2026 Honda Odyssey Sport-L: What the Specs Actually Buy You

Every 2026 Odyssey, Sport-L included, runs the same 3.5-liter V-6 making 280 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque, routed through a 10-speed automatic to the front wheels. There's no all-wheel-drive configuration in this lineup — all four trims are front-wheel drive only. Seating capacity is 8 across the board, cargo volume is rated at 140.7 cu ft, the fuel tank holds 19.5 gallons, and the axle ratio is 3.61. None of this changes whether you buy the EX-L at $42,795 or the Elite at $51,695. The Sport-L's $43,895 price tag doesn't come with more horsepower, a different transmission, or a different drivetrain — the engine bay and drivetrain hardware are shared lineup-wide.

The Sport-L is EPA-rated at 19 mpg city, 28 mpg highway, and 22 mpg combined. That's the same figure posted by the EX-L, Touring, and Elite — there is no fuel-economy spread in this lineup to shop around. At an assumed 15,000 miles a year and $3.50 per gallon, that works out to roughly $2,386 a year in fuel costs for the Sport-L, or about $11,930 over a five-year ownership span. Those numbers are estimates built on stated assumptions, not guarantees, but they apply equally to every trim since the combined mpg figure doesn't change.

The full lineup spans $8,900, from the EX-L at $42,795 to the Elite at $51,695. The Sport-L costs $1,100 more than the EX-L (about 2.6%) and $3,600 less than the Touring (about 8.2% separates those two). Moving up from Sport-L to Elite costs $7,800, or roughly 17.8% more. The available facts confirm price positioning only — they don't specify what equipment or features account for the step up from EX-L to Sport-L, so shoppers comparing trims on content rather than price will need to check Honda's feature documentation directly rather than infer it from these numbers.

Using combined mpg per $1,000 of MSRP as a simple ratio, the Sport-L scores 0.50 — just behind the EX-L's 0.51, which comes out as the strongest value by this measure across the lineup. Touring scores 0.46 and Elite scores 0.43. Because combined fuel economy is identical at 22 mpg for every trim, this index is really an inverse reading of price: the cheaper the trim, the higher the ratio. It's a useful way to see how price scales against a fixed efficiency figure, not a statement about which trim is better equipped or more comfortable. For readers weighing the EX-L specifically, that trim and its position atop this index are worth a direct look.

Across the 2026 Odyssey lineup, the Sport-L's $43,895 MSRP sits between the EX-L and Touring while sharing the exact same V-6 engine, 10-speed automatic, front-wheel-drive layout, 22 mpg combined rating, 8-passenger seating, and 140.7 cu ft of cargo volume as every other trim. The available data confirms price positioning and a value index of 0.50 MPG per $1,000 of MSRP, slightly behind the EX-L's 0.51, but does not specify which equipment differences justify the price steps between trims.