Reader Spy: 2011 Honda Odyssey out and about
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivan/Van</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/#2"><img width="630" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="471" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/11odyssey630wm.jpg" alt="2011 Honda Odyssey" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>2011 Honda Odyssey - Click above for image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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The current <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Honda/">Honda</a> Odyssey is widely considered to be the best of its breed, but let's face facts: it's old. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Toyota/">Toyota</a> has upped its game with the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Sienna/">Sienna</a>; <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Nissan/">Nissan</a> is on hiatus, preparing to spring an <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/30/nissan-teases-next-generation-quest-minivan/">all-new Quest</a>, and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Chrysler/">Chrysler</a> continues to do its thing with the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/TownCountry/">Town & Country</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Dodge/">Dodge</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/GrandCaravan/">Grand Caravan</a>. Oh, there's also the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Volkswagen/">Volkswagen</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Routan/">Routan</a>, but no one'll hold it against you for forgetting it exists. <br />
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Anyway, Honda's readying the next-gen <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Odyssey/">Odyssey</a> for release sometime later this year. We've already gotten a near-production preview in the form of the "concept" version presently sitting on the floor at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/01/we-obsessively-covered-the/">New York Auto Show</a>, and thanks to reader Bernardo Roque, we've got a few new spy shots of the next-gen van out testing in Las Vegas. One photo gives a peek at the interior via the open driver's door and tailgate, but it's still too far away to see anything in useful detail. What <em>is </em>obvious is that this thing is otherwise fundamentally identical to the so-called <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/10/honda-odyssey-concept-chicago-debut/">Odyssey Concept</a>. <br />
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We'll go out on a limb and guess that the 2011 Honda Odyssey is roomier, more powerful and/or more fuel-efficient than the current van, with a better interior and enough cupholders to service an entire preschool. Maybe two. Whether Honda will step up and offer all-wheel drive remains a mystery, but that's the one thing Toyota holds over all its competitors' heads right now. That's gotta irk <em>someone</em> on the Big H's org chart. We're actually looking forward to seeing the finished product. Yeah, we just said that about a minivan. Sue us. <em>Many thanks, Bernardo. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/low/">Spy Shots: 2011 Honda Odyssey</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/11odysseyroque1_thumbnail .jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/11odysseyroque5_thumbnail .jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/11odysseyroque2_thumbnail .jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/11odysseyroque3_thumbnail .jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-2011-honda-odyssey-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/11odysseyroque4_thumbnail .jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Bernardo Roque]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/04/reader-spy-2011-honda-odyssey-out-and-about/">Reader Spy: 2011 Honda Odyssey out and about</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:02:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/04/reader-spy-2011-honda-odyssey-out-and-about/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19425590/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/04/reader-spy-2011-honda-odyssey-out-and-about/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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