Honda Odyssey for Rideshare: XL Access, Highest Running Cost Here

Energy, maintenance and depreciation only, at $4.08/gal. Insurance, registration and any car payment sit on top — add yours in the cost per mile calculator.

Where the Odyssey wins

The Odyssey is the second of two minivans in this dataset, and like the Sienna it clears Uber XL on Uber’s own eligibility listing for XL and XXL vehicles — a fare tier no sedan or crossover reviewed on this site can reach. Seven seats and 32.8 cubic feet of cargo space put it just behind the Sienna’s eight seats and 33.5 cubic feet, but still well ahead of every non-minivan in this dataset; rear legroom of 38.1 inches trails the Sienna’s 39.9 by 1.8 inches, and still ranks ahead of every sedan reviewed on this site except the Accord Hybrid’s 40.4.

The used-price range starts at $14,228 — lower than the Sienna’s $27,590 floor by a wide margin, and within range of several hybrid sedans in this dataset. For a driver who wants XL access without the Sienna’s price floor, that lower entry point is the Odyssey’s clearest advantage.

Where it does not

The tradeoff is fuel economy, and it is severe: on the 2018-2025 generation this listing covers, the Odyssey is rated 22 mpg combined — the worst of any vehicle in this dataset, gas or hybrid. At $4.085 a gallon, that comes to about 18.6 cents a mile in fuel alone — more than the Bolt EV’s entire 18.0-cent running cost for energy, maintenance, and depreciation combined, and more than double the fuel cost of every hybrid sedan reviewed on this site. Add 3.6 cents a mile in maintenance and 20.7 cents a mile in depreciation, and the total comes to roughly 42.9 cents a mile — the highest running cost of any vehicle in this dataset, ahead of even the Sienna’s 38.4.

Annual fuel cost at a full-time driver’s 30,000-mile year comes to about $5,570 — 1,364 gallons at $4.085, nearly two and a half times the Prius’s 577 gallons for the same annual mileage. Total running cost for the same year comes to about $12,860, the highest in this dataset, and the current 76-cent IRS mileage rate clears that only 1.77 times over — the thinnest margin of any vehicle reviewed on this site. And as with the Sienna, the fact worth stating plainly: this car is not rated for Uber X at all under Uber’s own listing. It earns exclusively within the XL queue, with no fallback to standard X requests during a slow stretch.

The used-price ceiling, $35,914, is the second-highest of any vehicle in this dataset, behind only the Sienna’s $38,120 — but the $14,228 floor here is far lower than the Sienna’s $27,590, which stretches the spread on this car to $21,686, wider than any other vehicle reviewed here. That means the difference between a well-priced Odyssey and an overpriced one is larger in dollar terms than for any other car on this site.

Passenger space and luggage

Seven seats and 38.1 inches of rear legroom make this a genuinely comfortable vehicle for a full group, not just a legally compliant one. Cargo space of 32.8 cubic feet holds a full group’s luggage without folding-seat compromises — just behind the Sienna’s 33.5 cubic feet, and behind the RAV4 Hybrid’s 37.6, the largest cargo figure in this dataset, though that crossover only seats five. Among the vehicles in this dataset that also seat six or more passengers, this is the strongest combination of room and cargo reviewed on this site apart from the Sienna itself.

Maintenance costs

The published maintenance estimate is $547 a year, sourced to RepairPal and the second-highest of any vehicle reviewed on this site behind only the Sienna’s $554, built around a typical private driver’s mileage. Scaled to this site’s 3.6-cent-a-mile rate instead, a full-time 30,000-mile year comes to about $1,080 — roughly double the published figure, the same scaling pattern every vehicle in this dataset shows once mileage moves from a typical owner’s use to a full-time driver’s. Because this is a conventional gas drivetrain rather than a hybrid, there is no battery-pack question layered on top of this figure the way there is for the Sienna or any hybrid in this dataset — the 3.6-cent rate is still just RepairPal’s average across ordinary service, not a guarantee for any specific vehicle.

Does it pay for itself?

At about $12,860 a year in fuel, maintenance, and depreciation for 30,000 miles, whether the Odyssey pays for itself depends on fares and hours behind the wheel — and, given its XL-only eligibility, on how much of that time is actually spent inside the XL queue rather than idle, a split this dataset does not track. What the figures above supply is the running-cost half of the question: 42.9 cents a mile, or the combined mpg, maintenance rate, and depreciation rate straight from the spec table, is what a payback-period calculation needs before a purchase price in the $14,228-$35,914 range turns into a concrete number of weeks. Given this car’s fuel bill alone, that calculation depends more heavily on a strong, consistent flow of XL fares than any other vehicle in this dataset.

The IRS mileage rate moved from 72.5 cents in the first half of 2026 to 76 cents on July 1 — a 3.5-cent step that changes nothing about what this car costs to run but adds about $1,050 to what a full 30,000-mile year is worth on a tax return compared with the earlier rate — a smaller relative help here than on any other vehicle in this dataset, given how far the running cost already outpaces the mileage rate.

Verdict

The Odyssey is a defensible pick only for a driver committed to Uber XL specifically, who needs seven real seats and strong cargo room and can price a used unit well below its $35,914 ceiling. It is a poor pick on running cost alone: at 42.9 cents a mile, this is the most expensive vehicle to operate in this entire dataset, and its 22 mpg combined is the single worst efficiency figure reviewed on this site. A direct comparison against the Sienna, the other XL-eligible minivan, is the clearest next read for a driver deciding between the two — the Sienna’s better fuel economy and lower running cost against the Odyssey’s lower price floor.