2025 head-to-head · Small SUV
2025 Honda Passport vs Hyundai Palisade
MPG, range and what each one really costs you to fuel, from official EPA ratings and recalculated with your own gas and electricity prices.
AWD · 3.5L 6-cyl · 9-speed automatic · 21 MPG
The 2025 Hyundai Palisade is the cheaper one to run. Driving 15,000 miles a year with $3.10/gal regular gas, it costs about $2,114 a year to fuel (22 MPG), versus $2,214 for the 2025 Honda Passport (21 MPG). That's roughly $101 a year, or about $503 over five years.
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Fuel cost over 10 years
- Honda Passport
- Hyundai Palisade
Side by side
| Honda Passport | Hyundai Palisade | |
|---|---|---|
| $2,214 | Your annual fuel cost | $2,114 |
| 21 MPG | Combined efficiency | 22 MPG |
| 19 MPG | City | 19 MPG |
| 24 MPG | Highway | 26 MPG |
| — | Passenger volume | 155 cu ft |
| — | Cargo volume | 18 cu ft |
| 416 g/mi | Tailpipe CO₂ (g/mi) | 403 g/mi |
| 4/10 | EPA fuel economy score | 5/10 |
| 4/10 | EPA greenhouse gas score | 5/10 |
| Gas | Powertrain | Gas |
| Regular gasoline | Fuel | Regular gasoline |
| 3.5L 6-cyl | Engine / motor | 3.8L 6-cyl |
| 9-speed automatic | Transmission | 8-speed automatic |
| AWD | Drivetrain | FWD |
✓ marks the better value. EPA scores run 1–10 (10 is best). Volumes come from the EPA interior volume index and aren't published for every body style.
Honda Passport vs Hyundai Palisade across model years
- Honda Passport
- Hyundai Palisade
Annual fuel cost of the most efficient configuration of each model year, at your prices. Click a point to open that year.
How they differ
Among 133 2025 small SUVs, the Honda Passport ranks 106th and the Hyundai Palisade 99th for lowest fuel cost.
Frequently asked questions
Which is more fuel-efficient, the 2025 Honda Passport or the 2025 Hyundai Palisade?
Measured by cost to drive, the Hyundai Palisade. The Honda Passport is rated 21 MPG combined and the Hyundai Palisade 22 MPG (EPA, most efficient configuration of each).
How much does it cost to fuel the 2025 Honda Passport vs. the Hyundai Palisade per year?
At 15,000 miles a year with $3.10/gal regular gas, about $2,214 for the Honda Passport and $2,114 for the Hyundai Palisade.
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