2019 Honda HR-V - Review & Road Test 

How about now? Still like it?

@@thebunnygirl yes girl still like it 👍🏻

Have you had any significant problems with it?

Any advice?

I also love it. I bought one 12 days ago. new in colombia.

I love mine. It's great.

I have the exl sport is a dx cover up

Upgrade to leather seats. No more problems then.

Tausiqul Iraj I have base black seats and have no problem

hmm thinking of trading up My Jazz/Fit for it.

J Silver Yeah but it’s still slow.

@@disneyfan9099 It should be. It's a car for the masses. Like the OP said, if you want a quicker car, buy a quicker car.

Not expecting power from this reliable and practical vehicle. The CVT worries me in that reliable aspect.

@@BarcelonaBlitzer EXACTLY

Alan Bowers Or buy the Kona... probably the sportiest entry in this subcompact SUV segment. Handles decently and has plenty of power (for the CSUV segment.) Sure the CX3 can take a corner better, but you can eat a four course meal before it gets to 60. I

PREACH!!

Um sir.. There is so much more in the same category where I don't have to wear ear plugs or deafen playing music to get over that loud engine. Come on man, its bad. If you enjoying paying for poor quality than go ahead but please don't comment about us whining when it's the second largest purchase one will ever make . Ya dig?

@@moeanthony9308 I didn't say I was buying one of these. I didn't say anything about the quality of the car. Although if a person does buy one of these....maybe their priorities are different from yours. Nothing wrong with that. They aren't right or wrong.....they just don't want what YOU want. That's why there are lots of different cars to choose from....

@@fredhicks7483 maybe

Bingo i love mi hrv

I don't complain about not having volume knobs, I want the on'/off, 5 button for pre-selections for stations. Don't make me go to the media screen to change radio stations or do anything with the radio. The basic on/off /radio buttons on the dash was not a problem that needed solving.

Absolutely- I only use the wheel controls in my '09 accord. I only use the console controls when turning the radio off or setting my presets.

@@AFriendlyTheo Does your steering wheel have 5 pre-selected am and 10 pre-selected FM stations? NO, we all have those dumb buttons on the steering wheel....you can up/down the volume and perhaps scroll, but they don't have pre-set stations ..I doubt you even know what I'm talking about.

@@captinbeyond he wasn't even replying to you. In response to your point though: you're using the radio, a dying medium. It makes sense for them to get rid of buttons that only 3% of buyers use

@@brixan... Yeah, if you research it the are putting them back on many models due to folks complaining of the sheer stupidity of taking something simple like radio knobs and dumbing down the process by having to take your eyes off the road, swipe the screen. Sometimes new features enhance our lives, sometimes it's just dumb and folks like you go along with it for fear of not being" hip" or up with the newest thing.

Parker Portlock Did it get an A?

Herve on!

still looks 10 times more fashionable than the BMW X

Some interiors have shitty plastics so it's his way of saying that the plastic is better in terms of quality than what is usually found in cheap cars.

what do you expect at this price range?

Yea almost as much plastic as Kim kardashian

Lmao

@@wandering4786 Just traded my turbo Nissan Juke that was excellent. But it was time to get practical.,

Here It Goes!

...does it have an automatic hatch opener?

How do you drive it?

@@sl4983 Carefully and slowly ease into the accelerator pedal.

@@AndrewMaksymBrainNectar Thanks, I've learned that slowly, that it's not at all like a regular transmission. It's hard to get off that habit since I drove one for years! I still find myself acting like it's a 5 speed transmission sometimes 🙃

Jeezus christ honda, why NOT A MANUAL TRANSMISSION!? OR ELSE I WOULDVE BOUGHT THE DAMN THING UGH...

@@battosaijenkins946 Because not everyone wants a manual. I'm 61.....I want a dependable car with a decent amount of room and I'm tired of shifting my life away in traffic. Is this car a bit boring?....yep. Just what I want. If I wanted zoom-zoom car I would buy something else. Would I watch a Porsche 911 review and then complain about there not being enough room to seat 5? Hell no, that's not what that car is for. For the people who want power....and then more power.....watch Top Gear and save your money and buy (and constantly repair) a sports car.

F Hicks shit just got real. Seriously though I completely agree. If you were going to buy this car for it’s manual transmission and ... driving dynamics? ... i think you’d be better served looking somewhere else. Considering it has a TINY inline 4 that is moving around a high center of gravity subcompact crossover it makes absolutely no sense that the lack of a manual transmission in this car would be a deal breaker. People who drive this type of vehicle don’t care about the engine, the transmission, or the suspension. They just want to push a pedal and move forward reliably. The person who commented above this is the perfect target market/age group (no offense). Long story short don’t stress out that the manual is gone because it secretly did you a favor. It prevented you from buying a subcompact suv with a manual transmission that is slower (slower than the automatic), gets worse gas mileage, and body rolls like a barge around corners. Side note, people who hold on stubbornly to manual transmissions and act like they are the only way to enjoy driving confuse me. Your friend needs to move your car out of the driveway? They fuck up the clutch operation and accidentally smash into your car/garage because no one knows how to drive them anymore (happened to me). You need a DD after a night of partying? No one knows how to drive your car and even if you are the DD, the constant back and forth rocking that happens when you’re shifting is either going to make your friends puke on the way home (happened to me) or you’ll be driving home alone. You want to valet park your car so you and your date can go right to dinner? Adding more complexity that a valet needs to handle is a recipe for disaster and/or a ruined clutch (happened to me). My friends : is it faster than an automatic? No, it’s actually a second slower 0-60. Well ... it was cheaper then, right? Nah, it was almost the same for an automatic. Is it ... fun or something? Yeah it was at first, but during the 90% of driving where you’re in the city or commuting it’s sort of cumbersome especially when everyone around you has an automatic and rides your ass as you are shifting as fast as humanly possible. Is it more efficient or something? No, you get worse, sometimes much worse gas mileage than automatics. Why the hell did you buy that then? Because it’s fun on back roads sometimes.

