2025 Hyundai Palisade vs 2025 Honda Pilot

Hyundai and Honda both make iconic 3-row SUVs that are loved by many, but have you ever wondered who makes the best use of all that space? Delray Hyundai is here to show you around the latest 2025 Hyundai Palisade and 2025 Honda Pilot to help you make the right choice for you and your family. for Hyundai SUVs currently available near you!

2025 Hyundai Palisade vs 2025 Honda Pilot

The new Palisade may come at a slightly lower starting price, but you don’t need to question the quality of this ride. Hyundai has been making an effort to bring the best of what they have at reasonable prices, prioritizing accessibility for its entire audience. Meanwhile, the Honda Pilot comes at a higher cost for little to no justification. Keep reading to see what we mean:

Performance

One powertrain is all you need in the Palisade because it’s a good one. Every new Palisade comes equipped with a 3.8L GDI V6 capable of up to 291 horsepower. We’re normally all for choice, but when the only option is this good, we have no reason to ask for more. This incredible engine will get you to where you need to go with minimal hassle (if any). Throw in the available HTRAC All-Wheel Drive system and you truly have nothing to fear as the road ahead will be no match! Despite all this power, the new Palisade still offers decent mileage at 19 in-city and 26 highway miles per gallon.

Like the Palisade, the new Honda Pilot also has one engine type for all of their models. Unlike the new Palisade, the engine that comes in the Pilot isn’t much to brag about. The 2025 Pilot comes with a V6 engine that only gets you up to 285 horsepower. Side-by-side, that’s a noticeable difference in performance. The fuel economy may be practically the same, but that’s all the more reason to go with the clearly more powerful choice.

Safety Features

We love Hyundai SmartSense and the brand’s willingness to include one of the largest array of safety and driver-assist features we’ve seen completely standard. While other manufacturers only offer around 5 or 6 features with everything else being paid add-ons, we already give the new Palisade props for putting your safety first and foremost. While the SmartSense package is incredible enough on its own, you can choose to include even more with these available features:

• Surround View Monitor
• Blind Spot View Monitor
• Advanced Rear Occupant Alert
• Parking Distance Warning – Reverse and Forward

Comparatively, the Pilot’s Honda Sensing standard package only comes with a small handful of features, including common collision mitigation, road departure, and lane-keeping guidance. Honda built the Pilot with an ACE body structure to help protect you during collisions, but preventive measures are key to safe driving. Hyundai accounts for impacts with high crash test ratings and preventive measures with navigation-based cruise control on top of other driver-assist features that help you manage road and traffic conditions.

Interior

If you ever get into a completely decked-out Palisade, you’ll have a hard time keeping track of everything that’s available around the cabin. There’s something to admire in every single row, from the ergo-motion driver’s seat to the heated third row and the dual-panel sunroof in between. You can transform this SUV into an exclusive ride with genuine Nappa leather seats and ambient LED lighting with 64 available colors. The large 12.3-inch infotainment screen comes standard but you can up your tech game with a 12-speaker Harman Kardon speaker setup and wireless device charging. Parents will be thankful for the available Passenger Talk feature which transmits their voice to the rear seats through the speakers, almost like a tour guide on a bus!

Even when accounting for available features, the new Honda Pilot only offers the most basic amenities like heated and ventilated seating, a moonroof, automatic climate control, and so on. The under-floor hidden storage compartment could come in handy, but how often could you see yourself actually using it? We recommend going with an SUV that offers features that you can easily see yourself using during almost every single drive, and the Palisade does a wonderful job of setting up such an experience.

Bottom Line

Imagine everything you could possibly want in a 3-row SUV. The new 2025 Hyundai Palisade is better suited for giving you the ride of your dreams than the Pilot which does the bare minimum in every aspect. Treat yourself to something nice and go with the Palisade which gives you more power, more safety features, and a high-tech cabin!

Reach out to your local dealership today to learn more about the new 2025 Hyundai Palisade! Delray Hyundai is on standby at (866) 650-8622 to answer all of your questions and to tell you how you can snag this impressive 3-row SUV that everyone’s clamoring to get their hands on. Need something sooner? for Hyundai SUVs currently available near you.