Some news regarding the pilot
I read the following on another discussion board and decided to post it here:
"Last week I had a chance to attend the Q&A session for the Honda Pilot at the Alliston plant in Ontario, Canada. The company I work for supplies equipment to Honda and I so happen to be there for the free preview to Honda employees, etc.
The Pilot will go on sale in June 1 (US) and June 15th in Canada. There will be only 2 models in the first year, EX and EX-L. EX is everything but leather seating. EX-L incl. leather. Some interesting facts: automatic shifter is on the dash board similar to the CR-V. They had only the one model, no manual to show. The interior layout is similar to the MDX, except no navigation screen. The center console has an area for your cell phone and charging. The engine will be 240hp, same engine as the Odyssey, not th MDX engine (I guess the MDX engine has more torque?). Towing is same as MDX, 3500lb, with boat 4500lb. Both models will not have a sunroof in the first year. An LX model will appear in the second year. Pricing was between $38 to 40,000 Canadian (MDX is $48,00 MSRP Canadian). "
Interesting, but the automatic shifter is on the steering column and not on the dash board - which is probably what the guy meant.