Honda does not build many cars like the Honda CR-V: a 5-door SUV with ubl, built from 1995 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Its designer of record is Hiroyuki Kawase (1993).
How it came about
The Honda CR-V (also sold as the Honda Breeze in China since 2019) is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Honda since 1995. Initial models of the CR-V were built using the same platform as the Civic. Honda began producing the CR-V in Japan and United Kingdom, for worldwide markets, adding North American manufacturing sites in the United States and Mexico in 2007, and Canada in 2012.
The CR-V is also produced in Wuhan for the Chinese market by Dongfeng Honda, and also marketed as the Breeze in China for the version produced at Guangzhou by Guangqi Honda. Honda states that "CR-V" stands for "Comfortable Runabout Vehicle," while the term "Compact Recreational Vehicle" was used in a British car review article that was republished by Honda, associating the model name with the Sports Utility Vehicle abbreviation of SU-V. As of 2022, the CR-V is positioned between the smaller ZR-V (marketed as HR-V in North America) — with which the CR-V shares a platform — and the larger North American market Passport/Pilot or the Chinese market Avancier/UR-V. It was the second best-selling SUV globally in 2020.
The hardware
Under the skin sits ubl. The gearbox is a 5-speed SBXM Manual transmission / manual (AWD) / 5-speed SKH manual (FWD) / 4-speed MDLA/MDMA Automatic transmission / automatic. The wheelbase is 2620 mm / 2625 mm (post-facelift). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Honda's history is not in doubt: the Honda Crossroad / Honda Civic Shuttle Beagle 4WD came before it; it was built at Sayama. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Toyota Tacoma, the BMW Z3, the Porsche Boxster. Its Honda stablemates include the Honda Envix and the Honda Crider.
The money
On the used market today a Honda CR-V typically changes hands for $7,400–$36,000, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,496–$11,212 a year. Insurance sits around $1,020–$2,250 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.