The 2023 Honda HR-V Is a Rational, Normal Little Crossover 

Not me

Some, kind of... but definitely not "Crossovers" 🥴

The 2020 Toyota Corolla is a Car😂

much more interesting to see watching reviews of cars you don't see everyday on the streat

I like them, it's interesting to see what's happening on the bread and butter side of the market and Doug does talk about it in that light

Since the Corolla Hybrid

You missed the Honda CR-X video.

what does that even mean?

@@bigballz4u that it’s extremely generic

@@stephancarrot1218 I would say it's not THE most, but one of the most, I mean, how is this car more generic than the new Chevy Blazer?

man y'all applaud Doug for literally anything lol.

@@pan4632 exactly lol

or not. I can get this review from my barber.

he reviews normal cars all the time

Please clap. 😊

The HR-V got big and the first-gen CR-V was small by modern standards. That's always been Honda's thing, simple and gets the job done.

Indeed. I thought the new CRV was a Pilot. These cars keep getting bigger. New Accord looks like a full size car

at least the first gen crv had a proper transmission (3 pedals) also this one is too slow and inefficient for what it is

@@ShaiyanHossain yes there was an option for a 5 speed but they were rare. Slow? It's only 1 second slower which it isn't much. Plus this gets better gas mileage.

@@palillo2006 better but when the corolla cross hybrid will exist, barely 30 mpg in an HRV is going to feel paltry

This is the crossover of all time

Am am am... AMON..😳😳😳

Uber is a terrible company. Choose to use a Taxi that pays drivers right.

@@markm0000 meanwhile I have drivers telling me how they make 40/50 an hour

@@papa_pt They’re not accounting for the wear and tear on their car, depreciation, fuel, and downtime.

@@markm0000 accurate, but also take into account that it's an unskilled job that doesn't require strict hours. So if it comes out to 20-25 that's still amazing

@@papa_pt with no benefits

their past designs were so bad that everything looks much better now

@@Pepe-rr3if yea, this and new civic look worlds better than old models, but they still look like generic VWs. Toyota and Honda seem to have traded places the last few years, now Hondas are boring af and the Toyotas are fun. Recently bought a Kona ultimate awd after driving all of these, the Hyundai drove and handled worlds better than everything else in its class and verges on being properly quick when everything else in the segment is dog slow.

I liked their more “busy” designs of the past. Honda makes designs that last not just cars.

@@ChrisTrunek I find the new civics very boring but can’t please everyone at the same time I guess

@@ChrisTrunek I find that the base model VW Jetta and Mazda 3 drive the nicest. I haven’t driven the 10th gen civics and newer Korean cars so can’t comment on that, however just from a build quality stand point alone, I’d say the VW was #1 and the Mazda #2.

We just got our HRV over the weekend and I absolutely agree with you!

@Paul this car will last you 10 years, go buy a fast bmw that’s going to last you 5 years then break down

@@bash8387 if your car is trash after 5 years, I suggest doing some maintenance

@@R4M_Tommy lol my car is 18 years old and runs great

@Paul I'm thinking that this is all anyone can afford in the coming years. They'll jump on this in base model@ $25000

@Paul I have a honda with a microscopic engine that's 20 years old and runs fantastic

This right here

Let me tell you these aren’t close to be called “little cars” anywhere in Europe.

@@Paraclete333 Yes, we all get it, European streets are smaller. Everyone knows.

@@Paraclete333yes because your cities were planned centuries ago you can’t have big cars. Here, we have so much more space so we do. Ain’t rocket science

@@Paraclete333 tired of hearing it, 50 quadrillion people have already said the same thing. if you want an explanation, here it is. you alls cities were built centuries ago, before any type of transit other than walking was thought of, so you alls roads are tiny, meaning you all need smaller cars. America was built only a few hundred years ago, so our roads have more room being designed for other forms of transportation. we have the room for big trucks and other large by European standards vehicles. so cars are bigger here.

Sad but true. Have to keep up with America's demand since they buy these and Trucks versus anyone else.

It’s what sells, what the normies buy

Curse you Ford Explorer!

