If you are following Honda USA’s product plan, you may have already known in this winter, Honda will release a new compact SUV called the “HR-V”.
The HR-V shares the same platform as the redesigned Honda Fit, and will be build at Honda’s Celaya, Mexico assembly plant. The HR-V is positioned lower than the Honda CR-V and Honda Pilot. Below is image of the HR-V:
In fact, the HR-V is not called “HR-V” in oversea markets. For example in the Japanese domestic market, its name is “Honda Vezel”. Below is image of the Vezel:
In China, Honda is going to sell another version of the HR-V (or Vezel), and its name is “Honda XR-V”. Although riding on the same platform, the XR-V will have different exterior/interior styling, to fit Chinese customer’s taste.
The 2015 XR-V will have two engine option choices, both are naturally aspirated: the 1.5L 4-cylinder (131hp) and the 1.8L 4-cylinder (165hp), mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission developed and build by Honda itself.
Following there is something will probably make you confuse: Honda is in fact going to sell both the XR-V and Vezel in China. You may wonder how come this will happen? The answer is simply “it does happen”. The cause is Honda has two joint ventures with two different Chinese companies, one is the Dongfeng-Honda (which will make the XR-V) and another one is Guangzhou-Honda (which will build the Vezel). Apparently each of these two different companies want to have what another has. Both XR-V and Vezel are essentially the same, with differences in styling.
Below is image gallery of the Honda XR-V.
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