Honda CR-V Consumer's Review

Honda CR-V

Generational heresy alert: I’ve continuously hated Ferris Bueller’s break day.

Maybe I’m a killjoy, however i assumed the titular character was a spoiled brat who required to find out that actions have consequences. Plus, even a reproduction of a Ferrari 250 GT California doesn’t should find yourself in a very ravine.

It was with nice satisfaction, then, that I watched Honda’s Super Bowl business. A grown-up Matthew Broderick played hooky and sleepwalked through some Ferris-style hijinks. His automotive of choice? A Honda CR-V. state accepting responsibility. raise any CR-V owner why they determined to place one in their driveway and therefore the answer can invariably embrace the phrase, “after our youngest was born,” or “good within the snow.” You can’t outrun Mr. Rooney forever.
Ask any CR-V owner why they determined to place one in their driveway and therefore the answer can invariably embrace the phrase, ‘after our youngest was born,’ or ‘good within the snow.’

I got an opportunity to drive a 2012 CR-V AWD EX-L (Honda apparently glued down the caps lock keys in their promoting department), an all-wheel drive model that includes a leather interior and an in-dash navigation system. It’s not a midday romp through the Art Institute of Chicago, however it’s no lecture on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, either. You’ll positively feel like you’re obtaining away with one thing after you cross-check the window sticker, too: totally loaded, the CR-V tops out at regarding $30,000, and therefore the base model starts at simply $22,295.

Like the Civic, the CR-V got a conservative redesign for 2012. whereas the refreshed sheetmetal won’t have valets wondering if Abe Froman is in city (last movie reference, I promise), it will create the Honda crossover look approximately eighty p.c additional like an Isuzu Axiom. The rear doors open wide, though the rear liftgate isn’t powered.

Inside, Honda panders to the kids-in-tow crowd sort of a candy look on a Disney Cruise. My initial clue that I wasn’t within the CR-V’s target demographic was the storage cubby on the headliner: It folds all the way down to hold sunglasses, however additionally reveals a trick fisheye mirror for keeping an in depth watch on anyone within the back seat — proof that this crossover is created for journeys to Toys”R”Us.

If you’re bringing home a replacement bike or an extra-large dollhouse, the rear seats simply split and fold down with one pull. within the upright position, they’re sufficiently big for adults to urge snug, though younger children who entertain themselves on long automotive journeys by kicking the front seatbacks with their Stride Rites is also disappointed their legs won’t reach. An optional rear DVD player might solve that drawback, however it’s solely accessible if you skip factory navigation.