the older model is 1000 times better than this.anway what has hapened to honda???
April 15th, 2008 | #
we were expecting to see a design like acura MDX n this looks like a carton box….
April 15th, 2008 | #
this looks horrible. what happened to honda. they first launch those great two cars [accord and it coupe] and here the launch a goofy looking SUV. it looks like the dodge nitro now. that grille looks like… I dunno. its horrible.
April 16th, 2008 | #
wahahaha…..i just puked!
are they trying to hit jeep commander territory, which is an ugly car in its own right already
April 22nd, 2008 | #
i luv this car but juz the front bumper doesn’t looks gud
April 24th, 2008 | #
we was expecting more than this from honda
we can not compare honda’s pilot looks to civic and accord’s
this suv is less than it’s competitors
April 28th, 2008 | #