2022 Honda Pilot Sport Is Now The More Expensive Base Trim At $38,055

As expected, Honda has reworked its 2022 Pilot trim lines and pricing to put much-needed space between it and the Passport. When Pilot pricing emerged two months ago, Honda omitted figures for the entry-level LX trim and the EX above it, informing everyone that there'd be a "well-equipped new entry trim level aimed at younger buyers and active lifestyles, offsetting the no longer available LX and EX entry trim levels." Then a tipster wrote to tell us that a new entry-level Pilot Sport trim would replace the LX and EX and be "very similar" to the base Passport Sport. That tipster didn't lie. Honda went a touch further with standard equipment on the Pilot Sport, giving it a heated front seats and a power driver's seat, which the Passport Sport doesn't get. 

The carmaker's going to charge for its largesse, though, with the 2022 Pilot Sport starting at $38,055 after the $1,225 destination charge. Adding all-wheel drive to the 2022 Pilot takes MSRP up to $40,055. The front-wheel-drive model comes in at $4,280 more than the former entry-level 2021 Pilot LX, partly reflected in the new Pilot's larger 20-inch wheels and larger eight-inch infotainment display. More important, it puts next year's Pilot $4,040 above the Passport. In 2021, the base Passport started at $34,015, which was $240 more than the 2021 Pilot LX. In conjunction with the Passport's new redesign that further separates it from the Pilot, buyers hopefully won't need to stand on the dealership floor wondering why they shouldn't just take the third row for less money.