Based on actual Honda Pilot car transactions from the last 12 months in Abu Dhabi
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2016 is the line. That model year replaced the boxy previous car with a smoother unibody design, a 3.5-litre V6, a much better cabin and eventually a nine-speed automatic on higher trims. A further redesign arrived in the early 2020s with a squarer, more rugged look and a bigger third row. Anything from 2016 to 2020 is where the value sits.
The Explorer is far cheaper for the same year and has the tougher image, but its cabin and its electrics are the weaker part of the deal. The Nissan Pathfinder is cheaper again and shows the same 47% staining rate. Concede the Pilot loses on price: what it wins is the condition you take delivery of.
Two findings that matter for a family car both go the Pilot's way. Only 24% of the Honda Pilots we inspect in the UAE show interior staining, against the 36% we would expect for SUVs of the same age and mileage here, and just 5% show an electrical or electronics fault against the 14% expected for that class. Those are the two things three rows of children and this climate usually destroy, and for scale the Ford Explorer runs at 47% on staining against the 39% expected for its own age and mileage group, and the Ford Edge at 25% on electrical faults against 15%.
Read the mechanical section of the CarSwitch inspection report before you offer on any Pilot — the interior and electrical pages usually come back clean, so that is where the difference between cars sits.