Hello everyone, this issue analyzes the Honda Passport
1. Brand analysis and historical introduction
Honda Passport was born in 1994, but between the experience of discontinuation, the model in the picture is the third generation of models, mainly for the North American market launch, from the brand point of view, Honda brand at this level of market competitiveness performance is still quite good, but Honda Passport in the brand awareness is a little insufficient.
2. Market analysis
Honda Passport is a medium-sized SUV, between the Honda CR-V and pilot, feel higher than the positioning of honda crown road, in the style is also biased to tough, with a certain off-road performance, in the car still uses a double-row 5-seat design, is a positioning of a relatively high-end double-row seat SUV model.
3. Competitors
From the perspective of competitors, Honda Passport is expected to benchmark toyota Highlander, Volkswagen Tuon and Ford Explorer and other models, but compared to more market competitors, Honda Passport provides double-row seats, which is a bit less practical, but the space in the car is guaranteed.
4. Used cars (Note: The retention rate of used cars is based on the actual performance of the used car market after the new car is listed. ）
This car is mainly aimed at overseas markets, the performance of sales in the market should be at a general level, and at the same time, it is expected that the ownership will not be very high, and generally speaking, the performance of Japanese brands in the retention rate is not bad.
5. Power system and chassis
In terms of chassis, the front McPherson and rear multi-link are adopted, and the platform is shared with the Honda Pilot, which also extends the Honda Ridgeline pickup model, in terms of powertrain, the power is equipped with a 3.5L V6 natural engine matching the ZF 9-speed automatic transmission, the engine parameters maximum power 280 horsepower, the maximum torque of 355 Nm, equipped with i-VTM4 four-wheel drive system, with stronger off-road performance, Controlling the torque distribution of the left and right wheels of the rear axle through a planetary gear mechanism and a multi-piece clutch, 70% of the power can be transmitted to the rear wheel, and 100% of the rear wheel power can also be applied to the left rear wheel or the right rear wheel, with four modes to choose from, such as normal, snow, mud and sand.
6. Configuration
The performance in the configuration is still very rich, providing HondaSensing safety assistance system, as well as standard LED headlights, keyless entry/start and other systems, wireless charging, car hotspots, exterior mirrors electric folding. Provide HondaLink cloud service system, which can realize remote unlocking, vehicle tracking and other functions. The touchable central control screen supports Carplay.
A more off-road Honda Passport Trailsport version is also available, with the addition of a Trailsport off-road kit, an added storage rack and an external spare tire, and a chassis with scratch-resistant skid plates.
7. Space
Space on the car using double row seats, providing a 5-seat design, the rear seats can be put down according to the proportions, after the fall is also relatively flat, in the utilization of space is also more flexible, the design of the trunk is also more regular, the following also has a hidden storage slot, under normal circumstances, the trunk space is 1167L, after the fall can be expanded 2206L. The body size is 4839mm*1996mm*1818mm and the wheelbase is 2819mm. Judging from the body size, it is a larger SUV model with double-row seats.
8. Summary
Honda Passport in the market positioning belongs to the positioning of the higher positioning of the SUV with double row seats, the performance of the space in the car is also relatively spacious, relative to the competitors, the overall design style is biased towards off-road and tough, but can not provide three rows of seats, the design of the interior control is also a bit outdated, mainly for the North American market and launched.
9. Appearance
From the appearance point of view, there is still a good aura, the net adopts a large size grille design, with a large gap in the mesh texture, the visual effect is very imposing, but also brings a good sports style, the lower encirclement uses a trapezoidal grid texture modeling, in the design of the headlamp group is also very exquisite. Coming to the side, the stretched shape is very imposing, the body waistline uses the straight shape of the upper and lower, and the regular side window line design is also very imposing, using a tough D-pillar shape. The tail style is also a very wide shape, and the compact tail light group design is very compact.
10. Interior
The design of the central control in the car is slightly outdated, using a tough layout, the through-type design is also very imposing, the shape of the central control screen has a strong sense of technology, and the following still uses the physical button design, using the button-type shift modeling, which is very advanced, and the three-frame multi-functional steering wheel design also brings a good fashion model.