Honda has unveiled its 2015 HR-V crossover and it seems like the compact car seems to retain most of the design cues of the Honda Urban SUV concept, which previewed this model .
Honda has unveiled its 2015 HR-V crossover and it seems like the compact car seems to retain most of the design cues of the Honda Urban SUV concept, which previewed this model . That would lead the uninitiated to believe that either the concept was too conservative or the production version freehanded. Neither is the case. Honda made all the right moves this time around. The Urban SUV concept, which dropped cover at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, was a good-looking car but not the kind that looked like it needed to be on the sets of a sci-fi film. The new HR-V crossover follows suit and keeps the debonaire looks of the concept while adjusting for practicality.
The HR-V crossover is based on the same platform that the Honda Fit (known as the Jazz in India)
Put the concept and its production version side-by-side, and a few difference do emerge. The headlights are the easiest to spot. Honda dressed up the Urban SUV concept in some jaunty headlights but the HR-V trades them in for a more mild alternative. The rooflines of the two cars also look slightly different. Save for these minor changes, the HR-V takes after its concept counterpart on most counts. And that is to its credit, because it isn’t often a concept is easily seen in the silhouette of a production car.
The HR-V retains most of the design cues of the Urban SUV concept
What might not be obvious on looking at the car is the fact that the HR-V crossover is based on the same platform that the humble Honda Fit (known as the Jazz in India) is. This goes to show how versatile a platform it is, but it isn’t surprising as the hatchback to crossover transition is one that most manufactures are making these days. c. In fact, they haven’t even revealed the car. It’s just official photos that have been released at the 2014 New York Auto Show.
The 2014 Honda Urban SUV Concept
Coming to what this crossover means for the Indian market. Well, we wanted it when it was called the Vezel, we’ll take it even if it’s the HR-V now. The two are, after all, just two sides of the Asia-North America divide that Honda has to straddle. Honda kept the Vezel away from India due to the poor state of the rupee and the consequent high input costs. The company will launch a compact SUV in India, but it seems unlikely it will have much to do with the Vezel or HR-V.
Honda hasn’t revealed what engines will feature on the car
The 2015 Honda HR-V will be manufactured at the company’s Mexico plant
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