THE medium SUV section has come a great distance over the previous 20 years. Now packed to the rafters with a broad vary of choices from a various vary of manufacturers, the section is now the most well-liked within the nation, with 143,838 gross sales this 12 months to the top of October.
Whereas nearly all of manufacturers now supply a small SUV, solely a handful can declare to be stalwarts of the section. Fashions just like the Subaru Forester and Nissan X-Path might come to thoughts, nevertheless Honda’s venerable CR-V additionally belongs on that listing.
First delivered to Australia in 1997, the CR-V is now in its fifth era, and has been handled to a mid-life replace to maintain it contemporary in an more and more aggressive section.
So how does the CR-V stack up in a market crammed with competent rivals?