2026 Honda Odyssey Elite: Specs, Price, and What $51,695 Buys

Every 2026 Odyssey — EX-L, Sport-L, Touring, and this Elite — uses the same 3.5-liter V-6 rated at 280 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque, paired with a 10-speed automatic and front-wheel drive. There's no hybrid or all-wheel-drive version in this lineup. Spending $51,695 on the Elite doesn't change what's under the hood; the powertrain specs are identical whether you buy the cheapest or priciest configuration. For anyone cross-shopping trims expecting more power at the top, the catalog doesn't support that — output is flat across the board.

The Elite is rated at 19 mpg city, 28 mpg highway, and 22 mpg combined — the same figures posted by the EX-L, Sport-L, and Touring. With a 19.5-gallon tank, that combined rating works out to an estimated $2,386 a year in fuel and roughly $11,930 over five years, using the standard assumptions of 15,000 miles annually at $3.50 a gallon. Those estimates apply equally to all four trims, since none of them changes the mpg numbers. If fuel economy is a deciding factor, the Elite offers nothing the cheaper trims don't.

The Elite's $51,695 MSRP sits at the top of an $8,900 price spread that runs from the EX-L ($42,795) to the Elite. Compared to the EX-L, the Elite costs $8,900 more, a difference of about 20.8%. Against the Sport-L ($43,895), the gap is $7,800, or about 17.8%. Even against the next-closest trim, the Touring ($47,495), the Elite still costs $4,200 more — about 8.8%. Seating capacity (8) and cargo volume (140.7 cu ft) are identical across the lineup in the facts available, so the price step reflects equipment and trim differences rather than any change in how many people or how much cargo the van can carry.

Honda's own spec sheet gives every trim the same 22 mpg combined rating, so a value index measuring mpg per $1,000 of MSRP naturally favors whichever trim costs less. The EX-L comes out highest at 0.51 mpg per $1,000, Sport-L follows at 0.50, Touring at 0.46, and the Elite lowest at 0.43 mpg per $1,000 — identified as the strongest value in the lineup when EX-L was named. That's a straightforward consequence of flat mpg and rising price, not a reflection of build quality or features, since those differences aren't broken out in the available data.

This dataset doesn't include trim-specific feature lists, interior materials, driver-assistance packages, or safety ratings for the Elite versus other trims — only the mechanical and pricing facts above. Shoppers comparing the Elite to the EX-L on content (seating configuration beyond the 8-passenger figure, infotainment, or trim-specific options) will need to consult additional spec sheets, since the figures here cover only powertrain, efficiency, capacity, and MSRP. For a side-by-side look at where the EX-L sits relative to this trim, see our coverage of the 2026 Honda Odyssey EX-L.

Across the 2026 Odyssey lineup, the powertrain, transmission, drivetrain, fuel economy, seating capacity, and cargo volume are identical regardless of trim. The Elite's $51,695 MSRP is the highest in the lineup, $8,900 above the EX-L and $4,200 above the Touring, while the mechanical specs and the estimated fuel costs remain the same as every other trim. The value-index figures in the data show mpg-per-dollar declining as price rises, with the EX-L scoring highest and the Elite lowest.