Produced in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, the LaGreat was a rebadged version of the second generation North American Odyssey.

[1] With the success of the existing Odyssey minivan, Honda elected to design a luxury medium-sized passenger carrier for the consumer market.

At the time, the LaGreat was one of the largest minivans available in Japan, rivaling the size of the Toyota Estima and Chrysler Grand Voyager.

[citation needed] The LaGreat failed to meet Honda's expected sales figures, primarily due to the van's price.

[citation needed] Additionally, the van failed to appeal to the Japanese market base due to its larger size and the fact that its fuel economy was worse than the competition.