| Honda CR-V | |
|---|---|
 2023 Honda CR-V EX (US) | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Honda |
| Also called | Honda Breeze (China, 2019–present) |
| Production | 1995–present |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Compact crossover SUV |
| Body style | 5-door SUV |
| Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive Front-engine, four-wheel-drive |
| Chassis | Unibody |
The Honda CR-V (also sold as the Honda Breeze in China since 2019) is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Honda since 1995. Initial models of the CR-V were built using the same platform as the Civic.[1][2]
Honda began producing the CR-V in Sayama, Japan, and Swindon, United Kingdom, for worldwide markets, adding North American manufacturing sites in East Liberty, Ohio, United States, in 2007; El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico, in late 2007 (ended in early 2017); Alliston, Ontario, Canada, in 2012; and Greensburg, Indiana, United States, in February 2017. The CR-V is also produced in Wuhan for the Chinese market by Dongfeng Honda, and also marketed as the Breeze in China for the version produced at Guangzhou by Guangqi Honda.
Honda states that "CR-V" stands for "Comfortable Runabout Vehicle,"[3][4][5] while the term "Compact Recreational Vehicle" is used in a British car review article that was republished by Honda, associating the model name with the Sports Utility Vehicle abbreviation of SU-V.[6]
As of 2022[update], the CR-V is positioned between the smaller ZR-V (marketed as HR-V in North America) — which the CR-V shares platform with — and the larger North American market Passport/Pilot or the Chinese market Avancier/UR-V. It is currently Honda's best-selling vehicle in the world, and the second best-selling SUV globally in 2020.[7]
- ^ "Honda CR-V Model Details". NADAguides. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
Debuting in Japan for the 1996 model year, the five-passenger compact utility vehicle Honda CR-V was introduced to North America in early 1997
- ^ Stein, Jason (17 July 2005). "GM planning to beef up its lineup of small sport wagons by '08". Autoweek. Automotive News. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
since the 1996 U.S. debut of the RAV4. The Honda CR-V hit the market a year later.
- ^ "Honda Announces a Full Model Change for the CR-V" (Press release). Honda Worldwide. 18 September 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
The initials CR-V stand for "Civic Recreational vehicle". But lately it's been known as a QUV in areas like California and along the west coast in USA.
- ^ "Fact Book: Press Information CR-V Concept" (Press release) (in Japanese). Honda Japan. 18 September 2001. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
心地よく自由に走り回れる乗り物"＝Comfortable Runabout Vehicle
- ^ "Cr-v 1995.10". Fact Book: Press Information (Press release) (in Japanese). Honda Japan. 9 October 1995. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Comfortable Runabout Vehicle «CR-V»
- ^ Simister, John (15 September 2012). "It's a better CR-V in every way..." The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
This is Honda's fourth car to wear the CR-V initials that stand for Compact Recreational Vehicle.
Republished as "It's a better CR-V in every way..." (Press Reviews). Honda UK. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018. - ^ "The world's best-selling cars". Auto Express. Retrieved 6 September 2022.