2010 Honda CR-V Facelift To Debut Next Month, Arrive In Australia Next Year

It's still as ugly as ever. It always reminds me of a Stavic when I see one.

lol yep stavic very right

and it offers pathetic performance with pathetic fuel efficiency too, plus an engine that's gentle 4000rpm

and the gearbox is too old to be anywhere near decent :)

but it's Honda... not like it matters =P

1000 thousand times better than any American suv, the reason that people buy much more CRV's than US models

The perfect CR-V for the majority of Honda's customer base...pensioners and asians. They love 'em and Honda do quite well from it.

why is it that ford & holden are still playing around with euro 3 engines while a lot of other car makers are changing to euro 5 engines?

auto, what the hell does that have to do with the new CR-V? If Ford (as Holden have Euro IV engines from GM) could split the development cost of redesigning the I6 for euro IV over millions of vehicles instead of thousands they sell I'm sure the I6 would be euro IV now. Ford could have imported an engine long ago from a number of Ford subsiduaries, but they continue to invest and develop the I6 which keeps plenty of Aussie plant operators and engineers employed. I'm pretty sure Geelong is glad Ford haven't given up on the I6 when it would be economically cheaper to import.

tom, whats it got to do with crv? if you read the article , it says that the crv will have euro v engines.its not only honda that are changing to euro v there are others also, so why should ford -holden etc drag the chain

Buy a forester,outback or tiguan in front of this. I suspect the type that buy the CRV dont even bother shopping around they have already made up their mind.

Honda needs some new designers, stat. Actually, they needed them back when the first version of this CRV was on the drawing board

So it could be between January and June?! I wish they would be more specific as we want to buy a new car in February.

Roads here in New Zealand are a little worse and smaller than the Oz. We also tend to drive like maniacs too...
Car safety is high on my shopping list - it's only a matter of time before someone will hit me...The CR-V seems to have a fine safety record and that's why it's top of my list...well it was!
I've been looking to upgrade my current CR-V 2004 for several years now.
Recently, I got talked into taking the 2010 CR-V Sport 2.4l model for a weekend test drive. But, I found that the petrol 2.4l engine still revs like hell on our roads, at 125kW it's no power house compared to my friends VW Tiguan producing 147kW from a 2.0 engine or the MAXDA CX-7 producing an impressive 175kW from a 2.3l turbo engine (The CX-7 moves and with 19" tires gives a very smooth and comfortable ride - it just drinks fuel like an alcoholic).
In my opinion, CR-V desperately needs a 6-speed auto gearbox. On our hilly roads, the gear changing seems to be confused with random gear changes and high engine revving around 4,000-5,000 rpm - the engine noise is really noticeable in the cabin: more so than my current model. Several hilly roads around home really cause the auto transmission to get confused, with random gear changes and wild engine revving...it just seems like something that another 30kW of power and 6-speed auto transmission would sort out...

The engine and transmission seem the same as the previous model and the last of the older 2005 CR-Vs? Yet the body seems to have got heavier, but feels "tinny"? The engine just doesn't develop enough power to give a smooth and comfortable ride on the open road - it constantly works hard. Overtaking can also be a little scary, you really need to plant your foot on the accelerator and plan your moves in advance. Compared to the MAZDA CX-7 the CR-V is a slug...

The suspension needs some attention to fix the body roll around corners - by Oz standards NZ roads I find are really poor, super windy, narrow and often very hilly; The new suspension means that the CR-V floats along the motor-way and tends to bounce for quite a while after going over a bump in the road - the suspension in my opinion is loose and is probably geared up for better road conditions than here.
The VSA (Electronic Stability) just doesn't cut it either - it's not great and you easily find yourself under steering around corners at speed and will also see some over steer on sharp corners, to the point that you think your back end is coming around to meet you!
Off road, on the gravel and country roads, the suspension and handling will scare the hell out of you. When the 4WD kicks in the back of the car comes around, pulling the vehicle to the right. If you plant your foot on the accelerator at the same time you'll almost certainly hit the nearest fence. In short the 4WD capability, even-though improved (apparently) is still rubbish in my opinion.
Don’t take it on a sandy beach either, the front wheels will bog you in and you’ll end up damaging the gear box – did this, cost me more than NZD$1000 to fix and 5 days without a car with my current CR-V. The HONDA dealer told me they see a few owners, every so often who have wrecked their gear boxes...aside from being 5-speed the current gear box runs the same basic principle as the first CR-V models and has the same limitations, no way to lock your wheels into a true 4WD mode.

The road noise in the cabin is worse than my current HONDA CR-V 2004, even with road tires - I had half expected an improvement here; not what seems a step backwards?

The interior is quirky Japanese, ugly and strange I think, trying to design something for western tastes when they have no idea where to start – it looks and feels cheap, a little 80’s retro may be.
I find the new dashboard LCD panel to be awful at night, I found the white color interferes with my nighttime vision. The amber color on my current CR-V is much better.
The reflection of the dashboard on the windscreen is also a real nuisance - it is really obvious on sunny days, and a hell of a lot of heat comes off the dashboard area on long trips. You need the air con on the windscreen on long trips with sunny weather else you'll slow cook the front occupants.

The audio system is nothing short of poor. Compared to the Bang & Olufsen in my friends Tiguan or the BOSE in my other friends Mazda CX-7. The CR-V stereo is a real disappointment….
The electric leather seats are slippery and on long journeys really, really uncomfortable. Nor is there a memory option so that I can re-adjust the seats after my wife’s been driving…

Having test driven a CR-V for two weekends, I can only form the opinion that HONDA screwed up on this one. Rightly or wrongly, I was expecting the new CR-V to be a big step-up. It seems that the design team let the engineers style this one. While the accountants made sure not a sent more was spent developing new technology and improvements?

The new CR-V would be a great shopping trolley for my mother; not too fast, not too slow, doesn't stand-out, looks kind of weird such that car thieves would probably ignore it, seems pretty safe and probably very reliable.

I would like to replace my current HONDA CR-V with a new one, the reliability is better than any other car I’ve ever owned. It’s just a real shame that the driving, handling and feel of the new model is such a let down in my opinion.
I was expecting more from HONDA. It’s hard to believe that they could produce the Accord and the CR-V from the same company? Come on HONDA - you can do better than this?