- "Base to Captain" spot puts the refreshed 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport at the center of an imaginative off-road family adventure
- 2027 Passport TrailSport makes television debut as the rugged SUV begins arriving at dealerships later this week
- Ultimate adventure Honda SUV is better than ever: 2027 Passport TrailSport brings enhanced capability through revised suspension and increased ride height
- Spot highlights future Honda product innovations including the Base Station Prototype, plus emerging areas of research and development in space exploration
Honda is taking the family adventure to new heights with "Base to Captain," a new multi-channel brand campaign starring the 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport SUV. Featuring enhanced rugged capability and higher ground clearance, the Honda Passport TrailSport stands out as the ultimate Honda adventure SUV.
The campaign launches with a dynamic thirty-second spot that brings the spirit of adventure to life through the imagination of a young explorer, transforming a family road trip into an otherworldly mission with the 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport.
Watch the new spot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbQ_YUM9_l0
"Base to Captain" Creative: Turning Imagination Into Innovation
In "Base to Captain," the upgraded rugged Passport TrailSport helps turn the everyday family adventures into something greater, while bringing together Honda product innovation and the spirit behind the Honda brand slogan, The Power of Dreams. The campaign reflects the idea that dreams and ambitious thinking can inspire new possibilities, illustrating how in the Honda Passport TrailSport can spark a young explorer’s imagination.
That same spirit of curiosity and exploration can be seen across Honda, including in emerging areas of research and development such as space exploration. In 2025, Honda completed a successful launch and landing test of an experimental reusable rocket. Honda space efforts also include research into regenerative fuel cell systems designed to provide advanced energy storage and help enable a sustained human presence on the Moon.
The spot also highlights the Honda Base Station Prototype, a future-focused yet accessible towable RV concept developed by Honda U.S. R&D engineers that explores new possibilities for off-road adventure.
"Base to Captain" spotlights the full Honda TrailSport lineup, a family of Honda light trucks that combine rugged off-road capability with excellent on-road performance for weekend adventures. In addition to the 2027 Passport TrailSport, "Base to Captain" showcases the Honda Pilot TrailSport, Ridgeline TrailSport and CR-V TrailSport.
The Enhanced 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport
Starting to arrive at dealerships this week, Honda has advanced the rugged capability and bold styling of the 2027 Passport TrailSport, including ground clearance of 9.65 inches (+1.38 inches), based on a reengineered suspension that improves approach, departure and breakover angles, further strengthening off-road capability. The innovative TrailWatch™ camera system and heated steering wheel are now standard on all Passport TrailSport trims.
The Honda Passport TrailSport enters the 2027 model year with strong sales momentum. The fourth-generation Passport debuted last year and has generated record sales with TrailSport models currently accounting for over 80% of sales.
More on the enhanced 2027 Passport TrailSport can be found, here.
Campaign Media Placements
"Base to Captain" will be featured across multiple media platforms, including national broadcast, cable and streaming television, plus digital and social media. The spot will appear during high-profile national sports programming, including NFL and college football, NBA, WNBA and NHL competitions, with additional placements on CBSSports.com, NFL on FOX, Men’s Health, and social media platforms like Reddit and TikTok.
About Honda
Honda offers a full line of clean, safe, fun and connected vehicles sold through more than 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The award-winning Honda lineup includes the Civic, Prelude and Accord, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, Prologue and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan. The Honda electrified vehicle lineup, representing nearly a third of total sales in 2025, includes the all-electric Prologue SUV, hybrid-electric Accord, CR-V, Civic and Prelude.
Honda has been producing automobiles in America for over 40 years and currently operates eight major auto manufacturing facilities in America. In 2025, around 99% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with about 60% made in America, using domestic and globally made parts.
More information about Honda is available in the Digital FactBook.
Important Notice
Although the information included in this press release is accurate as of the date of publication, this information is subject to change at any time without notice. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. assumes no responsibility for updating this information.
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