I mean the HRV isn't really new, it's been around awhile

Perhaps, but not everyone wants to follow the trends.

It’s still dangerously slow. Good luck merging into 80 mph traffic on a short ramp.

@@user-tb7rn1il3q my Ram longhorn takes 12 secs to get to 60 from standstill. And I'm still fine.

@@AIDAHAR210 You’re not going to get run over in your RAM though unless you pull in front of a semi.

@@user-tb7rn1il3q yeah, but getting rolled over if a car slams into the rear axel is probably more dangerous

Yes. European 2022 HR-V is the Japanese Vezel, not the American HR-V in the video.

North America got the ZR-V as a larger replacement for the old Vezel/HR-V, whereas Japan and Europe got the new style oriented smaller HR-V.

To me , one of the attractions of visiting other countries was the different styles of vehicles. Nowdays , many are the same around the world. Boring !

@@tpndgo2061 It's like 8th generation Honda Civic used to look different around the world. Even European model FK1 had more aggressively styled, the front end had a perspex cover resembling a lamp cluster replaces the grille, even the rear tail lights are also similarly styled. It also had triangular accents are found front and back, including the triangular fog-lamps in front and even the dual triangle exhaust tips are triangular.

I almost couldn't hear his mistake over the droning CVT. I also like how he just used the bum take, since the HR-V isn't really worth doing a second one.

0r a Hellcat swap :)

Yes swap a rwd engine into a fwd platform! 😂

Yeah I was thinking the same. The European HR-V has a better design than this one imo. A bit more sleak.

The Euro HR-V is based on the smaller Fit/Jazz. The Fit is no longer produced or sold in North America and I guess Honda decided it wasn't worth importing them so the North American one is based on the larger Civic. Honda should have gone hybrid though.

@@bwofficial1776 The North American HR-V is also coming to global car markets as the ZR-V.

Yep, same for the Asian ones, which I believe are similar to the European ones you mentioned. I just remembered the current generation having a light bar design on the back, which the one Doug showed didn't have, and then I realised through your comments and the reply above mine that the one he reviewed seems to be a separate version for North America.

@@bwofficial1776 Honda probably made HR-V different than rest of the world to appeal the North American markets since people tend to have more than 2 children, especially in the US.

You need to do more research if you think we are lacking in crossover

God I’m hoping I get wooshed or something.

@@sbs-0055 r/woooosh

​@@sbs-0055 I think he is sarcastic.

@@vincentyu5697 What does that mean?

Why, it’s one of the worst

@@sybsygstgstsgysg5330 Which one is the best?

@@sybsygstgstsgysg5330 Cool defection.

My old manager had a previous-gen HR-V. Its CVT blew up at ~120k miles and she immediately bought another HR-V. I thought Hondas were supposed to last forever but I guess she liked the car enough to take the chance again. Her commute is almost an hour each way.

@@bwofficial1776 It's really disappointing how Honda's double downed on the CVT. When I purchased a car recently I looked at the CR-V, but that CVT is a ticking time bomb, so it came down to the RAV4 and CX5 for me. Got a nice deal on a RAV4 and I'm so glad I didn't take a chance with the CR-V despite being a longtime Honda fan. Even if they weren't as fragile as they are, they cost a goddamned FORTUNE to replace. Unless you're leasing or w/e, I'd avoid a new Honda automatic like the plague. This single dumbass choice is destroying Honda's reputation for reliability. It's weird to me how reviewers have backed off the trashing of CVT's recently. Maybe they feel like they're being repetitive? GOOD. People need to know what they're getting into. At the very least I'd like to see manufacturers get praised for KEEPING torque converter automatics.

@@drivingnowherecomic CVTs have torque converters. I love it when people try to act smart but really do not know what they are talking about. And Honda has never had the best reputations for transmissions. FYI your RAV4 has a CVT (if it is a newer model)🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣100% clueless

No market for manuals in the US. That's all I drive, but under no illusions. Even Subaru manuals are hard to get.

@@bindingcurve oh give me a break with that "ACKCHYUYALLY" nonsense, you (should) know what I'm referring to. Traditional automatics (commonly referred to as torque converters) are way cheaper to replace than these CVTs. Point stands. RAV4 hybrid has the eCVT. Regular models have the Aisin 8 speed.

