2009 Honda Pilot Review

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You may think the 2009 Honda Pilot looks strange because of its boxy looks. But when square things are good, they're really good. Take, for instance, the instant joy a woman gets when opening a baby blue Tiffany & Co. jewelry box. Or that FedEx, a hugely successful company worldwide, earns its keep by dealing almost exclusively with boxes.

And although the Honda Pilot was never a jellybean-shaped SUV, the new clean sheet design surely owes more to origami than to papier-mâché. This, you'll see, translates into more room inside and the room to implement some minivan-like tricks.

Once past the oblique dashboard that looks more like a granite rock face than a dashboard, you're treated to buttons surrounded by light blue plastic — a treatment that looked to me like a waterfall. You won't have to worry about drowning from water though; instead, you might drown in a sea of complexity as the sheer number of buttons, switches, and toggles is mesmerizing and daunting. The centre console has a wonderful minivan-esque trick, though: it can slide forward to reveal a plastic cavern in between the front seats, perfect for storing purses.

In fact, there are more cubbyholes in the Pilot than in a pirate ship. I counted.

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