"I Have a Car" original innovative car report: 2022 is Honda's product year, Honda will not only bring the entire CIVIC family to the Chinese market, but also bring its most important new compact SUV - HR-V.
Recently, the North American market officially released the official map of the new HR-V, the most important change in the new car is to become a compact SUV, but also a new shape design, in addition, there is news that the new HR-V will be produced within this year, is expected to be listed at the end of the year, it is worth looking forward to!
▲ What kind of HR-V is a new Honda SUV?
In the North American market, the recently announced HR-V is actually a brand new model, the new car this time did not use the GR9 Fit chassis, but based on the eleventh generation of Civic, directly promoted to a standard compact SUV. According to the official positioning, the new HR-V will no longer be equivalent to the new generation of Japanese version OF BENZEL (VEZEL) and the Southeast Asian version of HR-V released in 2021, which also means that the positioning of this car will also be between XR-V and CR-V in the domestic market in the future.
In addition, it is also necessary to mention about the European version of XR-V, this new car has been listed in some markets in Southeast Asia, and will be used as a vertical replacement model for the domestic Dongfeng Honda XR-V and Guangqi Honda Binzhi, and is expected to be listed in China this year.
The new HR-V uses the latest exterior design, and due to the increase in size, the new car does have a small CR-V feel. Among them, the new car uses a raised shape in the front part of the car, the hexagonal setting is also very tense, plus two muscle lines on the cover plate of the machine, which are connected to the two in the middle net part, and the domineering look is quite thick.
From the official picture, it can be seen that the new car uses the Honda family's iconic wing headlights on the front face, which has a similar shape to the eleventh generation Civic, with "L" type daytime running lights, which makes the entire front of the car look wider.
The tail light group at the rear of the car still maintains a separate design, while the new spoon tail light style is added, and the black background color is installed, and the tail light of the new HR-V is more rounded than the tail light of the new generation of Binzhi/XR-V. In addition, the bottom of the new car also uses a one-sided single-out exhaust style, which is better if it is a bilateral double-out form after domestic production in the future.
Due to the increase in size, the new HR-V is indeed more slender than the old model from the side of the car, in which the new car has obviously been lengthened for the rear and C-pillar parts, and the angle has also been set steeply. In addition, the new car eliminated the hidden door handle above the rear door of the old HR-V and replaced it with the traditional door handle style.
Unfortunately, the interior of the new HR-V has not been officially disclosed at present, but it can also be guessed through the convenience of model positioning and official design language. First of all, in terms of positioning, the new HR-V is to share a platform with the eleventh generation Civic, and the former's interior plan will retain many similarities with the latter in the future.
In fact, the 10th generation OF CIVIC has been sprayed for many years, so that the 11th generation model has undergone a comprehensive upgrade, using Honda's latest simple design ideas, with a straight center console shape with a large number of bright metal embellishments in the central control buttons and air conditioning knobs, etc., compared to the old model is indeed more exquisite.
Of course, the 9-inch screen of the center console is expected to be equipped with the new HR-V, and the third-generation Honda CONNECT intelligent interconnection system and CarLife mapping will be pre-installed, of course, in the Civic Internet of Vehicles and OTA online upgrade functions, the new car will most likely be equipped.
As for the power part, the official has not yet announced this time, but considering that the domestic XR-V and Binzhi have already used the L15bp 1.5T engine after the previous mid-term redesign, the future new car is likely to be equipped with a 1.5T+CVT power combination on the fuel version.
Previously, it was reported that in order to further enrich the family product line, Dongfeng Honda will also introduce a new domestic Civic hybrid model this year, it is reported that the overseas version will be a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine + electric motor composed of hybrid system, the power parameters comprehensively surpass the 1.5T model, but the current domestic version of the new car power information has not yet been determined. However, it can be speculated that in the future, the domestic version of the new HR-V will most likely introduce a hybrid version to strengthen the layout of family products.
As for the chassis section, the new Honda HR-V is expected to feature a rear independent suspension structure like the Civic in order to give the new car a more enjoyable driving experience.
▲ Is there a drama in the future of the new HR-V?
Looking at Honda's product line in the Chinese market, Dongfeng Honda has a small SUV XR-V and a compact SUV CR-V, Guangqi Honda has Binzhi and Haoying, plus both mid-size SUV UR-V and Guandao, the product layout in China is relatively outstanding.
However, the old rival Toyota launched the new compact SUV of corolla Sharp And Fenglanda last year, with large space features and a sufficiently approachable price, which successfully opened up the 100,000 to 150,000 yuan household market. And the car also gave a 2.0L engine + CVT power combination, 171 horsepower output and enough stable mechanical performance, are its strong product advantages, but their actual sales in the current market are 3 to 5 thousand units, the impact on domestic users is actually not large.
In summary, the main competitors of HR-V are not actually Corolla Ruifang and Fenglanda, its appearance to further enrich the family product camp at the same time, but also between XR-V and CR-V to form a "moat", giving users more choices. In other words, the future of Corolla Ruifang and Fenglanda will be left to XR-V and Binzhi to deal with, and the arrival of HR-V is to meet young users who do not want to be dull but need space.
With the current information, the future new HR-V wheelbase is expected to be between XR-V/ Binzhi and CR-V / Haoying, coupled with Honda, which has always been known as a space magician, for such a cockpit performance is likely to meet most consumers on the market. In addition, if the new car can also give a 1.5T + CVT power combination, then the car's future market performance will be very interesting.
"I have a car" summary: From the perspective of product strength, the new HR-V is indeed worth looking forward to, not only the appearance is very pleasing, or it may also add a 1.5T engine and rear independent suspension structure, coupled with the identity based on the Civic platform, in the theoretical sense, the future driving sense of this car will not disappoint. According to the law, in the future, Dongfeng Honda and Guangqi Honda may introduce this new AMERICAN version of HR-V to help Honda gain more market share in China. "I have a car" there are more original innovative car / price reduction market reports yo, come to get the first-hand purchase of cars, car information!