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2019 Honda Odyssey Minivan, BEST Prices, Features, Trims & Pics

August 05, 2019

2019 Honda Odyssey Review
The 2019 Honda Odyssey minivan is a highly-awarded people-hauler that easily transforms to carry lots of other stuff too.

And there's a lot to love about the '19 Honda Odyssey that seats up to eight.  However, being a new Dad, the top of my favorites list is the fact that the Odyssey is an IIHS Top Safety Pick.  (That's the Insurance Institue for Highway Safety.)

I recently picked up a 2019 Odyssey to review from my friends at Rock Honda, in the Los Angeles suburb of Fontana, California.

Click play below to listen to the podcast version of my review or continue reading.  Either way, check out all the pictures I snapped during my evaluation.

2019 Honda Odyssey Minivan
My wife and I currently have one child - he's 22-months old.  We also have a small dog, Mr. Jake, he goes with us everywhere we are allowed to bring him.

And even with just the four of us, I'm this/close to buying an Odyssey minivan.

2019 Honda Odyssey minivan from Rock Honda

That's because the Honda Odyssey minivan has it all - and then some.  But, even when you set all the best-buy, best-family and highway safety awards aside it's hard to pass up.

Because the 2019 Honda Odyssey is packed with creature comforts and technology.  In fact, the Odyssey is so versatile and equipped that a family larger than mine could take months to thoroughly review the minivan.

2019 Honda Odyssey Cockpit

But, I did it in a day, quite thoroughly I might add.  So, carefully consider both my below report and the 2019 Honda Odyssey minivan - carry on. :0)
Trim Configurations and MSRPs for the 2019 Honda Odyssey
My friends at Rock Honda put me in a top-of-the-line 2019 Honda Odyssey minivan with Elite trim.  So that fully-loaded Odyssey minivan had all the features and technology I could imagine included.

But it's tough to tell the difference between the base LX and fully-loaded Elite trim level options from the outside.

2019 Honda Odyssey passenger front

And here's all the 2019 Honda Odyssey minivan trim configurations with their starting manufacturers suggested retail pricing:

2019 Honda Odyssey Minivan Trim Levels & MSRPs:

LX $30,190
EX $34,160
EX-L $37,710
Touring $44,760
Elite $47,070

So, with all our vehicle reviews here on iDriveSoCal, never worry about MSRP.  And that's for two primary reasons.

First, MSRP is just what each vehicle manufacturer's factory makes car dealers put on their window sticker for any given vehicle.  And you need to get your Honda minivan equipped with whatever will best suit your family.

Second, go see my friends at Rock Honda in Fontana, California.  Because they're one of the largest Honda dealers in the world, I know them personally and trust them completely.

And they literally embedded "Rock bottom pricing" in the name of their store.  No kidding, they deliver the best Honda deals.
'19 Odyssey Minivan Engines, Transmissions & MPG
You get the same engine across all trim levels for the 2019 Honda Odyessy minivan.  And that's a powerful 280-horsepower V6 that delivers 262 pound-feet of torque.
"...the base-LX, the EX, and the EX-L come with a 9-speed automatic transmission... the top two trims, the Touring and Elite come with a 10-speed automatic transmission."
But the different trim levels will give you two different transmissions.  So, the base-LX, the EX and the EX-L come with a 9-speed automatic transmission.  Whereas the top two trim levels, the Touring and Elite come with a 10-speed automatic transmission.
Paddle Shifters!
What I found to be kind of funny is that all '19 Honda Odyssey minivans come w...