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PARIS MOTOR SHOW: Facelifted CR-V au naturel
Honda's popular small SUV gets a nip and tuck, along with an 'Earth Dreams' diesel and nine-speed autoWhat you see here is an update of the Honda CR-V to be built at the company's UK plant in Swindon. But whether we see it in Australia remains up in the air.
Honda Australia's Public Relations Manager, Melissa Cross, informed motoring.com.au today that while there is a facelifted CR-V on the way here – and it's due around the end of this year – it won't feature the high efficiency 1.6-litre diesel and nine-speed automatic transmission option that Honda's Swindon plant will be offering in the refreshed CR-V for Europe.
However, Ms Cross did say that Honda Australia is "currently studying" the 1.6 for the local market, but introduction of the new diesel to the CR-V here "won't be something in the near future."
Honda Australia sources petrol CR-Vs from Thailand, and the diesel CR-V (in 2.2-litre capacity for Australia) comes from Swindon. With just 8kW separating the existing 2.2-litre powerplant from the new 1.6 – which is rated higher at 118kW and develops the same torque peak of 350Nm as the larger engine – the 2.2-litre engine for the CR-V is redundant and production will cease once the 1.6-litre engine reaches European markets.
Where this leaves Australia is uncertain. Presumably Honda Australia's evaluation of the smaller diesel is not being driven hard by local market demand for the diesel variants in the CR-V range, or the importer has plenty of diesel CR-V stock remaining, which is the flip side of the same coin. Honda Australia is likely assessing currently whether the CR-V in diesel form is sustainable at all – powered by either engine.
The facelifted CR-V from Thailand may or may not incorporate some of the American market's recent technical upgrades for the CR-V sold in North America. These include 11 per cent more torque from the 2.4-litre petrol engine, recalibrated CVT, upgraded interior and new active safety features.
Pictures show European CR-V (studio) and North American CR-V (landscape)
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