---
title: "Honda Builds ‘Minnie Van’ for Disney D23 Expo"
description: "Honda has created the \"happiest car on Earth.\""
date: "2017-07-13"
modified: "2017-07-13"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/12442/honda-builds-minnie-van-for-disney-d23-expo"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Disney"
  - "honda"
  - "odyssey"
  - "sheet/metal"
---

# Honda Builds ‘Minnie Van’ for Disney D23 Expo

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Advertising campaigns are getting stranger and stranger as fewer people are excited about new cars, especially the [younger](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/9419/millennials-arent-interested-in-electric-cars>) generation. Rapping [Hamsters](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12013/kias-dancing-hamsters-are-back-to-debut-the-turbocharged-soul>) might have been the answer a few years ago, but [fairytales](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11379/toyota-ad-campaign-recruits-fairytales-and-youtube-stars-for-the-c-hr>) are the hottest topic for commercials now. Problem is, this subject is bordering on [Disney's](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11221/disney-pixars-cars-isnt-actually-about-cars>) territory, the king of magical fiction. Now Disney is donning its crown and partnering with [Honda](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/10793/the-2017-honda-civic-si-is-a-drivers-car-once-again>) to debut its own advertising campaign and taking back its rightful place on the fairytale throne.

Honda [announced](<https://hondanews.com/releases/honda-goes-fashion-forward-with-debut-display-of-one-of-a-kind-minnie-van-custom-designed-odyssey-created-for-disney-d23-expo>) Thursday that it has created a custom "Minnie Van" out of a 2018 [Honda Odyssey](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/10621/2018-honda-odyssey-available-to-order-thursday-starts-at-29990>). No, that wasn't a typo, this unique minivan is designed to look like Minnie Mouse. The Odyssey gets a custom pink wrap with white polka-dots, a staple of Minnie's style. It also gets Minnie's huge ears and signature pink polka-dot bow, making the car less than ideal for trips to Disneyland and its maze of multi-story parking lots. The one-off Minnie Van isn't for sale anyway, but fans will get a chance to get up close to it this weekend.

Minnie's ride will be on display at the [Disney D23 Expo](<https://d23.com/d23-expo/>) in Los Angeles from July 14 to 16, specifically at the "Minnie's Style: The Fashion House of Minnie Mouse" booth. Fans can pay to have their picture taken with the van at this station as well as view a whole line of clothes worn by the celebrity mouse.

This event will also give Disney devotees a chance to sign up for the "Disney Unlock the Magic Sweepstakes," presented by Honda. The winner of the contest will win a 2018 Honda Odyssey and a trip to the Disneyland Resorts in both Anaheim and Orlando. Unfortunately, you'll have to add your own Disney accessories to this Odyssey.

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