HONDA CR-V

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Honda is churning them out at the moment. It soldiered on for years with an ageing range, but in just the past three years, it has given us a new Jazz, a new HR-V, a new Civic and two completely new additions to the line-up: the e:Nyl electric crossover and the Civic-on-stilts ZR-V. And it's still not done, because now comes the turn of a new CR-V.
Together with the Toyota RAV4, the CR-V was a bit of a trailblazer for 'soft-roaders' when it arrived in 1995. Almost three decades later, it's onto its sixth generation.
This model may be all-new, but if you've kept up with Honda's recent launches, the mechanical package will sound very familiar. It's mostly the same e:HEV-badged hybrid system as in the ZR-V and Civic, where the 2.0-litre Atkinson-cycle atmo petrol engine mainly drives a generator to provide energy for an electric motor to drive the wheels, but with a lock-up clutch for direct drive at higher speeds.
There are a few key differences, though. A second, lower ratio now lets the ICE help out at lower speeds as well, which is particularly useful when you're towing; and there's the option of four-wheel drive, through a normal clutch-based system.
What's more, there's also a plug-in hybrid version of the CR-V, which will arrive a month earlier (October) and so that's the version we're driving here.
The CR-V e:PHEV has a 17.7kWh battery, giving it an official electric-only range of 51 miles, meaning company car drivers will pay only 8% benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax. And choosing the e:PHEV has a number of other consequences, not all of them entirely obvious.
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