Honda Odyssey 'Type R' Gets 550 HP, A Manual Transmission, And Our Complete Attention

But buried within that sea of clichéd tuner cars, there exists a most amazing machine. It's spacious, able to carry seven people. It's luxurious, outfitted with a leather-trimmed interior and power heated seats. It has plenty of tech, including a 9.0-inch infotainment screen and driver assists like emergency braking and auto lane-centering. No, it's not an SUV.

It's a 2025 Honda Odyssey minivan... with an amped-up Type R engine and a six-speed manual transmission. Oh, the humanity.

The Odyssey Type R Honda Never Had The Guts To Build
You can thank the wizards at Bisimoto and Jordan Distributors Inc (JDi) for this modern wonder of the automotive world. Having seen it up close on the show floor at SEMA, we can confirm it is absolutely exquisite. By that, we mean it pretty much looks like a Honda Odyssey, albeit one with some simple exterior dress-ups. There's a subtle vent in the hood, and it has a Toyo windshield banner. It rolls on 19-inch Type R wheels, but it could pass for any Honda Odyssey kitted up with some bling.

Then you get to the back. It's business as usual, save for the three stainless exhaust pipes exiting the center of the bumper. That's different you think, and it's at this point that astute enthusiasts start putting the pieces together. The red Honda emblems on the wheels, the R badge in the grille (that probably went unnoticed at first glance). The stickers on the Odyssey's back window. This van is 100% sleeper because it does indeed have a Type R engine under the hood. But there's more to it than that. There's way more than that.

A K20C1 With Over 550 Horsepower
Merely swapping in a stock Civic Type R engine would be neat, but at 315 horsepower, it's not much more than the Odyssey's 280-hp V6. So Bisimotor and JDi gave it a Mitsubishi Stage 2 turbo with an upgraded fuel system, a tune, new engine mounts, a Civic Type R intercooler, and a custom exhaust. The result is an engine making over 550 hp, which would be an epic upgrade on its own. But enthusiasts don't Type R-swap minivans and just stop there.

The conversion includes a six-speed manual transmission, three pedals and all. The shifter is mounted neatly on the base of the dash where you'd find the 10-speed automatic controls. Everything else is straight-up stock, just like you'd find on a 2025 Honda Odyssey Sport. The installation looks so clean and tidy that you'd swear it came from the factory that way. Are you listening, Honda?

Not content with merely making this minivan atomize its front tires, Bisimotor and JDi added Civic Type R brakes and adjustable coilover suspension. It features a neat push-to-start system so it feels like a proper sports car coming to life. True to the windshield banner, it rolls on 275/35-series Toyo Proxes tires. But it's still a minivan, complete with dual power-sliding doors and enough cupholders to accommodate the entire family on a trip to Dave & Busters.

Sadly, this is just a one-off build. It's not the first off-the-wall project we've seen from Bisimotor, and we certainly hope it's not the last. Anyone can build a neat Mustang, even a carbon-fiber work of art like we saw this year from Ringbrothers and Trick Rides. But creating a sleeper Type R minivan with an honest-to-goodness stick shift?

That's inspired thinking right there. And it just might be our coolest pick among all the insanity that is the 2025 SEMA Show.