[tpaper]

Noticed Honda are releasing this next year - what do you make of it?
The Jazz-bazed HR-V urban crossover will expand Honda's SUV line-up to two models.
It will sit below the CR-V in terms of pricing and alongside the Civic hatchback, with key rivals including the Nissan Juke and the Fiat 500x.

 

[54ell]

The last one was christened the "Hormone Replacement Vehicle". I wasn't sure about that then and I'm no more now either.

 

[54ell]

Good to see it getting the Civic's engine and not the Jazz's engine.

 

[54ell]

If it gets that engine it will have a better power to weight ratio than Jazz or Civic. Could be an interesting alternative to the 500x but I don't think it looks as exciting.

 

[54ell]

Honda has been dribbling out information on this all-new subcompact crossover for almost two years now, ever since the debut of the pre-production version, called the Urban SUV Concept, at the 2013 Detroit auto show.
Though it has been on sale in Japan since December 2013 (as the Vezel, not the HR-V), then announced for the US market and then European production version was just unveiled at the Paris Motor Show.