Honda Odyssey (North America)
| Honda Odyssey | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Honda |
| Production | 1994–present |
| Model years | 1995–present |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Minivan |
| Body style | 5-door minivan |
| Layout | FF layout |
| First generation RA1-5 | |
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| Overview | |
| Also called |
Isuzu Oasis Honda Shuttle |
| Production | 1995–98 |
| Assembly | Sayama, Japan (Honda Sayama Factory) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Related |
Honda Accord Isuzu Aska |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2.2 L F22B6 I4 2.3 L F23A7 I4 |
| Transmission | 4-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 111.4 in (2,830 mm) |
| Length | 187.6 in (4,765 mm) (1997-98) 187.2 in (4,755 mm) (1995-96) |
| Width | 70.6 in (1,793 mm) |
| Height | 64.6 in (1,641 mm) |
| Second generation RL1 (North America) | |
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| Overview | |
| Also called | Honda LaGreat (Japan) |
| Production | 1998–2004 |
| Model years | 1999–2004 |
| Assembly |
Alliston, Ontario, Canada (HCM) Guangzhou, China (Guangqi Honda; 2005 JDM models) Lincoln, Alabama, United States (HMA) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Related |
Acura CL Acura MDX Acura TL Honda Accord Honda Pilot |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 3.5 L J35 V6 |
| Transmission |
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| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 118.1 in (3,000 mm) |
| Length | 201.2 in (5,110 mm) |
| Width | 75.6 in (1,920 mm) |
| Height | 69.7 in (1,770 mm) 68.5 in (1,740 mm) (LX) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Honda Elysion (LaGreat) |
| Third generation RL3, RL4 (North America) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | 2004–2010 |
| Model years | 2005–2010 |
| Assembly | Lincoln, Alabama (HMA) |
| Designer | Akio Fumiiri (2002) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Related |
Acura MDX Acura TL Honda Accord Honda Pilot Honda Elysion |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 3.5 L J35 V6 |
| Transmission | 5-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 118.1 in (3,000 mm) |
| Length | 2005-07: 201.0 in (5,105 mm) 2008–10:202.1 in (5,133 mm) |
| Width | 77.1 in (1,958 mm) |
| Height | 70.0 in (1,778 mm) 68.8 in (1,747.5 mm) (LX) |
| Fourth generation RL5 (North America) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | Aug 2010 – 2017 |
| Model years | 2011 – 2017 |
| Assembly | Lincoln, Alabama, United States (HMA) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Related |
Acura MDX, TL Honda Pilot, Accord |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 3.5 L J35 V6 |
| Transmission | 5-speed automatic (2011–13) 6-speed automatic (Touring models: 2011–13, all models: 2014-17) |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 118.1 in (3,000 mm) |
| Length | 202.9 in (5,154 mm) |
| Width | 79.2 in (2,012 mm) |
| Height | 68.4 in (1,737 mm) |
| Fifth generation | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | Apr 2017- |
| Model years | 2018- |
| Assembly | Lincoln, Alabama (HMA) |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 3.5 L V6 |
| Transmission | 9-speed ZF 9HP automatic 10-speed automatic |
The Honda Odyssey is a minivan manufactured and marketed by Japanese automaker Honda since 1994, now in its fifth generation.
The Odyssey had originally been conceived and engineered in Japan, in the wake of the country's economic crisis of the 1990s – which in turn imposed severe constraints on the vehicle's size and overall concept, dictating the minivan's manufacture in an existing facility with minimal modification. The result was a smaller minivan, in the Compact MPV class, that was well received in the Japanese domestic market and less well received in North America. The first generation Odyssey was marketed in Europe as the Shuttle.
Subsequent generations diverged to reflect market variations, and Honda built a plant in Lincoln, Alabama, incorporating the ability to manufacture larger models. Since model year 1999, Honda has marketed a larger (large MPV-class) Odyssey in North America and a smaller Odyssey in Japan and other markets. Honda also offered the larger North American Odyssey in Japan as the Honda LaGreat beginning in June 1999 through 2005. Both versions of the Odyssey were sold in Japan at Honda Clio dealership locations.
The Odyssey was introduced in 1994 as Honda's first minivan — based on the Accord platform, with a 4-cylinder engine, all-disc anti-lock braking, all wishbone suspension, and a four-speed automatic transmission with a steering-column-mounted shifter and a hill-hold feature, marketed as Grade Logic. The design featured unibody construction, dual airbags, dual gloveboxes, dual zone heating and cooling with 20 percent greater capacity than an Accord's system (overhead rear fan-speed adjustment control, and main control switch over the front-seat passenger), conventional rear swing-open rather than sliding doors, and a third row seat that could fold and tumble into a compartment beneath the floor — the spacesaver spare tire carried inside, on the right, rear wall of the cabin.
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