The 1994 Honda Passport was the primary time the US noticed an SUV with a Honda “H” on the grille. A three way partnership between Honda and Isuzu. The primary the primary two generations of the Honda Passport have been conventional body-on-frame SUVs that supplied both rear- or four-wheel drive. The Passport identify was resurrected in 2019 for a Pilot-based crossover, however the TrailSport trim launched in 2022 introduced again a number of the Passport’s ruggedness. Teased in a brand new video, the upcoming fourth-generation 2026 Passport TrailSport seems to take off-roading extra critically than every other Honda crossover earlier than it.
Although particulars concerning the upcoming Passport are slim, Honda introduced that it’ll have a “extra highly effective” 3.5-liter V6 engine. The present-gen Passport already makes use of a 3.5-liter V6 making 280 horsepower and 262 pound-feet of torque, so extra energy shall be welcome. Honda additionally introduced the engine shall be paired with a high-strength 10-speed automated transmission, one extra gear greater than the present automotive’s auto, and the Passport may have an up to date torque-vectoring all-wheel-drive system.
The teaser video Honda launched exhibits a camouflaged Passport TrailSport tackling some daunting-for-a-crossover off-road duties like rock crawling, water fording and sand pit slinging, going down throughout Moab, western Michigan, and the Appalachian mountains. Although the Passport will nearly definitely stay front-wheel-drive primarily based, its use of a conventional automated transmission as a substitute of a CVT will make it a greater off-roader than a few of its rivals.
Whereas the Passport within the video is camouflaged, we will see that it has a boxier design than the present mannequin, with shorter overhangs, massive rectangular headlights, thick pillars, massive fender flares, chunky all-terrain tires and tall roof rails. The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport shall be revealed later this fall, and vendor arrivals are slated to start early subsequent yr.
