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.
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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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.
Exactly bro. Our favourite local car designer, Theophilus Chin is way wayyy better.
its not solely for China market, its for global market.
launching in 12 july 2022
volvo+cx5 facelift tail light?
Mazda CX5 + Volvo XC60 = Honda CRV…the designers ambil gaji buta…lol
exactly hahaha! i would say it applies to all of their cars. they just crop some here n there and call it their design.
Hol up I thought I was looking at a Volvo XC60 from the rear
XC60 inspired. Nice!!!
It’s definitely sleeker compared to the current 5th gen.
copy cat!
copy mazda and volvo
1/4 profile view looking like VW Tiguan Allspace
1/4 profile view looking a lot like VW Tiguan Allspace
cancel my wishlist for 2023.
disappointed . still a conservative design