Gallery: 2023 Honda Pilot

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport will get a Michigan family of six out west to Arizona. And then up the trails to see some of its natural wonders up close.

In Trail mode, the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport rides more smoothly over dirt trails.

The 2023 Pilot continues a theme across the Honda lineup - including the Civic, HR-V and CR-V - of updating core models with style and performance attributes.

The 2023 Honda Pilot comes in front- or all-wheel drive. The TrailSport model (pictured here) is standard with AWD for trips to, say, Chicken Point, Sedona.

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport at Chicken Point, the top of Sedona's famed Broken Arrow trail.

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport offers eight color options, including a unique-to-TrailSport Diffused Sky Blue (pictured).

The bold new face of the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport.

Like the rest of the 2023 Honda Pilot, the rear gets a complete makeover with big, blocky taillamps connected by a horizontal bar emblazoned with PILOT.

All-new for 2023, the Honda Pilot TrailSport comes equipped with skid plates, all-terrain tires and a lifted chassis for better off-road capability.

Who needs Pink Jeeps? A group of 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSports hit Broken Arrow Trail in Sedona.

Follow that Pilot. A 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport follows a another up Broken Arrow Trail.

With its tough underbelly and lifted suspension, the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport scrambles up rock steps on Broken Arrow Trail, Sedona.

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport's all-terrain tires make for eas descent down the slippery rock stairs of Broken Arrow Trail, Sedona.

With all-wheel drive and all-terrain tires, the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport can scramble up slippery rocks on the Sedona trails.

How capable is the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport? It shared the Broken Arrow trail with Pink Jeep Wranglers.

The family ute. With its all-terrain tires and skid plates, the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport can competently share a trail with a side-by-side off-roader.

Got skid plates? A display of the twin skid plates standard on a 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport to protect the underbelly from off-road harm.

With little penetration into the cabin after a 37 mph side impact, the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport passed the IIHS test with flying colors (see the color code on the interior).

Despite taking a 37-mph wallop in a IIHS side-impact test, the 2023 Honda Pilot suffered little impact penetration into the cabin.

The remade interior of the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport follows the CR-V in its horizontal layout with a high-mounted tablet screen.

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport sports clever dash storage for drinks, phones, food, etc.

The interior of the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport offers leather seats, generous console storage and a panoramic roof for $50K.

The panoramic roof in the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport enables better viewing of the sights for all passengers.

Cockpit switchgear in the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport is much improved for the fourth-generation vehicle.

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport comes with a 360-degree camera for better car placement off-road.

The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport features a trail crawl feature so that you can set speed on steep downhill runs.

With the push of a button at bottom (or top), the second-row seat of the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport collapses forward for easy third-row access.

The third row of the 2023 Honda Pilot is a tight fit for six-footers like The Detroit News' Henry Payne, but is a good space for kids with an available panoramic roof bringing more light.

The cargo bay in the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport includes sub-storage for, say, dirty shoes or valuables.

In the second row of 2023 Honda Pilot models equipped with a bench seat, the middle portion can be used a seat, cupholder, or can be removed entirely (as shown here).

The 2023 Honda Pilot in Elite trim, the most expensive Pilot model offered. At $53K, it offers a quieter interior, chrome trim, head-up display and other goodies.

Remove the middle portion on the second-row bench seat in the 2023 Honda Pilot Elite and it can be stored in back below the cargo area.

The 2022, third-generation of the Honda Pilot innovated sliding-door center-console storage. That has been replaced by a more conventional clam-shell storage bin in the 2023, fourth-gen model.