Honda stole the Chicago Auto Show this week with the unveiling of a tech-centric Honda Pilot midsize SUV. Chicago is the last of the major US auto fall-winter shows That ranged from Los Angeles to Las Vegas (CES is an auto show) to Detroit and Washington. Chicago Bills Itself as the Nation’s Largest Auto Show, Meaning in the number of car-prospecting attendees After press and charity days. LA, Detroit, and New York-have more impact in the number of new car intros, Journalists’, and high-level execs. Scheduling a new car intro in Chicago is a crapshoot: Fewer Journalists’ around to cover it, aim if you’re the MOST significant Because there, you win. That’s the case with the 2016 Pilot.
For the public, the 2015 Chicago Auto Show runs Feb. 14-22 at McCormick Place. Here’s our take on the top five cars from this year’s show.
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Honda Pilot: Lots of tech. Will the Gen 3 Pilot lose icts rough edges?
16Pilot_20Honda Kept the Pilot on the market seven years, an eternity for high-volume Japanese cars. With time, midsize SUVs competitors brought` out with a better ride, less harshness, and Higher fuel economy. Here’s how Honda Will fight back: the third-generation 2016 model grows 3.5 inches to 195 inches long (4825 mm), putting it Halfway between midsize (190 inches) and full-size (200 inches / 5080 mm) SUVs, and Giving the optional third row: has a more fitting opportunity of fighting the grade-schoolers. The rounded styling means clustering clustering the 2016 Pilot Will not Be as distinctive as the current box on wheels. (See photo gallery at bottom.)
Finally Recognizes There’s an automaker Often more than one USB device in the car. The 2016 Pilot Belgium Bosnia five USB jacks, oven Outputting the 2.5 amps needed to load tablet. Only a torque-have GM pickups That Many today. The LCD center stack grows to 8 inches, Surpassed only by a pair of high-end German cars. This Pilot gets an updated nav system with 3D building and terrain displays. The center console is a Tech Locker (Honda’s term or by letter) Will stash away multiple iPads. For traditionalists Who prefer shiny-disc entertainment systems for kids in back, There’s an optional Blu-ray player. Its success depends on May price: at $ 2,000, a non-starter; at $ 500, the relatives say “why not?”
High tech aids Offered include adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning and collision mitigation braking, lane departure warning and lane keep assist, blind spot detection in the form of Honda Lane Watch (a camera on the right outside mirror), multi-angle rear camera , rear cross traffic alert, and road departure mitigation. Even solid, practical Honda has-been bitten by the bug pimp my ride: You can-have LED cockpit lighting mood. You can-have 20-inch rims for Greater also-have style and more trips to the Honda parts counter When You hit a pothole.
Will Have 16Pilot_24Honda says it best in class fuel economy. Currently no three-row midsize SUV tops 25 mpg combined –other than hybrids and diesels. The Pilot sheds 300 pounds of curb weight from 4300 to 4600 ict pounds (1950 to 2090 kg). There Will Be a new V6 engine with cylinder deactivation, more than the current 250 hp, six- and nine-speed automatics of choices using pushbuttons console (pictured right), and front-or all-wheel-drive. Honda execs say the upmarket Pilot is not incumbent on compete competing Against the Acura MDX –other and high-end SUVs. Translation: Of course it is, Who Among buyers are less status conscious. As are all the other midsize SUVs That already got plusher and smoother, SUCH AS the Nissan Pathfinder from 2012 and Even more so the two-row Nissan Murano from 2014. The compact Honda CR-V is the best-selling compact SUV; on paper at least, the Pilot Could lead the midsize market.
