![]() ![]() If little Jimmy is picking his nose, that booger will be shown in hi-def if Sarah has finally fallen asleep, you’ll know. Here, it’s called CabinWatch and it’s a camera over the second- and third-rows. The infotainment system is also your gateway to one of my favourite features in here and other family-oriented vehicles. There is support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, though, which is nice but it’s a wired set-up, even though there is wireless charging. The main screen is fine, but the submenu above it features small buttons and it’s not always clear just what each button does, if it’s a button and all. Speaking of interfaces, Honda’s infotainment system is fresh-looking but a little on the clunky side. Sure, it may look a little busy, but it works and doesn’t attract dust and fingerprints as much as it would if it were a full-touch interface. Same goes for the climate controls above those buttons. Which I like, as hard buttons are just easier to use when moving. Yes, there are buttons, traditional, hard buttons as opposed to a touch panel. Inside, the futuristic theme continues with a digitized gauge cluster, red glowing start/stop button, 8-inch infotainment display and waterfall-style lower console where the push-button transmission controls sit, along with the Snow and Econ buttons and seat heating/cooling buttons. The rear end, meanwhile, bears some stylistic resemblance to the Accord sedan, which begs the question as to whether or not the style is just window dressing, or if maybe it hints at some other underlying strengths. Those look somewhat funny surrounded by the huge winter rubber and side slabs, but either way, wheels like that on a minivan? That takes some guts. The result of that facelift was a van that looked much more akin to something you might see for the Japanese market thanks to its aggressive grille and headlight treatment, not to mention the rather un-subtle creases across the massive sliding doors, kicked-up beltline and blacked-out wheels. Not much changes for the 2022 model year as the Odyssey had a big facelift for 2021. One of those is the Honda Odyssey, a big-body of a van that has been a segment leader ever since its inception and has managed to outlive competition from Nissan, GM, Ford and Mazda. The venerable do-anything family hauler that took the world by storm in the mid-80s – and probably peaked in the mid-to-late-90s, when GM ran a version of its minivan for almost every brand under its umbrella, including Saturn and Oldsmobile – may not be as common these days due to the market takeover by three-row crossovers and SUVs, but the ones that do exist continue to be popular. ![]()
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