CVTs worry me as far as longevity is concerned. Conversely, Honda manual transmissions are bullet-proof. I agree with Battossi. Give us a manual transmission option.

@@Windmill97 Couldn't agree more. ANYONE that knows anything about cars realizes that manual transmissions last forever because they are splash lubed versus the narrow channels of an automatic where things get choked off. Offer a manual option. These automatic CVTs are prone to issues. I cringe when I hear automatic CVT. Edit: I will say however that Toyota of course has done very well with the automatic CVT but its Toyota they know what they are doing and actually care about what they are doing versus Nissan which has the worst CVT! Hondas are ok with them but nothing can beat the durability of the manuals.

The proper term is COULDN'T care less.

I wish my wife could drive it.

People talk about it because they heard someone else talk about it. It's the herd mentality. Most of these people probably never owned a cvt car. I have a Subaru Forester with CRV. I agree, it's a nonissue.

The only problem with the CVT is you can't use for sport car. By example doing great acceleration from total stop. It is so slow and noise. Also, it easier to break. But for normal consumers it is so great. It make lower gas consumption and make the engine work comfortable.

It is standard on Toyota. Check out the RAV4.

lol

Have you ever driven an HRV? I drive fast too and I'm wondering if I'm going to like it long term

They can be lowered

@@SympathyLilly Thank you for the information.

I guess I've been doing it wrong. I haven't had to floor my car to merge into traffic in 30 years. Not once.

@@gibby237 In 55 years, I have never merged onto a limited access highway using any other method, when rolling with a vehicle with an automatic transmission. While my own cars have always had low power-to-weight ratios, and most have had manual transmissions, I have done the same thing when rolling in over-powered Ford Crown Victoria monsters. In order for me to get my drivers license at age 17, my state required a driver's education course. This was the method they taught: put the pedal to the metal. The idea is to avoid disrupting the existing traffic on a crowded highway, getting into the rightmost lane on a jam-packed highway without forcing the vehicles that are already in the rightmost lane to slow down, or move to the left. Pedal to the metal. With a typical planetary gearset automatic transmissions with a torque converter, if you put the pedal to the metal the transmission suddenly drops down to the lowest possible gear. On low-traffic highways it might not be necessary, but when everyone is rolling along at maximum legal speed or more, and everyone is following the vehicle ahead of them at the shortest safe distance for their speed, or following even closer, this is the way to do it; it's the way that expert drivers recommend. I am not saying I am an expert driver. I am saying I follow their recommendations in this instance. Even with a manual transmission - I keep the vehicle in the lowest gear possible, and the widest throttle. On a highway with few vehicles and large distances between vehicles, it is not really necessary, but it is fun to do anyway. With a CVT you don't feel jolts from gear changes, like you do with a planetary gearset automatic, and you don't hear the engine gaining speed in each gear. These seem to be some of the things that cause people to feel that the vehicle is accelerating. Only the vehicle gains speed, not the engine. So with a CVT you get less of a SENSATION of accelerating.

I hace a new one amd i love it.

​@@andresrestrepomejiacars8268you like it?

Lol. That would make it slower. A better option would be the 2.4L in the LX CR-V or the 1.5T in the Civic.

Because they'd rather not have competition for the Acura RDX i guess

Dylan Robinson did you really just say the HRV is the “sportier” one? Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a “sporty” car that does 0-60 in 9.5 seconds...

driving the hr-v in lawless houston highways daily, never had that experience.

Ken Fergus all new cars have a back up camera it’s federal law

Yes.

Port.

@Jonathan A The Crosstrek does actually have more power.

Jonathan A It doesn't matter what you've been in. The Crosstrek does, in fact, have more power, 141hp vs 152hp. Just because you didn't notice doesn't mean you can start debating facts.

Stop being so sensative. You make inaccurate statements and argue with people, and then you get mad after being corrected.

@Jonathan A Everything in that segment of vehicle is slow, but it's all relative. If you look at Motor Trend and Car and Driver testing of the Crosstrek and the AWD version of the HR-V, the Crossteks average around half a second faster acceleration. You might not feel that kind of acceleration different, but is this a measurable difference that an average buyer would want noted. I don't know why you're trying to deny that.

@Jonathan A As mentioned, it's relative, but it's not insignificant or even unnoticeable. Your butt dyno is obviously broken. Our family (both immediate and extended) have both the Crosstrek Premium 6-speed and an HR-V AWD EX-L w/CVT. The Crosstrek has noticeably more usable power. Power is just slightly more than adequate for highway merges, but it's comfortably more than adequate for everything else thanks to greater mid-rage torque. The car never has trouble passing on highways, even in top gear, or zipping through city streets, and it did amazingly well on a trip to Colorado recently. It was actually pretty fun to drive. In comparison, the HR-V just doesn't perform as well. I know, the Crosstrek's 6-speed kind of makes the comparison unfair, but I've also driven the CVT Crosstrek, and I'd still say the same.