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On April 5, the official appearance of the 2023 Honda HR-V in the United States was exposed online. It is understood that the new car is expected to be launched this year, and the upcoming replacement of the domestic Honda XR-V, Binzhi or reference to the design style of this American model.

The US version of HR-V is based on the same platform as the new generation of Civic, and compared with the current HR-V model, the new car has a significant change in appearance. The new car changes the design style of traditional Honda models and adopts Honda's latest family design language. Specifically, the front grille of the front face of the new car adopts hexagonal design, and the interior uses a network structure composed of multiple groups of wavy lines, which is matched with sharp headlights, which looks very recognizable. In addition, the front face of the new car at the bottom of the surround is also very personalized, the middle is small grid decoration grille, both ends are equipped with air kit, the overall look of the new car is very personalized, but also more youthful and sporty. On the side of the body, the new car adopts a more rounded shape, while the new car also cancels the door handle on the original C-pillar and uses the traditional design instead, while the front and rear rims adopt five-spoke shape. The belt line extends from the front fender to the rear of the car in a segmented design that gives the visual effect a slender atmosphere. At the rear of the car, the new car also uses a flat design, echoing the front face, blackened taillights on both sides, and spoon-style red light groups inside the taillights. The shape of the lower enclosure is relatively simple, with black enclosure at the bottom, bright black paint on the enclosure, and hidden layout of the exhaust pipe, which enhances the layering of the rear. In terms of body size, no specific parameters have been officially announced at present, but compared with the current model, the new car body looks significantly slimmer, and it is expected that the new car will have different degrees of improvement in body size.

The interior and power aspects are not yet known. However, considering that the new car is based on the 11th generation Civic, it is expected that the interior of the new car will feature a simple center console, suspended center screen and through-air conditioning vents. In terms of power, the new car is expected to be equipped with a 1.5T engine matching a CVT gearbox.

Honda HR-V is one of the best-selling models in the United States in 2021, with cumulative sales of 137090 units. In the domestic market, HR-V models correspond to Guangzhou Automobile Honda Binzhi and Dongfeng Honda XR-V models. Previous news shows that these two vehicles will be upgraded this year. It is expected that the design of the American model or one of the reference objects. Although GAC Honda Binzhi and Dongfeng Honda XR-V have not been replaced for a long time, they are still Honda's sales models. According to the data, the cumulative sales volume of Honda XR-V model in 2021 is 187776, and that of Honda Binzhi model is 173899. From January to February of this year, the cumulative sales volume of XR-V and Binzhi models was 26222 and 29841 respectively, among which the sales volume of XR-V model in February was 11735 and that of Binzhi model was 11073.

In the past 2021 Dongfeng Honda has not launched many new cars, but this year will be Dongfeng Honda's big year. According to Dongfeng Honda's previously exposed new car plan for 2022, Dongfeng Honda will launch a number of brand-new models in 2022, including the new Enjoy Domain, the brand-new Civic Hybrid Edition, the brand-new Civic HATCHBACK, the new generation XR-V, the new generation CR-V, the brand-new pure electric e: NS1, and a brand-new SUV, which is expected to be sister models to the brand-new SUV launched by GAC Honda this year.

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