A sharper throttle response would go some way to disguising the Odyssey’s lethargy off the line. On the move, the steering is light and easy but engine response to the accelerator is a touch relaxed, which suggests Honda has tuned it for fuel efficiency. The driving position itself does feel van-like, which takes some getting used to, but it does mean you’re sitting higher than a passenger car and have good all-round vision. The Odyssey is relatively easy to drive, despite its sizeable footprint. Not the rampaging Kia Carnival which outsells it six to one in the Australian market but the perception that people movers are simply not cool. Now, these magic doors are not the Honda Odyssey’s only redeeming feature, but it does go a long way towards making people movers cool again, because that is the Odyssey’s biggest challenge. I highly recommend surreptitiously pressing one with your other hand if the gesture control doesn’t work for you, so your kids still think you’re cool. Lucky for Wardy and me, and the thousands of mums and dads who will own the new Honda Odyssey people mover, the keyfob has buttons for opening and closing the sliding doors as well. But Wardy’s 12-year-old daughter made the gesture control door slide no problems at all.
My Jedi mind powers were not strong enough to make the door open, and nor could fellow journalist James Ward. Or at least that’s how it played out during my week with the MY21 Honda Odyssey Vi LX7. Sadly, this Jedi mind control trick is only possible if you’re under 15.
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