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For some reason, crossovers are getting more special editions meant to make them sporty than the actual sports cars. The latest example of this is the 2020 Honda Pilot Black Edition.
It's already been previewed as a show concept and is quite easy to understand. You take the best Pilot model around and do every piece of trim in black for that popular stealth fighter look. The result is over $50k for a 3-row family vehicle.
To be more precise, this started as the Pilot Elite, on top of which Honda added 20-inch gloss black wheels, black grille, and exterior trim. The exterior paint itself is called Crystal Black Pearl. And even though it costs $50,715 including the $1,095 destination, we don't think it's a bad deal. Basically, it's just $1,500 more and you get a cool look and features, plus it comes with everything.
The interior isn't as gloomy, though. The black cabin gets red accents on the middle of the first and second-row seats, as well as a Black Edition logo embossed on both the seats and the floor mats. Topping it all off, there's red accent lighting on the dash, doors, and console.
Power comes from the familiar Honda V6 with 280-hp. Being the top trim, it obviously comes with intelligent Variable Torque Management (i-VTM) all-wheel-drive with torque vectoring, as well as a nine-speed automatic transmission, second-row Captain’s Chairs, the Honda Sensing safety pack, CabinTalk in-vehicle public address system, wireless smartphone charging, a hands-free power tailgate, and 4G LTE in-vehicle Wi-Fi capability/compatibility integrated into the Apple/Android-enabled touchscreen.
The Pilot doesn't have to cost this much. Its range starts from $32,645 with the LX, rising though the EX, EX-L (with or without nav), Touring and Elite. There also other blacked-out editions worth mentioning, such as the Pacifica Appearance Package or the Toyota Highlander and 4Runner Nightshade Editions.
To be more precise, this started as the Pilot Elite, on top of which Honda added 20-inch gloss black wheels, black grille, and exterior trim. The exterior paint itself is called Crystal Black Pearl. And even though it costs $50,715 including the $1,095 destination, we don't think it's a bad deal. Basically, it's just $1,500 more and you get a cool look and features, plus it comes with everything.
The interior isn't as gloomy, though. The black cabin gets red accents on the middle of the first and second-row seats, as well as a Black Edition logo embossed on both the seats and the floor mats. Topping it all off, there's red accent lighting on the dash, doors, and console.
Power comes from the familiar Honda V6 with 280-hp. Being the top trim, it obviously comes with intelligent Variable Torque Management (i-VTM) all-wheel-drive with torque vectoring, as well as a nine-speed automatic transmission, second-row Captain’s Chairs, the Honda Sensing safety pack, CabinTalk in-vehicle public address system, wireless smartphone charging, a hands-free power tailgate, and 4G LTE in-vehicle Wi-Fi capability/compatibility integrated into the Apple/Android-enabled touchscreen.
The Pilot doesn't have to cost this much. Its range starts from $32,645 with the LX, rising though the EX, EX-L (with or without nav), Touring and Elite. There also other blacked-out editions worth mentioning, such as the Pacifica Appearance Package or the Toyota Highlander and 4Runner Nightshade Editions.
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