Honda's two-row mid-size SUV benefits from wholesale changes, including a new platform and enhanced V-6 powertrain.

The all-new 2026 Passport is wider, has a longer wheelbase, and gets increased ground clearance. TrailSport models get real bash plates, recovery points, and all-terrain tires. All versions of the mid-size SUV get a naturally aspirated 3.

It’s not all escapism, though. The 2026 Passport also features a full suite of modern safety tech including a new wider-angle camera and radar for improved forward collision warning, blind spot monitors, lane-centering steering and traffic-jam assist systems.

T he Honda Passport is returning to its roots. The original 1990s Passport was an Isuzu-based SUV with some serious off-road credentials, but the resurrected 2019–2024 Passport

The most obvious indication of this is the design that in many ways harkens back to the 1997-2002 second-generation model that was built by Isuzu. The new Passport has a chunkier, more squared off design with a flatter, longer hood, slightly more upright windshield and similar kick-up at the beltline toward the back of the rear doors.

Honda's new 2026 Passport is the latest to make a play for this crowd — at least, in its off-road-oriented TrailSport trims. Packing revised fascias, underbody armor and a trick all-wheel drive setup,

The all-new 2026 Honda Passport is more of a departure from the Honda Pilot it’s based on than the last generation was and designed to go even farther afield. Honda gave the two-row crossover SUV more individual styling and the most off-road capable platform the automaker has ever built.

The Honda Passport was always the most rugged Honda SUV sold in the United States, with more of an off-roading edge than the Pilot and more capability than the CR-V. However, the new 2026 Honda Passport is more capable off the pavement than ever before,