No, it’s not just your imagination: The 2024 Honda Passport is essentially a sawed-off, last-generation Pilot. Not only does that mean the Passport’s not as long and doesn’t have as many seats, it also doesn’t benefit from the new Pilot’s re-engineering. To many, that will seem like disadvantages, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t remain a modern and capable midsize two-row crossover.
Yep, it’s a midsize SUV; wider than Honda’s bread-and-butter two row, the CR-V, but with a less-cluttered cabin than the aforementioned Pilot thanks to the deletion of its third row. In its place? Just more cargo space. The result is a vehicle geared toward those who don’t
need six rear seats to haul around two kids. Or those who don’t have kids at all. Or those who’ve already sent them off to a farm upstate.
Wait, is that the wrong metaphor? In any case, if gear hauling matters more to you than people hauling, the Passport may just be what you’re looking for.
It also stacks up well to its diverse group of competitors. It’s more on-road friendly and fuel efficient than the Toyota 4Runner, yet more
rugged and utilitarian than the similarly sized Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport. It also has more space than the admittedly more luxurious Jeep Grand Cherokee
and sportier Chevy Blazer. It’s also an SUV, unlike the Subaru Outback, which nevertheless has a similar skillset.