Much Improved, But Better Than A RAV4? (Honda CR-V 2024 Review)
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- First review and test of the Honda CR-V in VTi LX AWD trim, including turbo engine, handling, ride quality and interior.
The new Honda CR-V is available with five or seven seats, plus FWD or AWD, in turbo or hybrid engines.
Our hybrid review is coming soon, but for now, let’s take a first look at the 2024 CR-V VTi LX grade - the luxury version of the CR-V with a turbo petrol engine and all-wheel drive.
Rivals to the CR-V include the Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Volkswagen Tiguan and many other midsize SUVs.
Time codes:
0:00 - All-new CR-V
0:15 - CR-V vs ZR-V
0:25 - Pricing and specs
1:15 - Interior
2:51 - Back seats
3:34 - 581L boot space
4:10 - Driving dynamics
6:37 - First drive verdict
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isn't it your job as a reviewer to answer the questions you posed in your conclusion?
The reviewer most of the time can just say his opinion, but he can't answer question which depends on personal preference. There is so much opinion as there is people
Definitely not
Give an opinion, that's what we want to hear
yeah nah gear shift will always better than buttons, every car should have one
I really like my new 2024 CRV my back seats recline that’s different and nice and it looks sophisticated classy and bigger than before. Great job Honda!
Shows how ridiculous things have become when reviewer complains bout having to drag a transmission shifter
What improvement are fiddly electronic gear shift buttons, compared to a haptic lever, that can be used without looking, even thou it's seems old school?
Chasing Cars I love your work .... that said no mention of fuel economy?
Why is the reviewer talking about the 1.5T and CVT when he is shown driving the RS E:HEV?
I like Honda , the first car I drove was a Honda Civic back in 1988, it was great. My first motorcycle was a Honda MTX 125 cc , also great back in 1988. I like the design, but not a big fan of CVT , I prefer regular auto transmission . The price too is crazy, close to $60,000 for the top spec models ? That’s a LOT of money. As much as I like Honda I don’t see myself dropping 60 grand for one.
Get a Mazda then
Have they got proper blind spot monitoring yet? My 2020 has a camera on the left and nothing for the right
The driver side sounds an alarm if there are vehicles in your blind spot and has a flashing yellow vehicle on the mirror with the steering wheel pulling against you if you try to pull out.
Wow 11mm wider, that has to be a deal cruncher.
anything with a honda badge has gotten real pricey in the last 3 years the base CRV used to be $29k in 2019/20 and the civic is a one model almost $50k car now
The hybrid does not have a CVT in traditional sense. It's an eCVT with no belt.
IMO Toyota RAV4 is dominating the segment as it offers a hybrid in every trim level starting at $46k, while all the other car makers only offer hybrid or PHEV models at the highest trim levels well above $50-70k. Some tight budget buyers cant justify $5k increase.... Sure you could downsize or upsize in other brands, but again Toyota still has a hybrid model for that too.
Sadly everyone wants a hybrid or EV now. Unless you had to buy a car ASAP due to an accident.
The problem with hybrid is the battery 5-7 years later which its cost then will wipe out all the saving on petrol during these years , the Rav 4 does not come with 7 seats also CVT for relatively big car like RAV4 is not ideal , Honda in this version failed with that relatively small engine for a big car which led to noisy driving also the 360 camera and CVT the only big bonus for Honda here is the interior spaces . Japanese philosophy as usual , economical fuel consumption at the expense of passenger comfort and performance to keep the fuel economy and car price affordable for most of people .
Other than the steering wheel being on the wrong side, I like the CR-V :)
5:54 "engine noise" is shifting like an automatic transmission. Is it a CVT or an A/T?
E-CVT that mimics gear shifts to avoid that constant droning noise when accelerating. It results in slightly slower acceleration though but if you brake torque it will hold the revs and accelerate quicker.
Just make sure when you take it for a service, you double check they aren't cheap skates and charge EFTPOS fees
Lack of AWD on Hybrid is a massive let down. Has Honda learnt nothing from Toyota's success? Other than that, and lack of spare on Hybrid very nice.
