Honda Pilot tops shootout among seven 3-row SUVs
CHICAGO — The family-size SUV market is an action movie.
New and freshened entries. Rising fuel economy. Zooming technology. Flashier styling. All of which would mean nothing if buyers weren't impressed. But they are.
VIDEO: Cars.com, USA TODAY and MotorWeek's SUV Shootout: Features VIDEO: SUV Shootout: And the winner is . . . PHOTOS: More on the three-row SUV ShootoutFord Explorers, Chevrolet Traverses, Honda Pilots and other three-row, family SUVs account for one of every seven new vehicles sold, reports J.D. Power and Associates, and buyers are paying a segment-record average transaction price of about $33,000.
MORE: How the 7 SUVs stacked upOur latest Shootout comparison is a face-off among seven vehicles in the heart of that family SUV market: 2012 Chevrolet Traverse , Dodge Durango , Ford Explorer , Honda Pilot and Kia Sorento and the 2011 Mazda CX-9 and Toyota Highlander .
Our experts, plus the Koch family of Hoffman Estates , Ill., tested and rated them for the Cars.com/USA TODAY/ MotorWeek $37,000 Three-row SUV Shootout — a mouthful that signifies we set a size range and sticker-price cap judged most relevant to the most buyers.
The top overall scorer in a close competition: Honda Pilot. Complete model-by-model ranking, scores, features, judges' reactions and some reasons why each one finished as it did, are above.
But here are some broad, overall impressions:
•$37,000 doesn't go far in this crowd.
All the test SUVs were more than presentable, but not all had leather upholstery, for instance, or backup cameras. Only two had navigation systems (Explorer and Sorento). Only one (Pilot) had a rear entertainment system.
And none had all-wheel drive, which buyers in some regions would consider necessary. All could be equipped with all-wheel drive for a price: $1,600 for the Pilot, for example.
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