bagwell

After a coy tease and a single photo by its maker last week, details on the 2015 Honda CR-V compact SUV are finally out.

The refreshed 2015 CR-V boasts improved gas mileage, as well as some styling and content changes.

In addition to the revised exterior styling previewed last week, the 2015 CR-V gets powertrain upgrades to boost its fuel efficiency.

Under the hood, the 2015 CR-V again has a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, but the new "Earth Dreams" powerplant now uses direct injection rather than the more traditional type.

The engine produces the same 185 horsepower as before, but it's rated at 181 pound-feet of torque--an increase of 11 percent over the 2014 model's 163 lb-ft.

With a new continuously variable transmission (CVT) replacing the old five-speed automatic, the 2015 CR-V gets better gas-mileage ratings.

It can achieve EPA-estimated fuel economy of 29 mpg combined (27 mpg city, 34 mpg highway) with front-wheel drive, or 28 mpg combined (26 mpg city, 33 mpg highway) with all-wheel drive.

Those figures represent increases of 3 mpg in the combined and highway categories, and 4 mpg in the city category.

The base 2015 Honda CR-V LX starts at $24,150 with front-wheel drive, and $25,400 with all-wheel drive. Both prices include destination.

Upgrading to the $26,250 ($27,500 with all-wheel drive) EX model nets a handful of newly-available features, including LED daytime running lights and a 7-inch central touchscreen display.

As in the 2014 model year, the EX-L--previously the top of the line--adds leather seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, and other items for $28,850 ($30,100 with all-wheel drive).

But for 2015, a new top-end model called the Touring starts at $32,350 with front-wheel drive, or $33,600 with AWD.

The Touring model includes several new available safety features--including forward-collision warning, adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist. and a forward-collision mitigation system with automatic braking--as well as a power tailgate.

The 2015 Honda CR-V goes on sale nationwide tomorrow.
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GSteg

iTrader: (15)

Nice healthy torque gain and mpg increase.

spwolf

looks good... nice update.

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

Looks good. Lot's of techie upgrades. It'll sell like crazy.

LexusChris

iTrader: (1)

Owning a 2014 some nice changes , I think it's the most fuel efficient compact SUV now, hope they toned down the road noise though otherwise a great compact SUV, should retain the top SUV sales champ for the rest of it's life cycle.

Joeb427

iTrader: (1)

Touring model equipment added is very nice!

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

Nice updates, pleasant front, improved torque. Honda's going to need to stock up!

tea

wow.... 32-33,000 for a CRV???

Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

Dare you to go option up an Escape

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

here we go... pretty much every thread for a non-lux car someone posts about the price.

tea, you might consider the level of equipment on a '15 loaded (touring) crv - stuff that was unheard of a few years ago on most cars at any level.

of course most people won't go for that trim level, but i sense a strong desire in the market for all the new safety goodies and things that make driving less taxing like adaptive cruise.

so you can get one for $24k or one for $33k with a ton more features.

and wide pricing spectrum has been the norm for most luxury brands of course, with porsche being the most fun in offering enough options for their vehicles that you can double (or more) the price of the base model if you keep checking boxes.

blacksc400

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But at 33k I would get a Odyssey EX

Aron9000

Read a few posts down they are introducing something smaller and cheaper than the CR-V based on the Fit. Basically a Fit on stilts if I read it right, but less goofy looking.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

sure if you like pretty basic configs like that. a loaded odyssey is now 45k+

Fizzboy7

Excellent package and improvements for 2015. I'd certainly put this on top of my shopping list if I were in the market.
Interestingly, yet again we see a shift in the timing of facelifts vs. redesigns. Add Honda to the list of companies sneaking in a major change in the middle of a model's life. Customer wins, but this has got to be costing manufacturers a fortune.

bagwell

no...base is $24.5K ----sounds like more your speed

it doesn't HAVE to cost manufacturers a fortune....take the dash...all the attach points are there already in a CAD program...as long as you keep the attach points the same, the overall look of the dash can be easily modified and then just go from there....same with bumpers, grill, etc...