2016 Honda Pilot looking to a record sales year

Monthly sales figures are fickle, and frankly, most automotive journalist don’t give much credence or validity to an indicator that is affected by everything from the weather, to the number of days in a month, holidays, and current interest rates.

After the initial sales hit of a new model release or major refresh. as show cased through the 2015 CR-V SUV, auto industry analyst generally look to trends, as demonstrated by yearly, quarter sales results, such as the measurable decrease in sales of the 2016 Honda Fit, on the release of the Fit-based HR-V crossover.

Honda hits a Homerun with the release of the all new 2016 pilot SUV

Already a top seller by any measure, 2016 Honda Pilot retains the “Truck-Ability”, and transformer-like, multitask family hauling flexibility of the past generation Pilot, while increasing visual appeal, interior refinement, greater active and passive safety features, family friendly Infotainment and greater ease of cell phone connectivity. Check out our latest 2016 Honda Pilot drive review here.

Honda’s Jeff Conrad tells us: "It is incredibly gratifying to see our customers embrace the all-new Pilot and Civic," said Jeff Conrad, senior vice president and general manager of the Honda Division. "We are going to race to the finish in the effort to earn a record number of new customers this year."

2016 Honda Pilot presents exceptional standard features and performance

In my most humble opinion “ the market has spoken.” Earlier in the year after experiencing all that is 2016 Honda Pilot Elite on a NASCAR race track in Tennessee, I predicted that 2016 Honda Pilot was not only the best dollar for dollar value in the midsize SUV segment, but would give Acura MDX a run for the money. Personally, I was astounded by Pilot’s new found refinement, performance, and real-time active safety features.

The Collision Mitigation Braking ™ feature blew my mind.

With a base model Pilot AWD LX sporting a MSRP of $31,795, one would be hard pressed to find a better standard equipped SUV in the industry. Far from stripped, this 280 horsepower i-VTEC V6, 6 speed automatic, all wheel drive, 3 row SUV is quickly becoming North America’s answer to the family station wagon. In November, 9,228 of you said yes to Pilot, joining 113,000 new Pilot owners year to date.