Lack of spare is standard on most manufacturers there days
There is a rear electric motor AWD in the UK-spec CR-V E:HEV and rear mechanical shaft drive AWD in the US-spec CR-V E:HEV. The UK also has a CR-V PHEV. Perhaps it’s just like the 360 camera and heads up display - deleted for Oz-spec by Honda Australia. Or perhaps it’s not available yet in our Thai manufactured CR-Vs.
This or Toyota Corolla Cross Gxl Hybrid?
Interior looks like a nice taxi cab grade interior.
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Will you be doing a proper review with the hybrid model to see how it really stands up to the Rav4. Otherwise there is really no need to drop the Rav4 into this video at all.
Of course, yes
Cvt? No thanks. If it had an auto, absolutely it looks great. Great back-seat space and pretty big boot is all let down by the cvt.
We bought the top end PHEV model and some of the comment here about engine size and lack of power I just do not recognise and the comments are I can only assume from people who have not driven the vehicle or experienced the hybrid drive train. Its 2 litre petrol engine has plenty of enough power and if your looking for performance switching modes to sport you can feel a significant difference, the hybrid electric motors still add even if the battery has been used I have noticed (it seems to keep a reserve power when it get to needing the engine) I drove a 5 series 2 liter diesel tourer prior to this vehicle which was a 4 cylinder turbo (which is the norm nowadays ) and although you cannot compare the vehicles with the CRV being bigger and higher on the road , it not the rot of vehicle you would want to be throwing around at speed as its higher position and the safety features of which there man will do it best to stop yo driving outside its safe parameters. The issue of it being a 2 wheel drive when the cheaper models are AWD did seem odd but again the vehicle is equipped with a snow/mud mode which so far having driven BMW xdrive models will come down to the tyre your using which people often overlook the vehicles road contact is only as good as its tyres and ability to drive the vehicle in such conditions. There is a good range of winter tyres and Honda has used sensible wheels with the 18 inch commercial size significantly reducing costs and headaches like I experienced with my rear wheel BMW being different front and back size tyres which when fitted with snow tyres performed better than AWD with summer tyres.
I am impressed with this vehicle and the battery is great for short local journeys which many of us do and when motorway driving at a steady 60 it ignificantly reduces engine/petrol use with its very clever configuration,the after features are simply impressive, having previous vehicles bought for safety in mid this one is at a next level. Finally although this is a classed as a mid size its a big vehicle and reminds me of the US presidential vehicle the beast in size, the JLR parked along side which can seat 7 is not significantly bigger in comparison, the Honda will seat 5 passengers who are tall very comfortably imo, my neighbours RAV is a lot smaller parked side by side . I can see myself being a Honda convert for the future - make no mistake this is avery well appointed vehicle.
Nice looking car but hybrid version falls well short of the Nissan X-Trail hybrid (Ti-L) - no 360° camera, no head-up display, no tan or cream interior, no rear passenger window shades, no 3rd zone climate control, smaller screens, and worst of all, no AWD. They have AWD with the hybrid in North American and Europe. Why not Australia? Makes no sense.
Looks like a Volvo XC60 from the side and rear. I’m not complaining…
How tall is this guy?
With only 240Nm its never going to feel fast.
If you do the math, this works out to a roughly 1600 Kg weight and a small amount of power out of that engine. There's absolutely no way that you can avoid turbo lag with that much mass and that little displacement. It's just too large and heavy. Why this is important is that this means that the CVT is under a lot of stress already. Add in 5-7 passengers, fuel and fluids and it's dangerously close to 2000 kilos. I fear that this will be a very problematic drivetrain with a short life.
What's the torque and power?
@@gilbs72 0:36 - specs here. To put this in perspective, this is roughly the same power to weight ratio as the old V6 4Runner from the early 1990s. The infamous "3.Slow". Or an old 2nd generation Honda Odyssey circa 2000. Why this is important is that this and the RAV-4. are basically the same big brick of a car as well with a small engine. They all are now. If you are in the U.S., this is identical to the Chevy Equinox - a step backwards as the weight and size went up to a 7 passenger vehicle. In fact, I'd recommend that as Honda and Toyota never have sales and if you want a big slow don't care as long as it gets to the store SUV for cheap, GM has good sales and financing. Of if you are in Australia, just buy an old Equinox - it'll drive the same and save you money. Lol.
