Honda Odyssey

The Honda Odyssey is a minivan that the Japanese carmaker Honda has produced since 1994. The first model was sold worldwide, and different models have followed since. The first Odyssey was conceived in Japan in the wake of the local economic crisis of the 1990s, which forced limits on size and overall concept, and the result was a small mid-size minivan that sold very well in the Japanese home market but was no sales success in North America. Honda therefore chose to develop different models for different market needs and built a plant in Lincoln, Alabama to serve the American van market. Between 1999 and 2004 the larger North American Odyssey II was offered in Japan as the Honda LaGreat, which the Honda Elysion then replaced. In Europe the first Odyssey was sold as the Honda Shuttle and was replaced by the Honda Stream.