He and his family have done the drive plenty of times in Navigators, Explorers, Mountaineers and Rodeos. None of those trucks, however, was as perfectly suited to the job as the new Odyssey. Just looking at the Odyssey lets you know that it is purpose-built for moving large quantities of people and their stuff great distances in comfort. A mere 201 inches separates the tip of the front bumper from the tail of the rear bumper on the Odyssey. Sure, the Odyssey may seat only seven people, as opposed to the Suburban's nine, but, unless you are the captain of a softball team, you probably don't need to drive nine people around on a regular basis.
Dual power sliding rear doors make entry to the second-row seats easy and convenient.
A low floor makes it easy for toddlers and puppies to clamber aboard without banging their shins. Variable seating locations mean that the middle seats can be positioned as captain's chairs or a bench seat by merely sliding the modular units along a lateral track. The rear seat can be used to hold three additional passengers, or can be folded flat with the floor for cargo hauling by simply pulling on two straps and pushing it downward. In our opinion, nothing, not even the vaunted Chrysler minivans, offers as much interior versatility as the Honda Odyssey. Peering out of the windshield of the Odyssey is like watching the world go by on an Imax screen.