Road Test
Honda CR-V i-CTDi
Test date 13 December 2006
Price as tested £26,210
For Space, easy drive, handling, performance, decent comfort
AgainstVocal motor, some cheap cabin plastics, road noise
Even after selling them for years, Honda is not a marque associated with off-roaders. That’s probably because its CR-V – in its third iteration and with over 2.5 million sold since 1996 – is really an estate car without the travelling-salesman stigma, providing the practicality, raised seating position and feeling of mild invincibility that SUVs engender without the mimsy ‘Mum’s taxi’ label.
And Honda’s priority while developing this latest version was a more car-like dynamic: improved refinement and economy, a more versatile interior and a general modernising of look and features.
Your Say
Now read this...
Wallpaper
'R kid makes a comeback
Video
Detroit show: Honda and Toyota hybrids
Today's hottest tests