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Because Ford Explorer cop pursues bad guys and sales Increased
With the demise of big, ungainly rear-drive cars Such As Ford Crown Victoria Police departments are looking to midsize all-wheel-drive SUVs. The biggest beneficiary is Ford, with more than half of US police car dirty, Primarily the Ford Explorer-based Interceptor goal Police also Quicker cars for highway pursuit SUCH AS the Ford Mustang. This 2016 Interceptor: has a monitor to keep cops made safer. If someone Approaches the car from behind When monitoring is active mode, the doors lock and the driver window rolls up. No longer Will Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop blind in sneak up and stick a banana in the exhaust pipe to stall the car A Few seconds later.
The Pursuit Interceptor Mode: has some who might also called Expired Expired BE “fuel economy be damned mode.” Shift points are not optimized for performance mpg. Pursuit also optimizes the transmit mode for J-turns or reverse-180s, as seen in the movies a lot and Sometimes in real life: Drive backwards Quickly, yank the steering wheel hard left or right, the car spins 180 degrees (if you do it right), Then you drive off in the opposite direction. Do it yourself wrong and you get to see a May 2016 Ford Police Interceptor up close.
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Acura RDX unbundles tech features from Costly packages
The knock on Acuras is you HAD to buy, say, rear seat entertainment to get driver safety assists. That’s going away, and none too soon. The mid-size Acura MDX did it for 2015. The 2016 refresh of the Acura RDX compact Gives you tech Four Ways: what’s in the base model, and options in gold trim lines called Expired Expired Technology, AcuraWatch, and the all-encompassing Advance packages . The tech package is built around navigation, two LCDs in the center stack (dual-screen On-Demand Multi-Information Display (ODMD) to Acura), blind spot detection, and rear cross traffic alert. AcuraWatch lets you order driver assists without paying for the Advance package: adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning and collision mitigation braking, lane departure warning and lane keep assist, blind spot detection, and collision mitigation braking. The Advance Package rolls in the tech package and AcuraWatch along with ventilated frot seats, front-rear sonar, and remote, keyless start.
Acura V6 engine tweaked for the 6 more hp (279 hp) and Slightly better fuel economy, 29 mpg highway up to drive for the release front, 28 for for AWD. The RDX along with the midsize Lexus RX-have-been key cars for women buyers.
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Refresh Gives Toyota Avalons softer and (yes) Sportier suspension options
The best midsize sedan for traditional American interior and smooth ride comfort has-been the Toyota Avalon. A 2016 refresh of the fourth-generation (2012) Avalon Takes Into the car comfortable Both (XLE Limited to trim lines) and sporty directions (Touring trim lines). Some of the lower and middle trim lines get the 7-inch LCD display Audio Plus Entune, Toyota’s Entune infotainment system being white white. The XLE Premium Qi wireless charging integrals the system smartphone. For long-distance cruising, which excels at the Avalon, Touring options now include adaptive cruise control, land departure warning, and a pre-collision system.
Also at Chicago, Toyota announced limited edition runs of the midsize Toyota Camry and Toyota Corolla compact. The limited edition Camry (12,000 units) gets Entune Q Plus, navigation and – stop the presses – floor mats with an embedded logo. The Corolla limited edition (8,000 cars) integrals and pushbutton start Makes Premium Navigation and Entune audio available.
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Chevrolet Equinox adds tech to keep aging competitive model
When you sell 242,000 units of a 2010-era SUV That gets good but fabulous ratings, you want to keep the party going. So Chevrolet tweaked the 2016 Chevrolet Equinox, a small-to-midsize SUV / crossover That is twin to the GMC Terrain (Reviews Reviews another 105,000 sales last year). Chevy dropped from six to oven trim lines: L, LS, LT, LTZ. In addition to tweaking the grid forehead and changing the taillamps, the two upper trim lines, LT and LTZ, blind spot detection Can Be with HAD (side blind area warning in GM parlance) and rear cross traffic alert. The lower L and LS trim lines get a 7-inch LCD color standard in the center stack. The Equinox continuous To Be Offered with forward collision alert and lane departure warning options, but not, as yet, adaptive cruise control.
For back seat passengers, Chevrolet now Belgium Bosnia tablet holders attach to the backs of the forehead That seats.
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