The eight-passenger Odyssey minivan is one of Honda’s long-time favorites: the nameplate debuted in 1995 and is in its fifth generation. Honda offers the 2025 version in four distinct trim levels: EX-L, Sport-L, Touring, and Elite. A 3.5-liter V6 engine (280 hp and 262 lb.-ft. of torque) forms the powertrain with a 10-speed automatic transmission. All-wheel drive is standard across the board. The EPA has determined that all Odyssey trims achieve 19 mpg around town and 28 mpg on the highway. The towing capacity is 3,500 pounds.
The EX-L stands out among base trims with genuine leather upholstery for the first two rows, a moonroof, a power liftgate, wireless phone charging, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, proximity keyless entry, push-button start, three zones of automatic cabin temperature control, heated side-view mirrors (with position memory, turn-signal indicators, and reverse gear tilt-down), blue ambient cabin lighting, manual second-row sunshades, power-sliding doors, auto-on/off LED headlights, LED fog lights, an auto-dimming rearview mirror with HomeLink, a 7-inch gauge cluster, and three USB-C charging ports. The front seats are heated and power-adjustable, with position memory for the driver; the other rows feature the configurable Magic Slide second-row seat and the one-touch 60/40-split Magic Seat in the third row. The Sport-L has the same equipment, but it ramps up its appearance and goes with blue ambient lighting instead of red.
The Touring goes back to blue ambient lighting and gets third-row sunshades, enhanced seats upholstered in leather with contrasting piping, and the family-focused amenities mentioned above: CabinWatch (the rear-seat camera system), CabinTalk (Honda’s in-car PA system), and a rear entertainment system with a 12.8-inch screen, an HDMI port, and a third-row headphone jack. The highest-ranking Odyssey, the aptly named Elite, brims over with luxury thanks to perforated leather upholstery, heated and ventilated front seats, a hands-free liftgate, a heated steering wheel, rain-sensing windshield wipers, and auto-dimming exterior mirrors with power-fold.
The Honda Sensing suite is installed in every 2025 Odyssey. The included technologies are driver attention monitoring, adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow, collision mitigation braking, road departure mitigation, lane-keeping assist, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, traffic sign recognition, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, and automatic high beams. As the most loaded trims, the Touring and Elite also receive parking sensors (front and rear).
The lower-priced trims, EX-L and Sport-L, get a 9-inch touchscreen multimedia system with Bluetooth hands-free phone and audio streaming, wireless smartphone integration (Android Auto and Apple CarPlay), SiriusXM satellite radio, HD Radio, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and a sound system with seven speakers. The Touring and Elite expand the system with voice recognition, navigation, and access to HondaLink subscription services. The Elite gets all of the above along with a sound system featuring multi-zone audio and eleven speakers.