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Review: 2023 Honda CR-V
The 2023 Honda CR-V is available in a hybrid Sport model that has 204 horsepower and a fuel economy rating up to 40 mpg. Fox News Digital Autos Editor Gary Gastelu reviews.
Honda wants you to get hyped about its newest hybrid.
The all-new 2023 CR-V is available with either an entry-level 190-horsepower, turbocharged four-cylinder engine or a 204-horsepower hybrid powertrain.
Honda named all the hybrid models Sport to drive the point home and expects them to account for about half of the CR-V’s sales.
The Sport models also get a 40 mpg combined fuel economy rating with front-wheel-drive and 37 mpg with all-wheel-drive, so they represent a best-of-both-worlds proposition.
The CR-V’s cargo area is the largest in its class. (Honda)
All CR-Vs come standard with the Honda Sensing suite of electronic driver aids that features automatic emergency braking, active lane-centering and adaptive cruise control. The Sport Touring adds a blind spot monitor and low-speed automatic braking control that can detect obstacles between 1 mph and 6 mph and mitigate colliding with them.
The CR-V Sport’s hybrid powertrain is available in front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive versions. (Honda)
The hybrid system operates seamlessly as it switches between gas, electric and combined modes. Unlike older hybrids, you might not even realize it is one, unless you bring up one of the power-flow diagrams on the digital screen in the instrument cluster or touch-screen infotainment system display.
The CR-V comes standard with Apple CarPlay intergration. (Honda)
The Sport has a seven-inch screen and the Sport Touring a nine-inch screen, both with volume knobs and hard quick-access buttons to make it easier to operate them while driving. The infotainment system is equipped with either wired or wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration, depending on the model.
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The only increasingly common feature that’s missing from the CR-V range is a 360-degree camera system. It does have a backup camera and plays one of the loudest pedestrian alert sounds when you’re reversing in electric mode. The noise sounds something like a chorus, and I doubt it will be the only thing singing the CR-V’s praises.
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Base price: $29,705
As tested: $40,395
Type: 4-door, 5-passenger all-wheel-drive SUV
MPG: 40 city/34 hwy
