What sort of automobile is the 2023 Honda CR-V? What does it examine to?

The 2023 Honda CR-V is a compact SUV that competes in the preferred phase in automotive. It goes up towards different mainstays just like the Toyota RAV4, Ford Escape, Hyundai Tucson, and Subaru Forester.

Is the 2023 Honda CR-V a great automotive?

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We’ll have to attend till we get behind the wheel to make a closing ruling, however the CR-V has been a perennial top-seller on this class with its emphasis on consolation, effectivity, and security. The redesigned CR-V appears to construct on final yr’s TCC Ranking of 6.5 out of 10 by enhancing the CR-V’s styling and know-how choices. (Learn extra about how we price vehicles.)

What’s new for the 2023 Honda CR-V?

The CR-V will get a full redesign for the 2023 mannequin yr that shuffles across the compact SUV’s trim ranges and powertrains. As an alternative of the CR-V Hybrid receiving its personal trim construction, it’s been folded into the common CR-V’s lineup and nomenclature.

Exterior styling is reflective of the CR-V’s development (it’s 2.7 inches longer), because the crossover appears bigger and extra imposing than earlier than. The place the earlier mannequin tapered off on the rear, the again is now extra squared off and offers it a extra conventional utility profile. Adjustments up entrance embody a extra outstanding entrance grille that appears prefer it was borrowed from the Passport or Ridgeline, Honda’s bigger and historically extra succesful choices. The affect of the most recent Honda Civic can also be current right here, with the A-pillars getting thinned out and two robust traces operating down all sides of the hood. The EX and EX-L variations look boring compared to the Sport and Sport Touring fashions. These fashions have extra element on the bumpers, black wheels, and rectangular exhaust openings.

Beneath the hood the bottom powertrain within the EX and EX-L is similar 1.5-liter turbo-4 that makes 190-hp in final yr’s mannequin and is mated to a constantly variable computerized transmission (CVT). The Sport and Sport Touring each use a hybrid powertrain, which encompasses a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine and a pair of electrical motors. The system produces a complete output of 204-hp and 247 lb-ft of torque, an enchancment of three hp and 15 lb-ft over final yr’s Hybrid mannequin. For the primary time, hybrid fashions may also have the ability to tow as much as 1,000 lb, and Honda says the system will now do a greater job of mimicking the stepped acceleration really feel of a gasoline drivetrain. Entrance-wheel drive is commonplace on all trims apart from the Sport Touring, with all-wheel drive optionally available. Normal hill descent management and a brand new snow mode have been added for 2023 as effectively.

We’re ready for another large piece of knowledge for the CR-V: gasoline economic system. Honda’s smaller HR-V was additionally redesigned this yr and it obtained worse gasoline economic system than the outgoing mannequin, so we’re hoping that the CR-V can keep away from the identical destiny.

Inside, the CR-V’s styling carefully mimics the Civic with a metallic mesh trim piece operating throughout a lot of the dashboard beneath a typical 7.0-inch or optionally available 9.0-inch touchscreen. The bigger display provides wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, whereas the smaller display nonetheless requires use of a wire. The instrument cluster additionally will get a 7.0-inch show of its personal. Although the smaller HR-V had good storage areas on the facet of the transmission tunnel for every passenger, the CR-V makes do with a small cubbly in entrance of the gear shifter and a big heart console bin.

The CR-V’s development has made the backseat noticeably bigger; head room and leg room (up 0.6-inches) are good for adults and the dearth of a middle flooring hump (even on AWD fashions) permits even the center passenger to be snug for brief journeys. Cargo room measures 36.3 cubic ft behind the seats (1.2 cubic ft greater than final yr’s gasoline fashions) and it expands to 76.5 cubic ft with seats folded down.

There aren’t any security choices on the CR-V, since every thing comes commonplace. That features computerized ahead emergency braking with a wider area of view, blind-spot screens, adaptive cruise management that works all the way down to a cease, energetic lane management, and a driver consideration monitor.

How a lot does the 2023 Honda CR-V value?

Pricing data shouldn’t be but out there.

The place is the 2023 Honda CR-V made?

In North America at one in every of three crops, in Ohio, Indiana, or Canada.