The all-new Honda WR-V has finally made its world debut in Indonesia. This compact SUV is the production model of the SUV RS Concept that surfaced in Indonesia late last year. It sits below the B-segment HR-V and is a rival to the Daihatsu Rocky and Toyota Raize, which are of course sisters to our Perodua Ativa.
Although the final design is much subdued compared to the SUV RS Concept, the WR-V still looks quite funky. The WR-V is 4,060 mm long and 1,780 mm wide, which is 5 mm shorter than the Ativa but 70 mm wider. At 1,608 mm tall, the new Honda sits 27 mm lower than the Ativa. The 2,485 mm wheelbase is 40 mm shorter than the Ativa’s. If it’s in the Ativa’s ballpark, it’s much smaller than the HR-V. Ground clearance is a high 220 mm and boot space is 380 litres.
Under the hood is a 1.5 litre naturally aspirated engine with 121 PS at 6,600 rpm and 145 Nm of torque at 4,300 rpm. This DOHC i-VTEC Euro 4 unit is of course the trusty NA engine found in the City and entry-level HR-V. Like those models, the gearbox is a CVT automatic.
Everything else under the skin is as you’d expect – front MacPherson struts and rear torsion beam for suspension, front ventilated disc brakes and rear drum brakes. Two variants are available in Indonesia – the base E rides on 16-inch five-spoke alloys with 215/60 tyres, while the RS rolls on 17-inch two-tone alloys with 215/55 rubber.
As for kit, the WR-V E comes with remote engine start, push start button, a 7.0-inch touchscreen head unit, reverse camera with multi-angle view, four speakers, digital AC panel, fabric seats, steering audio buttons, LED foglamps, LED wing mirror signals, and four airbags with VSA. Also, inverted L-shaped LED signatures like on the Civic FE.
The sportier RS (it wears a chromed chequered grille like our HR-V RS) adds on LED headlamps with LED daytime running lights and sequential turn signals, walk-away auto door lock, a 4.2-inch multi-info display between analogue dials, six speakers, leather-fabric combination seats, leather wrap for the steering and gear knob, auto air con, and auto folding wing mirrors.
Honda’s Sensing suite is not standard for the RS, which brings us to the top variant, the RS with Sensing. This range topper adds on ADAS (CMBS, RDM, ACC, LKAS, LCDN, AHB) plus LaneWatch (camera for the left wing mirror), six airbags and auto headlamps.
The WR-V is priced at Rp.271.9 juta for the E, which is equivalent to RM82,395. The RS goes for Rp.289.9 juta (RM87,865), while the RS with Sensing tops the WR-V range at Rp.309.9 juta, which is RM93,939. Adding a black roof to the Ignite Red Metallic RS is an additional Rp.2.5 juta (RM757).
Speaking of colours, it’s between Taffeta White (E only), Meteoroid Gray Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, Stellar Diamond Pearl (RS only) and Ignite Red Metallic (RS only). As mentioned, two-tone is only for the signature red. What do you think of the new Honda WR-V?
For context, our base Honda HR-V S with the same 1.5L NA engine is priced at RM114,800, while the 1.0 litre turbocharged Perodua Ativa is priced from RM62,500 to RM72,600. Will this come to Malaysia? Generally, it’s difficult for non-national brands to introduce entry-level models in our market and be competitive with national rivals in terms of specs/price. The window between the top Ativa AV and base Honda HR-V is RM42k. We’ll see.
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My dream car.
This comes here, then habisla Proton X50. The reason why the Honda WR-V will Game X50 Over is because Malaysians trust Japanese quality. Moreover, the WR-V is fun to drive, has a mind-blowing design, excellent FC, complete safety, advanced features as well as high RV.
Beautiful car. Honda has done a great job with this WRV. I don’t understand why our Proton couldn’t come up with their own SUV despite 30 years of experience…..X50 also is from Geely. shy shy shy
Aim higher, friend.
Mmg xkan masuk selagi P1 and P2 ni masih hidup di bumi Malaya nih. Katanya kena bersyukur…. walaupun hakikat disakau.
Ckp lebih2 dihambatnya suh klua Malaysia ni.
Jd pilihan ditgn anda, selagi ada pembeli, adalah penjual.
Dream car for older generation
Nothing special
Interior…ewwww
Better top up abit for Omoda5
Omoda… ewwww
Better2, engkau x beli pun…
Expected price: RM89-93k
Price is similar to City.
Obviously this is ONE-CLASS below City
Sharing interior dashboard with Amaze
U’ll see this dashboard in the next-BRV
ONE-CLASS for ah beng which interior looks outdated
Expensive but boring look interior
Interior looks like dinosaur era
X50 looks better than ugly interior WRV
I dig it, the only downside for this car is an outdated interior based from Honda Brio Amaze (Indian Market)
I think quite a few customers will opt for this over the City if HM decides to sell it here.
Interior nothing special. Ativa or X50 interior looks premium.
Better than City hatchback
Both city hatchback and WRV looks outdated but suited for ah beng which city hatchback and WRV looks too old when seeing interior
Wont be cheap, cross version of city hatchback.
Looks good overall but doubt it will come here.
The more I look, the more boring is
I’m looking forward for this car before, but couldn’t waited for it anymore… If this car just launch on Nov 2022, i don’t think it will come to Malaysia anytime soon, maybe 2024? Although it will be more expansive than Perodua Ativa, I reckon it will be laku also right.
But it’s interior design less appealing than city?
No rear AC?
No magic seat like City Hatchback?
Please atleast all get 6 air bag
If only I’m not needing a car ASAP i would have waited for this one
Cute car.
WR-V 1.5 IDR 271900000 to IDR 309900000 (MYR82364.39 to 93875.41)
Raize 1.0 T CVT IDR 266900000 to IDR 305100000 (MYR 80849.78 to 92421.39)
The Raize have even more affordable variants but those have the weaker 1.2 engine and or manual transmission.
I wonder what’s Honda reasoning for not offering more affordable variants.
The reason is I believe is due to market proposition. WR-V is sitting between Brio Hatchback and BR-V in terms of product positioning. In order to not shifting it’s consumer from Brio to WR-V (because I believe it’s using the same platform and Brio is their best-selling car), Honda must raise WR-V prices (in this case, not offering lower variants rather than E variant).
The second reason I think is that offering lower, bare bones variant doesn’t bring a good profit margin to overall brand’s profit margin. Daihatsu Rocky (Perodua Ativa) in Indonesia offers the most bare bones M variant (Even lower than Ativa’s X variant), and yet most people choose from X type upwards. So that imo, bringing lower variants than E variant doesn’t make sense for Honda.
Taruh badge logo pun boleh jadi kaya. Malu apa bossku
Honda Malaysia must bring this car.. hot seller
Interior guna yg model honda generasi lama. Kurang menarik sikit
Interior like 3rd world country, more like BRV and City
Facelift interior……
Hmm.. ok ok only, nothing wow about this..
Indon style, before business even start, already reward ownself by buying new car and have to pay installments…..
Ativa copy cat
Soft touch interior from Honda are very nice, hopes other brands copy it.
Akan masuk ke malaysia atau tidak ?
laaaa… xhabaq awai… dah beli ativa daaaaah