Yeah but the Civic hatch exists… not sure why people would get this over the civic but ik they will anyways

@@jacobd1432 HRV is All wheel drive. Civic is not.

@@SuperJaketorres so get a Subaru Impreza

I love my Fit, want a new one, guess I’m gonna have to learn Dutch now

Old news we knew that already

Our EU HR-V looks so much better Might really be the best looking small cheap CUV currently

I like pie

The HRV produced here in Brazil is also the same as the European one.

As an American I’d love to see more things like Kei cars here, but we have so many safety regulations to protect ourselves from ourselves that small town cars like that are only available on the gray market.

The US is a big country with things far apart. We need big cars. Your little 1L diesel hatchback will get run over trying to merge onto the highway.

Oil-based ones degrade the tires, as an added bonus!

@@matthewbowen5841 this has been debunked as a myth. It’s just people who hate to scrub their tires clean before adding a new layer, absolutely hate oil based dressings because it’s so resilient against water and soap or cleaning products. Also, water based dressings are great and all but if you daily drive your car and it rains 1 day… your tires will be looking ashy the next day. No longevity.

You should look at HR-V for ASEAN market

This'll be the two year refresh

Probably because people in the US tends to have more than 2 kids?

@@automation7295 Did you perhaps reply to the wrong comment?

@@arigato7788 No

@@automation7295 If I'm asking it's because I'm not arguing about the reason bigger cars exist or not. I'm just wondering why naming two cars the same when they're so different. That's all. (also just to humour you: no, you won't be sitting more people in the new HR-V compared to the outgoing one, and cargo space is equivalent for some ungodly reason)

I struggled to understand as well. For example, the Civic went from “sub-compact” up to “compact” in 2006. The way I see it is that there are various marketing strategies a car company uses to apply to different countries. Murica’ wants bigger cars and I guess that’s what they did with the HR-V.

That would be awesome, as that is one of my favorite cars of all time :)

@@mustasheolll2020 my mom's Accord could walk the Ridgeline

@@Unavailablesorry709 I just really like the interior on the first gen ridgelines

@@Unavailablesorry709 Never said it was fast

The biturbo?

Because people want to watch new car videos instead of old car videos, according to Doug

I’m with you. The old Russian car that was terrible, the VW Thing, Kei cars, stuff like that. This is more an advertisement for Honda than anything interesting.

We in north america are going backwards, so that makes sense

Normal people.amd their car payments are morons. Buy used what you can pay cash for, nothing more.

*DougStamps*

I have a 2018 Subaru Forester XT Touring model that came with a turbo giving it 270 HP. Yeah, it’s not a Mini Cooper S with the Works package, but it has power and I get high 20s to 30 MPG on the highway, a bit less in town.

It should have been a hybrid. There's really no reason to not have a hybrid option. My AWD Subaru with the 2.5L is rated for 33 highway.

So you drive the M340i. I guess you wanted an M3 but didn't like the front end.

@@pauljr.harrington1905 I hated it at first but it's growing on me. That's a lot more car though, not in the comfy budget category.

The new one doesn’t have that feature sadly. They called them “magic seats”

Again, it's a Honda CVT so that's good.

I don’t regret my Honda purchase as well but those major maintenances or replacement fees every 60-100k is still costly with the timing belt, shock absorbers, lower control arm, brake pads & rotors. I’m sure it’s more of a nightmare with European brands but it’s still annoying.

Hello fan👆 You won a prize 🎁 Dm by the name above 👆 on telegram 👆..

Bruh you haven't even watched a minute of the video

@@lukesepter3250 I'm just saying smth nice...

No.

@@eduardoduarte1598 because I'm sick of all of these electric crossovers that are coming into the market

@@eduardoduarte1598 because there are too many of them, and few and few inetrnal combustion engine cars are made nowadays, I want a car that I can put fuel in and go, and not wait 30 minutes in a charging station to go anywhere, or worrying about shorter range in cold weather

Most definitely voted for gavin grewsome