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Today, the auto industry is concerned about the latest batch of model declaration information released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Dongfeng Honda's new generation model, the CR-V, appears in the new product catalogue, and the new car is expected to go on sale in September this year. As a reference, the Dongfeng Honda CR-V currently on sale costs between 16.98 and 276800 yuan.

As a new replacement model, the new car has made great changes in appearance and other details, and the new car will also launch a 7-seat version. Combined with the new car declaration map information, the new car design style is completely different from the current model, the new car uses a new design style, in contrast, the new car design style is younger and fashionable. Specifically, in the front part, the new car uses an inverted trapezoidal front grille, and the interior is decorated with black mesh elements, with long, narrow headlights on both sides and chrome strips on the top. the fangs on both sides of the lower bumper look very stylish, and the whole front face is very athletic. On the side of the body, the size of the new car has increased, so it looks slimmer. In the rear part, the new car still uses the outline of the current model, but the new car has removed the design of the chrome trim and its internal shape has also been redesigned to match the exhaust layout of the two sides below, which makes the whole look more concise and more recognizable.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4703/1866/1680mm and the wheelbase is 2701mm. As a comparison, the length, width and height of the current Dongfeng Honda CR-V are 4621/1855/1679mm and the wheelbase is 2660mm. By comparison, the size of the new car is lengthened in an all-round way, in which the body length increases by 82mm, the width increases by 11mm, the height increases by 11mm, and the wheelbase increases by 41mm. In terms of seat layout, the new car is available in five-seat and seven-seat versions, which is the first time Dongfeng Honda has launched a seven-seat SUV model in the domestic market.

The interior part has not been officially disclosed, but you can see from the back window that the new car is equipped with a suspended central control screen, and the interior layout is expected to be similar to that of the 11th Generation Civic, which remains to be further confirmed by the authorities. On the power side, the new car is expected to carry a 1.5T L15BZ engine produced by Dongfeng Honda Motor Co., Ltd., with a maximum power of 142kW, matching the CVT gearbox, providing front drive and timely all-wheel drive, as well as a hybrid model consisting of 2.0L engines.

In terms of market competition, current models mainly compete with Toyota RAV4 Rongfang, Nissan Qijun and other joint venture brands compact SUV models, and it is expected that the new car will still compete with Toyota RAV4 Rongfang, Nissan Qijun and other joint venture brands such as compact SUV models. As a reference, Dongfeng Honda sold 73313 CR-V vehicles from January to April this year, making it one of Dongfeng Honda's best-selling models and one of the best-selling SUV in the 200000 class, while Toyota RAV4 sold 40279 vehicles from January to April and Nissan Qijun sold 8754 vehicles from January to April.

CR-V model has achieved good sales performance in the domestic market since its birth, and it can be regarded as a veteran of the domestic SUV market. CR-V model is the main domestic sales force of Dongfeng Honda, according to data, the cumulative sales in the past 2021 is 222325 vehicles.

According to the attention of the automobile industry, CR-V is Dongfeng Honda's classic SUV model, which has been replaced five times so far. The CR-V model began to be localized in 2004. The Honda CR-V currently on sale is the fifth generation model, which went on sale in July 2017. The new CR-V exposed by this declaration is the sixth generation product of CR-V.

Reviewing the development history of the CR-V model, the earliest can be traced back to 1995. In 1995, Honda developed the first generation CR-V model based on the Civic platform at that time, then introduced the first generation model by import, and the second generation CR-V was launched in 2002. the car changed the boxy shape of the previous generation CR-V and added the design elements of the curve, the engine was upgraded to 2.4L, and the maximum power was 160hp. Then in 2004, the second generation of models began to be localized and put into production by Dongfeng Honda. On April 18, 2007, the third generation of domestic brand-new CR-V was launched, and the car also made great changes. Its appearance is completely different from that of the previous generation, and it is more fashionable as a whole, but it does not change much in terms of power, and it still uses 2.4L and 2.0L i-VTEC engines. The fourth-generation CR-V model was launched on February 22, 2012. the car still made a series of major adjustments, with a price ranging from 193800 yuan to 262800 yuan. Since the launch of the fifth-generation CR-V on July 9, 2017, the car has introduced turbocharged and hybrid power systems based on Honda's state-of-the-art FUNTEC power technology.

CR-V, as Dongfeng Honda's best-selling model, is also the benchmark of compact SUV sales of joint venture brands. With the launch of the latest sixth-generation products, Honda is expected to better fill the gap in the seven-seat SUV market and increase market competition. At the same time, it may be able to further promote the overall sales performance of Dongfeng Honda.

According to the plan, this year is the product year of Dongfeng Honda. Dongfeng Honda will launch a total of 8 models this year, including the new Civic, the new Civic hybrid version, the new Civic HATCHBACK, the new Civic TYPE-R, the new generation XR-V, the new generation CR-V, the new pure electric e:NS1 and a new SUV model. At present, in terms of product layout, Honda is advancing in an orderly manner. In the past April, Honda also launched a number of models, among which, on April 15, Dongfeng Honda brand-new generation XR-V completed the declaration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology On April 26th, e:NS1, the first model of Dongfeng Honda's brand-new pure electric car brand, e:NS1, was officially launched. The new car is positioned as a small pure electric SUV, with a total of four models with a vehicle price range of 175000-218000 yuan. In the next few months, Dongfeng Honda will also launch a number of blockbuster models, which may lead to Dongfeng Honda's sales performance to a certain extent. According to statistics, from January to April this year, Dongfeng Honda terminal car sales totaled 221216, down 25.0% from 295044 in the same period last year, mainly due to various uncertain factors such as COVID-19 epidemic and spare parts supply.

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