@@AJRV1-lc5wz The thing is, I knew one of two machine shops that actually rebuilt transmissions for the rest of the guys in the Los Angeles area - those "rebuilt" ones you always buy everywhere - and at the time he said that the Honda CVTs were terrible if you pushed them too hard. The issue is that the average calculation for weight in Japan is about 60Kg, per person. In the U.S., it was not uncommon to see 80Kg. Add in more cargo and anything that has 7 seats was coming apart due to repeated driveline lash as people were using it like a low cost pickup truck or large SUV. People outside of Japan tend to speed and also just hammer the thing to the floor if we think it's low on power. His comment was that Honda didn't over-engineer their CVTs with U.S. abusive driving in mind, so they were repeatedly encountering heavy loads and hard acceleration. That is, that the poor reliability was due not to the transmission but the pairing of a big minivan and a small engine/CVT combination. That was admittedly 15 years ago, but the fact remains that I see the same "perfect storm" of high cargo capacity, high weight, and a small engine that has to rev hard to keep up. With that CVT stuck in the middle. Same with the RAV-4 as well, and here in the U.S., the Chevrolet Equinox. Drive it VERY gently and you are fine. But I suspect that drivers over there aren't much different. Lol. We love our big engines and have places to get to. If we have a small turbo engine, we simply mash that pedal down harder to compensate.
@@AJRV1-lc5wz We can hope, but this seems like a mistake on Honda's part.
If Honda stops being cheap on features, then it's possible to be an actual fierce competitor to the Rav4. Otherwise, it's not much of a competition.
This is the exact drivetrain as the previous model, tiny turbo and a CVT, no thanks. Apart from the top 2 trims, LX and Hybrid, the instrument cluster has no engine temp gauge for some bizarre reason.
This is by far one of the most misleading reviews. He is driving a 2.0L non turbo hybrid and talking about the drive of a hybrid. I just can't believe how can one do that when one's job is to give accurate information to the viewers?
Drove one and the loud growly engine is real turnoff, its way louder than our RM model with the atmo 2.4L engine, crazy that a 10 year old model outguns this new more expensive model in engine refinement. I'm on the fence with the new CRV.
Was it the ICE Turbo? Everyone says the hybrid engine noise is artificial noise coming through the speakers - which makes sense because there wouldn't be shifting noises on an e:CVT car.
@@gilbs72 It was the ICE turbo. It’s main competition is much quieter… I don’t understand why they chose to go backwards in refinement.
Economy must be terrible
@@chefgav1 It’s actually ok
@@GlowingTube small engine in a heavy car = bad economy. What’s your long term average?
Not swapping it for my CX-5.
1.5 litre is not enough and a CVT, no thanks.
Not comparing apples to apples when you have a family. The cx5 is mostly for couples with one bag in the boot (at best). The crv is a family suv with room for them to grow and travel with luggage.
@@Steve-um4tk CX-5 is absolutely fine for a couple and 2 kids. It fits 4 adults with no issue unless they’re the size of hippos. As far as rear luggage area it is plentiful. I have 2 very large storage containers in the back. Plus it has room for a full size spare alloy wheel. I’m not a fan boy but it really is a great vehicle. Very high end inside (top spec) and really quiet and lots of zoom zoom with the turbo.
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What are you talking about, so many contradictions in your assessment. It’s quiet and it’s loud. Thank you that was really helpful.
Yes, a car can be both quiet in terms of road noise and loud in terms of engine noise at higher RPMs.
@@chasingcars rubbish it’s either quiet or it isn’t. Maybe English lessons would help
Have one on order. Drives very nice, like the looks but Honda Aust let owners down with the specs available elsewhere. No auto folder door mirrors, no auto locking doors, no 360 deg camera and no blind spot camera showing on the screens and the biggest yuk is the ugly bland rear bumper on any model below the VTi-lx.
Thanks, that's good Info
“You can tell it’s made by the same company that makes the type R” LOL. Not even the logo is tha same 😂
I still prefer a honda crv to toyota rav4.....drive-wise and space.
Review is for non turbo, shows video of red hybrid model
Bit limited on B-roll at this early stage
The hybrid is the one without a turbo, but otherwise true
Come on, if you are driving a metallic grey version, why you show another car that is not the same?
