{"id":36672,"date":"2026-09-11T09:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36672"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:04:58","slug":"how-2027-honda-trailsport-leans-into-the-off-road-suv-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/how-2027-honda-trailsport-leans-into-the-off-road-suv-trend","title":{"rendered":"How 2027 Honda TrailSport leans into the off-road SUV trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/09\/10\/PDTN\/91693130007-2027-honda-passport-trail-sport-fr-34.jpg?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport is the halo model of the Passport.\" width=\"519\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport is the halo model of the Passport.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Honda, Honda<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Our team of passionate engineers is taking our ultimate Honda adventure SUV and making it even more capable for 2027,&#8221; said Honda National Auto Sales Assistant Vice President Luis Guerra. &#8220;By enhancing both the driving experience and off-road capability, Honda Passport offers our customers an SUV for their daily life and next great adventure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The two-row, midsize off-road segment has long been dominated by the Jeep Grand Cherokee (and its lifted Trailhawk halo model featuring all-terrain tires) with annual sales north of 200,000 units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Passport TrailSport takes direct aim at the Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road and Land Cruiser, rugged Japanese SUVs that have followed the Grand Cherokee in offering customers an adventurous-looking SUV even if it&#8217;s only used as a daily driver. The strategy has worked with the 4Runner\/Land Cruiser pushing nearly 150,000-unit sales in 2025. The Passport sold a record 55,231 units in 2025 and sales are up 20% this year through August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/09\/10\/more-rugged-2027-honda-trailsport-reflects-new-industry-trends\/91682045007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport is the halo model of the Passport. Honda, Honda &#8220;Our team of passionate engineers is taking our ultimate Honda adventure SUV and making it even more capable for 2027,&#8221; said Honda National Auto Sales Assistant Vice President Luis Guerra. &#8220;By enhancing both the driving experience and off-road capability, Honda Passport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36673,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36672\/revisions\/36673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}