The Honda Odyssey gets another facelift after its last revamp in 2021.
While sedans are exiting the market left and right, the long-standing players in the minivan market continue to duke it out for their slice of the family hauling market each year. The 2025 Honda Odyssey gets some updates aiming to keep it competitive in the segment, including some fresh styling as well as some noteworthy tech updates. In line with some of its crossovers, Honda also saw fit to drop its base model from the lineup, making the Odyssey EX-L the new entry point (rather than the EX, as it was in 2024) with a higher $43,315 price tag.
Beyond the EX-L, pricing and features rise as they did before through the lineup. The Sport-L comes in at $44,465, offering up blacked-out trim and different 19-inch wheels. The $48,005 Touring adds in navigation, CabinWatch and the rear entertainment setup, as well as an additional USB-C port and sunshades for third-row passengers. The Elite, at $52,275, brings in nicer leather seats, ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel and front/rear parking sensors.
So, what do you get for the money? Well, Honda designers have tweaked the fifth-generation minivan with a new grille and revamped front bumper. The company contends this makes the Odyssey a sportier choice against some of the competition, as well the rear bumper that integrates the same vertical reflectors used on the second-generation NSX. No, I’m not kidding — but you have to admit that makes for a fun little conversation piece. Does your neighbor’s Pacifica have rear reflectors from a Viper? Didn’t think so.
Beyond that, the 2025 Honda Odyssey also brings two new exterior colors to the palette, Solar Silver Metallic and Smoke Blue Pearl, as well as new wheel designs that top out with 19-inch units on the Elite trim.
Inside, a new 7-inch digital instrument display comes as standard fare, as does a larger 9-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support. It’s not the Google built-in system available on some other new Hondas like the Accord or the CR-V, but the company does promise a more responsive and lag-free experience thanks to a faster processor onboard. Rear passengers in Touring and Elite models also get a larger 12.8-inch screen for a better infotainment experience, while Honda also relocated the HDMI port inside a storage compartment dedicated to streaming devices like tablets.
What stays the same: the 3.5-liter V6
The 2025 Honda Odyssey sees another styling update, but what hasn’t changed is what’s under the hood. You get a 3.5-liter V6 engine putting out 280 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque to the front wheels through a 10-speed automatic transmission. At this point, with the Kia Carnival gaining a hybrid option this year, it’s interesting that Honda hasn’t made that leap (at least not yet).
The Odyssey is now the only option in the segment that doesn’t offer a more fuel efficient choice, which I find a bit strange given the model’s close proximity to the Accord Hybrid, the CR-V Hybrid and even the new Civic Hybrid. Perhaps we’ll see a development on that front in the near future. Right now, though, this is what the 2025 Honda Odyssey brings to the table: fresh styling and new tech, which definitely won’t hurt in keeping its sales going. So far, Honda dealers have moved more than 39,000 Odysseys in the first six months of the year, which is rock solid from 2023 and a figure that makes it one of the Brand’s stronger sellers, behind its SUVs.
