HOW TO DECIDE BETWEEN BODY-ON-FRAME SUV vs UNITIZED-BODY SUV - LIKE HONDA PILOT vs 4RUNNER

SUVs come in 2 different engineering configurations: traditional body-on-frame (truck-style) design like the Toyota 4Runner or the much more common unitized-body (car-based) design like this Honda Pilot. How do you decide which ones make more sense for you? Automotive Engineer David Chao explains in detail the key differences between the body styles and also show whether this new 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport lives up to body-on-frame SUVs like the 4Runner.

Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, engineering, and strategy. With over 35 years of engineering experience, David is able to review vehicles from unique perspectives utilizing technical and specialized methods. David is a board member and a director at AJAC (Automobile Journalist Association of Canada).

David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean/Agile Thinking, and travels all around the world to review vehicles and teach latest engineering methods. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.