2023 Honda CR-V – first images of sixth-gen appear

2023 Honda CR-V – first images of sixth-gen appear

Word has been that the sixth-generation Honda CR-V is expected to break cover sometime between the end of this year and early 2023, but there’s a probability it might make its world debut before then, if a couple of photos of the SUV that have surfaced on the ‘Net – reportedly showing what is said to be the vehicle in its production form – are right.

The lines of the vehicle mirror the HR-V-based styling elements ventured in a patent filing image that surfaced nearly three months ago, cementing what to expect. Design cues include a more upright front end, slim headlights that extend beyond the bonnet shutline, a large hexagonal grille and L-shaped front bumper corners.

The photo of the actual vehicle also shows the slightly less upswept window line suggested by the patent filing image. At the back, L-shaped tail lights continue the depiction as seen on the current fifth-gen, but the leading edges have a less pronounced protrusion viewed dead on centre, and the tailgate section of the unit is slimmer, offering the entire assembly a tauter – and Volvo-esque – look.

2023 Honda CR-V – first images of sixth-gen appear

Elsewhere, the twin exhaust finishers continue the trapezoidal styling approach adopted with the fifth-gen facelift (which replaced the round-shaped tips of the pre-FL), although the lines have been reconfigured and the apertures are now a bit larger.

Besides highlighting that the unit is intended for the Chinese market, badging on the tailgate identifies the unit as a Turbo variant, verifying the suggestion that the model would likely retain the existing 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo engine, albeit with a higher output than that on the current model, which is at 193 PS and 243 Nm.

Also on the cards are two hybrid powertrains, the first an e:HEV hybrid model in the same vein as the Civic, which offers 184 PS and 315 Nm via a direct-injected version of the Accord Hybrid‘s 2.0 litre Atkinson-cycle mill, and the other a plug-in hybrid variant, likely similar in execution to the e:PHEV version of the current CR-V that has been sold in China since 2020.

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Comments

  • This looks like another version of CR-V solely for China market, like Honda Breeze
    https://paultan.org/2019/10/18/honda-breeze-introduced-in-china-restyled-cr-v-with-accord-face/

    When compared, it doesn’t seem like a facelift upgrade, far from being a new generation Grade.

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    • Mr Loba Loba on May 13, 2022 at 5:26 pm

      Exactly bro. Our favourite local car designer, Theophilus Chin is way wayyy better.

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    • its not solely for China market, its for global market.

      launching in 12 july 2022

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  • Zap8481 on May 13, 2022 at 1:45 pm

    volvo+cx5 facelift tail light?

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  • RyanT on May 13, 2022 at 1:46 pm

    Mazda CX5 + Volvo XC60 = Honda CRV…the designers ambil gaji buta…lol

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    • exactly hahaha! i would say it applies to all of their cars. they just crop some here n there and call it their design.

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  • seancorr on May 13, 2022 at 1:49 pm

    Hol up I thought I was looking at a Volvo XC60 from the rear

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  • Civic Turbo 2018 on May 13, 2022 at 1:54 pm

    XC60 inspired. Nice!!!

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  • Dong Gor on May 13, 2022 at 2:46 pm

    It’s definitely sleeker compared to the current 5th gen.

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  • copy cat!

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  • ROTI CANAI on May 13, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    copy mazda and volvo

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  • gaish on May 14, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    1/4 profile view looking like VW Tiguan Allspace

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  • gaish on May 14, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    1/4 profile view looking a lot like VW Tiguan Allspace

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  • hazri on May 16, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    cancel my wishlist for 2023.

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  • disappointed . still a conservative design

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