Quickride: 2015 Honda Odyssey Prestige

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu)
01/27/2014 at 16:10 • Filed to: Quickride

Well, a few days ago my cousin bought one of these, a 2015 Honda Odyssey Prestige. This is the one which sold outside North America, and to be honest i wonder if i like it or not..

I mean, from the outside, it looks really fat. Compare that to the previous gen of JDM Odyssey like this:

or this, the even older one:

I always love the old oddy because it's low and sleek design, it looks like a very stylish minivan. But this one is just another tall minivan.

And then there's the "Earth Dream" engine.

The engine is quite nice if you're into those green thingy. It's a 2.4 litre inline-4, making 190hp, and give this car a respectable 33mpg, and releasing a very, very low emisson. But it's paired with CVT, so it's a bit boring to drive. Previous JDM Oddy always comes with manual as an option, but this one isn't.

Technically the transmission is not a CVT at all, it's a CVT paired with 7-Speed Paddle Shift called "Manual Mode". And yes, Honda put a paddle shift in a minivan. Why? I don't know.

But the rest of the car is nice, simply because now honda thinks the Oddy has to move upmarket to battle with the other tall minivan such as Toyota Alphard and Nissan Elgrand, because they stop making the Elsyion, despite i really love that thing.

Just look at those 2nd row seats. It's huge. It's also do recline and do some massage.

And then, the third row. It can be fold flat like the 2nd row picture, or used like this picture. And by far this is the best third row seats i ever been in. The space in here is so vast that you can arrange a grand slam match in here.

And then, here's your own bluetooth headset, 2 of them. and only worked on the middle in default settings. I wonder why i want that on my car...

And the headset by default is stored at the front, lower compartemen with the remote for all the thing inside.

This speedometer is quite interesting.

You may ask "Aya, that's quite nice minivan. How much that thing cost?"

Well, it's 705 Million Indonesian Rupiah, or roughly 57,810 USD, this is roughly the same as the Miata or the Impreza WRX. The GT86 is 4k cheaper than this, and the comparable VW Caravelle cost 82k and the Alphard is waaaay above 60k. For the wagons, the base model E250 Wagon is 800 bucks cheaper, while A6 Wagons is 5 grand more than this. Damn car prices in my country is expensive.

Anyway, what do you think about this Oddy?

DISCUSSION (14)

AM3R > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
01/27/2014 at 16:14

Wow, I feel like it would sell decently well in the US if it were priced ~$40k. I like how the previous gen JDM odysseys looked.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > AM3R
01/27/2014 at 16:17

Well, i guess if this thing sold in the US it'll cost roughly the same a s a miata i guess..

In my contry miata cost 57.5k .

N/A POWAAAHH > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
01/27/2014 at 16:18

That's fancy, I like it! I'm assuming minivans are used for more than hauling messy children around in...Indonesia? Is that right?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > N/A POWAAAHH
01/27/2014 at 16:21

Well, in Indonesia there's three type of Minivan.

The very cheap one, under 20k, for hauling messy children like you said.

The middle one, somewhere arround 20-50k, to haul less messy children or for college girls who has many friends.

And the higher one, for hauling artist with family, or some quite rich family that have lot of kids, or old man, like one of these.

Brian Silvestro > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
01/27/2014 at 16:22

My friend is a head manager at a Honda dealer, he says these things in top spec go for around $40k USD, which is a lot. You do get a ton of room though and I can't argue with all that luxury in the second row.

N/A POWAAAHH > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
01/27/2014 at 16:23

That's pretty sweet, definitely changed my perspective on minivans

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
01/27/2014 at 16:25

There's no way. The Miata in the US starts at $23,000. The USDM Odyssey starts at almost 30k. This would probably be the same, although at this trim level it might be more like 40 something k.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Brian Silvestro
01/27/2014 at 16:25

yeah, it's a lot.

I was thinking it'll go with miata tough, because that's what miata cost in here, 57.5k

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur
01/27/2014 at 16:26

Oh well..
Maybe the miata in here is a bit overpriced...

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
01/27/2014 at 16:26

Yeah a lot lol

Direzza > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
02/14/2014 at 03:49

waa!! OTW to IMSI Honda ASAP!!! thx for the info Bro, sorry for the broken english.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Direzza
02/14/2014 at 04:02

Okay, just go there! :D

If you want you can check the other quickrides here . Lot of unexpected cars there.

Direzza > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
02/14/2014 at 15:00

i always check Your oppo, because so many unique things that i found in it, and for Indonesian, your taste of car and how to write about it are uncommon, so it's really an eye opening experience for me. keep up the good work Sir :)!

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Direzza
02/15/2014 at 11:27

Thank you!

Surabaya full of uncommon thigs like this, so maybe you'll never ran out of surprise.