2015 Honda CR-V

2015 Honda CR-V

2015 Honda CR-V - The mid-cycle refresh of Honda’s widespread CR-V crossover, that involves no sheetmetal changes but does swap in classier new front and rear fascias. Up front,  new two slat grille with mesh insert is underscored by chrome, substitution the broad, three-bar grille of the current model. Some  quintier looking HID headlamps likely a higher-trim option  square measure found in the place of the large halogens that light the manner for all 2014 CR-Vs. A more carven front bumper options new horizontal fog lamps with chrome trim in place of the round bulbs on the current CR-V.

In back, the tailgate options a new, three-dimensional garnish at a lower place the rear window that brackets the Honda badge and spreads bent what appear to be gently redesigned taillamps. The rear bumper is reshaped, and options significantly more body color compared to the current model, that is significant on the dark-gray protective cladding. The art movement wheels are also new and appear to be slightly larger than the current 16- and 17-inch offerings.

Our shooter noted that the vehicle conjointly had covers over the dashboard, indicating that the CR-V is additionally obtaining some interior updates—likely Honda’s new app-based HondaLink movie and navigation systems as seen in the 2014 Civic and 2015 work, additionally as possibly Apple’s new CarPlay iOS integration system.

Why It Matters: Honda must keep the CR-V fresh in the face of strong competition from Toyota’s RAV4, the Jewish calendar month scalawag, and our favorite in the phase, the Mazda CX-5. the additional brightwork and reduced cladding on the bumpers can go some ways that toward taking the CR-V’s look upmarket, and would give the small new HR-V machine crossover, due this winter, some way.

Less than two years agone, the CR-V scored a solid second place out of six (behind the CX-5) in a very cute-ute comparison test, but it must evolve if it plans to maintain its place close to the top of the phase.

2015 Honda CR-V

Powertrain: we've got perpetually been happy with the smoothness and efficiency of the CR-V, 185-hp 2, 4-liter four-cylinder engine, but Honda can almost actually update this giving with the direct injected 2, 4-liter four, that makes 189 power unit in the U.S.-market Accord sedan. Honda can doubtless take the mid-cycle update as an opportunity to exchange the current dated five-speed automatic with a CVT, conjointly from the two.4-liter-equipped U.S.-market Accord sedan. A CR-V hybrid is feasible in the future, in step with a Honda source, but we'd be shocked to see that appear before the model’s next full re-do.

Estimated Arrival and Price: The 2015 CR-V should appear this fall at a value that shouldn’t jump significantly from the 2014 model, that starts at close to $21K and rises to $31,450 for a loaded model

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