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AUGUST 10 - 16 | 2018
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: Honda Odyssey is an attractive spacious and economical people mover.
2018 Honda Odyssey review
By ALISTAIR KENNEDY external facelift, an upgraded interior and improved driver assist technology. STYLING Two variants are offered, VTi and VTi-L with the ‘L’ standing for luxury rather than a long wheelbase as used elsewhere. VTi now has the ‘aero’ front fascia design that was previously only available with higher spec VTi-L. It also now has bright chrome surrounds for the new front foglights. The VTi-L steps up to a new Solid Wing Face premium aero package with bolder bumper shaping, LED foglights and a
while the more luxurious VTi-L has seven. The latter features twin buckets in place of the second-row bench in the VTi. The second-row pair have built-in adjustable footrests, reshaped headrests and seatmounted storage compartments. The seatbacks can also be reclined and, when the third row seats are folded flat, the central seats can slide up to 740 mm forwards or backwards as well as laterally. So there’s a huge range of choice. The second and third rows in the eightseater have three-way split seatbacks that provide a variety of seating and cargo options.
dark chrome finish on both upper and lower grilles as well as the door handles. At the rear there’s a revised fascia and a stylish tailgate applique. VTi-L also gets a small sunroof over the front seats as well as rear door LED puddle lights. Deep side skirts soften the appearance of Odyssey’s long sides. Two new paint colours have also been introduced for the MY18 Odyssey, with Cobalt Blue Pearlescent and Platinum White Pearlescent replacing Modern Steel Metallic and White Orchid Pearlescent respectively. The colours are offered on both variants. INTERIOR Odyssey VTi comes with eight seats
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HONDA Odyssey has been on sale in Australia since 1995 when the people mover was the vehicle of choice for those needing to transport more than five. For most of that period it’s been a three-way tussle between Odyssey, Toyota Tarago and Kia Carnival although the SUV phenomenon has taken many sales away from the segment. Honda made a bit of a gamble in its third and fourth generation model by lowering Odyssey’s height to make it look and perform more like a station wagon but with the arrival of the genfive model in 2014 it’s reverted to its previous height of just under 1.7 metres. The MY2018 Odyssey gave it an
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