Last year, Honda announced it would be splitting the development of the HR-V, giving North America a different version from the rest of the world. While we’ve already seen the global version – which is likely coming here sooner rather than later – it’s taken this long for the company to give us an inkling of what the car for American buyers will look like.
This, then, is the HR-V for the United States, which looks very different from the one we’re getting. It has a very un-Honda front end, with a large, vaguely hexagonal grille framed by trapezoidal headlights and a U-shaped air intake design. There are definitely shades of Ford in there.
It also appears that the US HR-V is larger than the one sold elsewhere, as the additional rear quarter light windows suggest – the global car’s side windows end at the C-pillars. Perhaps Honda is gunning to steal a share of the pie from the Toyota Corolla Cross, which has also recently been revealed for the US market. The L-shaped taillights give the rear end an almost Acura-like look to it.
No technical details have been revealed just yet, but expect the American HR-V to share its engines with the Civic. These include a 150 hp 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated i-VTEC four-cylinder and a 180 hp 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo mill, similar to what the Civic was launched here with yesterday. Both will likely paired to a CVT, with all-wheel drive possibly being made an option; a e:HEV hybrid model can also be expected down the line.
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Getting messy…
HR-V is a name a class below Civic, can this cheaper than Civic?
CR-V is a name a class above Civic, but the Civic Cross cannot copy Corolla Cross name nor branded as CR-V, so North America call it HR-V?
first glance, thought is the new Subaru XV
why make it uglier for US?
Much prefer US version than global car.
The rear looks similar to audi a3
Or the old Q7
It looks nicer than the “global” version. (based the drawings)