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Honda CR-V, as a blockbuster model of Honda, has attracted much attention since it entered the domestic market. Recently, a new generation of Dongfeng Honda CR-V declaration chart and a new generation of overseas version of CR-V preview chart have also appeared in everyone's field of vision. In the past two days, Honda officially released a picture of the interiors of the new generation of CR-V, and more details about the new car will also be released on July 12. Dongfeng Honda's new generation of CR-V is expected to go on sale in September this year.

From the release of the overseas version of the new generation of CR-V model interior official picture, the car interior and the new Civic interior decoration, but the details have been adjusted. The overseas version of the model uses a full liquid crystal dashboard with a three-spoke multi-function steering wheel, the central control is equipped with a suspended touch screen, the co-driver and the central control use a through air conditioning outlet and is equipped with a metal grid, the central control panel area retains some physical keys and knobs, and the shift mechanism is still mechanically designed.

First: overseas edition new generation CR-V interior decoration; second: Civic interior decoration

In response, many netizens commented that the interior design style of the new car is very similar to that of the previously released Honda Civic. But this is not surprising, after all, the new CR-V and the eleventh generation Civic are both on the same platform. At present, the domestic version of the brand new Dongfeng Honda CR-V model also appeared on the declaration information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology last month. If there is no accident, the domestic version will adopt the same interior design as the overseas version. However, the official has not announced this news yet, but according to the declaration information, from the rear window of the car, you can see that the new car is equipped with a suspended central control screen, and it is expected that the interior layout will be similar to that of the 11th Generation Civic. Whether this is the case in the end has yet to be further confirmed by the authorities.

Dongfeng Honda new generation CR-V declaration chart

As a new generation of models, the new generation of Dongfeng Honda CR-V is younger and more stylish in appearance, with an inverted trapezoidal front grille on the front face and black mesh elements on the interior, with long, narrow headlights on both sides and chrome strips on the top, and the fangs on both sides of the lower bumper look very stylish. In the rear part of the body, the taillight uses a brand-new L-shaped layout design, the styling style is similar to the Volvo model, and the tail uses a bilateral two-out exhaust layout, which makes the whole look more concise and more recognizable. With reference to the overseas preview map, the appearance of the new generation CR-V hybrid version is different from that of the fuel version in the front of the car, the front grille connecting with the headlight group is not a chrome trim, but is made of black high-gloss material, while the new car adds silver imitation air intake shape to the lower part of the front bumper for higher recognition.

New generation Dongfeng Honda CR-V application chart

Overseas New Generation CR-V Forecast Map

In terms of body size, Dongfeng Honda's new generation CR-V has a length, width and height of 4703/1866/1680mm and a wheelbase of 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. 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 84907 CR-V vehicles from January to May, the highest-selling model of Dongfeng Honda, compared with 52533 for Toyota RAV4 and 10375 for Nissan.

According to the attention of the automobile industry, the CR-V is the first model introduced by Dongfeng Honda, and it is also Dongfeng Honda's classic SUV model, which has undergone five upgrades so far. The CR-V model was localized in 2004, and the Honda CR-V, currently on sale, is the fifth generation model, which went on sale in July 2017. This new car is declared as the sixth generation model.

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.

The CR-V is Dongfeng Honda's best-selling model and the benchmark for the joint venture's compact SUV, with cumulative sales of 222325 CR-V models in the past 2021, according to data. With the launch of the latest sixth-generation products, it is expected to better fill the gap in Honda's seven SUV markets and increase market competition.

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