The Honda CR-V is renowned for its stylish exterior, premium interior, smooth drive, and innovative features. It’s one of the top-selling compact SUVs in the world, and half of its trims are hybrids. Buy a 2024 Honda CR-V Hybrid, and you’ll enjoy the fuel efficiency and urban serenity that its fourth-generation hybrid powertrain affords. Could this be the car you’ve longed for?
New in 2024
Although there was no big redesign in 2024, a new “Sport-L” hybrid trim was added to the existing two. This bridges the divide between Sport and Sport Touring trims and upgrades several of the Sport’s features. Specifically, it has leather-trimmed seats, a 9″ touchscreen versus the Sport’s 7″ screen, auto up-and-down on all windows, and a 4-way power adjustment on the passenger’s seat.
CR-V Chassis and Body
Contributing to the CR-V’s smooth ride quality is its unibody chassis, which improves rigidity and responsiveness over a body-on-frame chassis and helps Honda minimize noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). An integral part of the chassis is ACE architecture (Advanced Compatibility Engineering). This is designed to absorb energy in the event of a frontal crash and divert it away from passengers.
Hybrid Performance
In 2023, Honda redesigned the CR-V’s hybrid powertrain with adjacent electric motors. This unlocked benefits such as quicker acceleration and increased torque of up to 247 lb-ft. A new low-speed lockup clutch helped raise the towing capacity to 1000 lbs. The twin motors accompany a fuel-efficient 2.0L Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine. FWD CR-V Hybrid models can achieve up to 43 mpg during city driving.
Space and Comfort
As well as introducing a premium interior with plush seating, Honda increased the CR-V’s wheelbase and width in 2023, thus creating more cabin space. At the same time, a 24% reduction in battery size expanded hybrid cargo space to 39.3 cu ft behind the rear seats, or 76.5 cu ft with the seats down, henceforth matching gasoline models. The CR-V offers 41.3″ and 41″ of legroom for front and rear passengers.
Honda Sensing Technology
The CR-V Hybrid is jam-packed with Honda Sensing technologies as standard. To name but a few: Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS), Forward Collision Warning, Lane Departure Warning, Blind Spot Information System, and Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow. It’s something of a Honda trait to distribute all this cleverness so evenly.
Contact Bristol Honda in Bristol, TN, and find out why the CR-V Hybrid is the car for you.
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