{"id":616,"date":"2012-06-21T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T15:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickdebruhl.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2012-06-21T22:00:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T05:00:37","slug":"road-test-honda-cr-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"Road Test: Honda CR-V"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Honda CR-V is like an olympic figure skater who nails every routine, but you can’t give her a perfect score because she does it without much emotion.<\/div>\n
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2012 Honda CR-V<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let’s start with the exterior. After all, the CR-V was restyled for 2012. It has a slightly more aggressive look with the back window line moving up instead of sloping down. It’s nice, but I guess I wanted more. It’s almost as, knowing the CR-V is such a great selling car, Honda didn’t want to take any risks. Come on, show me what you’ve got! Honda is known for innovation, why not\u00a0lead the pack?<\/p>\n

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2012 Honda CR-V Interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The same is true for the interior. Again, it’s nice. I can’t find fault with the way it’s laid out at all. It’s ergonomically perfect. But again, no excitement. Now, I know\u00a0this is a crossover aimed directly at the soccer-mom heartland, but how about something slightly more\u00a0stylish?\u00a0The dash was redesigned, and while it has a sleeker\u00a0look, nothing about it stands out. I especially didn’t like the sliding center console cover between the seats. It looked decidedly old-school.<\/p>\n

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2012 Honda CR-V Center Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honda has tried to make the car more interactive. It even has a connection that can allow the display to show text messages. Unfortunately, it only works with a couple of Blackberry models and one Droid. It can connect with your phone by Bluetooth, but then that’s pretty standard in this range of car.<\/p>\n

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2012 Honda CR-V Cargo Area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One function is getting lots of praise: The easy fold down rear seat is easy to use with a light touch. But is that what Honda really wants me bragging about? The CR-V’s overall length went down an inch, and the interior\u00a0cargo space\u00a0also went down as well. It’s\u00a0has two cubic feet less at 70.9 cf.<\/p>\n

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2012 Honda CR-V coming at you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under the hood, there’s a 2.4 liter, 185 horsepower engine. Enough power to keep up with traffic moving away from the light, but not enough to make you feel like you could whip around slower cars on the freeway. Mileage is decent, 23 city\/31 highway for the\u00a0front-wheel drive model and\u00a022\/30 for the\u00a0all-wheel drive. You can use the econ mode to\u00a0stretch your mileage, but you’ll lose a little power.\u00a0However, it’s not a drastic drop.\u00a0The 2012 CR-V\u00a0uses a five-speed transmission (just like the 2011\u00a0model)\u00a0which has caused a number of reviewers to wonder why Honda didn’t upgrade to a six-speed this year. Apparently, too bold.<\/p>\n

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Redesigned 2012 Honda CR-V Profile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Base price for the LX model is around\u00a0$22,500 while\u00a0the EX-L all-wheel drive with navigation\u00a0will set you back close to $30,000.\u00a0The warranty is three years or 36,000 miles. According to the\u00a02012 JD Power Initial Quality Study<\/a>, the Honda CR-V delivers right out of the box. It’s the top-rated vehicle in the compact crossover group. JD Power also noted that despite introducing a redesigned model, Honda didn’t skip a beat and owners once again\u00a0gave it top marks for a new car. What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n

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Can you truly love a 2012 Honda CR-V?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’re looking for a crossover that will give just about everything\u00a0most drivers will want or expect, the 2012 Honda CR-V will deliver. If you’re looking for a car that leave a smile on your face, or cause you to glance back as you walk away, you’ll have to find somewhere else to fill your emotional automotive void.<\/p>\n<\/fb:like><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Honda CR-V is like an olympic figure skater who nails every routine, but you can’t give her a perfect score because she \n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcarsinformation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27JFw-9W","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}