3 letters of doom, CVT! 😒
Cvt no problem, as reliable as anything else
and your opinion is?!
What i dont understand from Honda is for this price why are they putting such a small engine? Same as Honda Civic? Really? It suppose to be a family car that can take five people? I dont see why would any growing family would choose this over Rav4? It have bigger engine, AWD and everything Honda offer? Have Honda have learned nothing?
Way more spacious than the RAV4
in america we don't use liter for measuring Thumbs down
Your review is so misleading. You are showing LX and featuring RS (Red One) which does not have a full size spare. First ever thumbs down from my side to chasing cars
dog-nose plastic... im gonna use that a lot from now
CRV is always been better than RAV4.
All subjective, rav4 drastically out sells crv
Where is its economy? Half done review
USA soccer mom car . Should sell in droves
This Is really expensive
Volkswagen..... Vw has cheap interiors, lot of hard plastic. Honda has one of the best interior quality of mainstream brands, except for Mazda and of course the premium brands.
The CVT durability (or lack thereof) is the weakest link in the powertrain. Id take a Mazda CX50
Whats a CX50?
This CVT is very reliable. It also has 40,000km transmission fluid change interval so Honda seems to be taking longevity seriously. As for the way it drives... not so good.
Owned the gen 5 crv for the last 6 years and never been let down by the CVT.
Doubly so when you consider that it went up in size over the previous generation. Imagine if you had 5 or 6 of your local rugby/football/etc teenagers in it - the thing would grind itself to nothing in a few years. The old model survived because as a 5 passenger vehicle people won't put as much weight in it. But a larger cargo area... plus more seats... and the same CVT... We've seen this in the past with the late 90s Honda minivans. Designed for smaller Japanese people and cargo norms - soon to be used as a makeshift electrician's truck or to haul cement bags and furniture all day long. (given that the alternative a proper truck is twice the money)
1.5L + CVT gearbox ...🤮🤮🤮
Don't buy a CR-V. Getting the 2024 CRV AWD EX was the most expensive mistake of my life, I left my oil burning 2016 VW golf for this terrible machine. Unfortunately, I was under time pressure at the time and I'd always wanted something bigger than the Golf, but didn't have a lot of time to shop around. Honda has this "amazing" reputation and I didn't want to get another Rav 4 (wife & daughter drive one). The Honda's engine seems a bit peppier than the 2020 RAV4 although still sluggish and strained. The only thing the CR-V brings to the table is that it has more cargo space and AWD. However, compared to the Golf, the amount of convenient cabin storage space is garbage. With Honda you get one giant bin in the middle and tiny door pockets. The "safety" features on the CR-V are highly overrated. This car has SO much visibility, that blind spot monitoring is an unnecessary gimmick. The adaptive cruise control is actually DANGEROUS! I use cruise control ALL the time. Including on local 2 lane highways. Multiple times, the system started braking the vehicle when there was NO obstacle present. At least two of these times, I believe it had something to do with reflection of sunlight off something to the side of the road. One time was on a four lane divided highway bridge! Additionally, a light misty rain will disable adaptive cruise control and then the control panel screams at you to "clean" the front sensor which is the badge located on the front of the grill. One safety feature that you'd expect to come standard on such an expensive vehicle, doesn't. That's rain sensing windshield wipers, a feature that my eight year old 2016 Golf had! The back-up camera has nice features, but are useless because the camera is mounted in such a way that it's always hard to see clearly. The VW golf hid the camera under the badge and NEVER required cleaning. I've also never heard of a car that turns off the radio with the engine when you park. Most cars leave it on until the door is opened so you can finish listening to a song or podcast. On the honda, you have to go through a complex set of steps putting it in park, but releasing the brake before you release the shifter button and then press the ignition twice to keep the radio on. The remote engine start at 100 ft on a good day is also useless to me as I work at a pretty big facility with large lots out of range of the buildings. If I had to guess, I'd say that every honda engineer that designed the CR-V took a train to work and had never commuted in their own vehicle before in their life. I'd rather drive a thoughtfully well designed, fun car and start burning oil at 80K than this poorly designed, over-priced gimmick. I should have stayed with a German car.