This Odyssey quietly made minivan history — its optional satellite navigation system, added for the 2000 model year, was the first nav system Honda ever offered in anything, minivan or otherwise.
Median 133 hp across 87 similar cars
Lead trim: Base · 4-spd auto · 3.5L · up to 240 hp
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FactThis Odyssey quietly made minivan history — its optional satellite navigation system, added for the 2000 model year, was the first nav system Honda ever offered in anything, minivan or otherwise.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTPROThe top Touring Elite trim of this Odyssey came with its own built-in vacuum cleaner — a feature that got its own special "Elite" badge.
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base · 4-spd auto · 3.5L | 1999–2001 | 3.5 L V6 | 210 hp | 229 lb-ft | — | FWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| Base · 5-spd auto · 3.5L | 2002–2013 | 3.5 L 6-cyl | 240 hp | 242 lb-ft | — | FWD | Automatic 5-spd | — |
An estimate, for the Base · 5-spd auto · 3.5L trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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Honda debuted its first-ever 10-speed automatic in a minivan, not a sports car — and it’s reportedly the first 10-speed gearbox fitted to any front-wheel-drive vehicle.
After four generations of double-wishbone suspension all round, the RC Odyssey switched to simpler MacPherson struts and a torsion beam — a minivan trading some sophistication for packaging.
The top Touring Elite trim of this Odyssey came with its own built-in vacuum cleaner — a feature that got its own special "Elite" badge.
Honda's big step for the RB3/RB4-generation JDM Odyssey wasn't styling — it was safety: electronic stability control and curtain airbags became standard across every single grade.
This generation's minivan did something unexpected in Australia: in 2005 it posted its best-ever local sales year and, for the first time, outsold the long-dominant Toyota Tarago.
The 2000 Japanese Odyssey was the first Honda ever fitted with a five-speed automatic — but only if you paid for the V6; four-cylinder buyers were stuck with four gears.
This Odyssey quietly made minivan history — its optional satellite navigation system, added for the 2000 model year, was the first nav system Honda ever offered in anything, minivan or otherwise.
The first Odyssey used conventional rear-hinged doors instead of sliding doors because Honda's engineers believed sliding doors could not be made to work with the car's unibody structure at the time.
New York's taxi board approved the Odyssey for NYC cab duty in the 1990s partly on the word of a seven-year-old — the grandson of a TLC advisory commissioner had recommended it.
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
This Presage minivan shares its underlying platform with the Teana sedan and the North American Murano crossover — one architecture doing three very different jobs.
Subaru's family-hauling Exiga got an unlikely STi treatment in 2009 — front spoiler, sport muffler, tighter suspension and a leather Momo wheel — but only 300 were ever built.
YRV stands for Young Recreational Vehicle, a mini MPV built to out-handle its own segment rivals.
The Terraza was Buick's first-ever minivan for the North American market - a badge-engineered cousin of the Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, and Saturn Relay.
The restyled 1994 Lumina Minivan quietly made American automotive history: it was the first minivan sold in the US with a power sliding door you could open by remote.
The first-generation Lumina APV minivan was nicknamed the "Dustbuster" by the press for its sharply sloped windshield, which pushed the dashboard far forward of the driver.
Its steeply sloped windshield gave the Lumina APV one of the deepest dashboards ever fitted to a mass-produced car.
The first Presage wasn't really its own car underneath — most of its parts came straight from the Nissan R'nessa, with more shared with its platform twin, the Bassara.
