Honda Adds a Black Edition Pilot to the SUV Lineup for 2025

• Honda announces a new Black Edition of the updated 2025 Honda Pilot three-row SUV, arriving today at US showrooms.

• Earlier Pilots came available with dark appearances packages too, but this one has gloss black 20-inch alloy rims, grille bar, and other trim, along with black leather seats with red accents.

• For 2025, the new Black Edition trim with standard all-wheel drive will represent the top of the Honda Pilot price range, capping out at a steep $55,675. That’s a step up from the Elite AWD model that topped the Pilot scale for the 2024 model at $53,875.

Black appearance packages have been around long enough now—well over a decade—to constitute a sustained trend among car shoppers. And it’s not just for sport sedans or American muscle cars. Heck, Chrysler blacked out its Pacifica minivan in 2017, and a murdered out Chevrolet Tahoe hit the market a year later.

Even if only a handful of customers spend extra money for these blacked out rims, grilles, and exterior trim, there apparently is money still to be made in this space, generally on higher-end models.

Just about every mainstream brand has jumped on the blackout bandwagon, using slightly different names that ultimately mean the same thing: Nightshade Edition (Toyota), Onyx Edition (Subaru), Carbide (Jeep), Midnight Edition (Nissan), Nightfall (Kia), Black Optic (Audi), Dark Accent Package (GMC), Blackout and Midnight (Chevrolet), and the simple, declarative Black Appearance Package (Ford).

Honda has been in this game for a number of years, too—across all its models—and today it’s announcing a new Black Edition of the updated 2025 Honda Pilot three-row SUV, arriving today at Honda dealerships.

Earlier Pilots came available with dark appearances packages too, but this one has gloss black 20-inch alloy rims, grille bar, and mirror housings, along with blacked-out front fascia ducts, window and door trim, and rear bumper garnish.