New Car Preview: 2023 Honda CR-V

The Honda CR-V stays to be probably the most profitable compact crossovers round since its conception in 1995 solely to be outdone by the Toyota RAV4 in gross sales. Keeping the momentum going, Honda redesigns the CR-V for the 2023 mannequin yr and the sixth technology brings us an even bigger and extra refined car that also suits the right mould for precisely what the plenty need in a mainstream compact crossover.

Borrowing a few of what we’ve seen within the new award-winning Honda Civic, the brand new 2023 CR-V will get the brand new design language of the model that follows a lot of its bigger siblings within the Passport and Pilot SUVs. The new 2023 CR-V has extra of a sporty enchantment now with the hybrid setup merely being two Sport trim ranges as an alternative of a separate mannequin.

Apart from the appears to be like, the brand new Honda CR-V will get a brand new degree of refinement and plenty of welcomed updates that come from the brand new Civic on the within beginning with a typical 7-inch touchscreen and a bigger 9-inch unit discovered within the higher EX-L and Sport Touring trims. There are new seats that tout the power to assist forestall fatigue on lengthy drives and new digital instrumentation that departs from analog gauges on all trim ranges.

There’s a bit more room to work with within the 2023 Honda CR-V because of a 1.6-inch longer wheelbase and a half-inch extra width. The cargo space is elevated, too, now having 36 cubic ft with the rear seats up and 76.5 cubic ft once you fold them flat. The additional cargo area is welcomed particularly with the tow score for the hybrid powertrain restricted to 1,000 kilos.

Honda revised the suspension and steering and presents the identical 190 horsepower and 179 lb-ft of torque 1.5-liter turbocharged engine mated to a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Now, the hybrid CR-V is the efficiency model of the car discovered within the Sport and Sport Touring trims with a hybrid setup good for 204 horsepower and 247 lb-ft of torque.

There’s a bevy of lively security options, as anticipated, within the new CR-V together with a brand new Honda Sensing suite the place Blind spot info is now customary throughout the board and a brand new ahead digicam will get a 90-degree area of view. The newest radar for adaptive cruise and ahead collision/monitoring now will get a 120-degree area of view for higher detection and recognition of objects, and together with the brand new digicam, the system improves upon detection of autos, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, street indicators, and curbs. There’s additionally a driver consideration monitor, rear seat reminder, and rear seatbelt reminder.

2023 CR-V Key Specifications and Features

The ground-up redesign of the brand new 2023 Honda CR-V will certainly win over return consumers and a slew of newcomers to the model. The new Honda CR-V is about to reach in showrooms this summer time with the Sport and Sport Touring hybrid trims to reach simply after, however earlier than the top of 2022 with pricing anticipated to be not far more than the outgoing mannequin.