RAY MASSEY: Honda's big new idea with longer CR-V

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After owning the 初めの 1995 Honda CR-V, I was intrigued to try the 最新の sixth-世代 model. And this time, the Japanese brand has gone big.

It's 80 mm (3 in) longer with a 40 mm (1.5 in) longer wheelbase than the one it 取って代わるs.

It's also more than 7.6 in longer, 3.3 in wider, with a 3 in longer wheelbase and half an インチ lower than the 1990s first-世代 CR-V.

I drove the new first Plug-In Hybrid 見解／翻訳／版, which you can 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 up at home to give you up to 50 miles of 無-放出／発行s モーターing. On long?distance trips, there's no EV 範囲 苦悩 and a 最大限 total 範囲 of 513 miles.

The CR-V 'e:Phev' is 力／強力にするd by a 148 hp, 2-litre 石油 engine which also 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s up an onboard 17.7 kWh electric 殴打／砲列-発生させる人（物） 供給（する）ing 付加 electric 力／強力にする, giving a total of 180 hp.

Acceleration from 残り／休憩（する） to 62 mph is 9.4 seconds up to 121 mph.

業績／成果, 特に in sport 方式, is much more energetic and engaging than I'd 推定する／予想するd, while styling ― 特に the 内部の ― remains 保守的な and distinctly unflashy.

But that's never troubled Honda 買い手s who put more 蓄える／店 on practicality and reliability. 適切に and 定期的に serviced, CR-Vs seem to go on for ever, though older models can be thirsty on 燃料 ― something the PHEV helps 解決する. Fully 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d, it 申し込む／申し出s up to 353 mpg 同等（の）, dropping to around 45.5 mpg without 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金.

The 初めの CR-V cost around £16,000. My 高度に specced e:Phev is £53,995. The 基準 hybrid starts from £45,895, up almost £5,000 on its 前任者. Order 調書をとる／予約するs open on Monday for 配達／演説／出産s from October.

利用できる only as a five-seater, there's lots of space for 後部 乗客s whose seats recline in eight steps by 10.5 degrees.

Riding on 18 in wheels, it also 伸び（る）s an extra 72 litres of boot space ― 658 litres in total ― because the 殴打／砲列s are under the 床に打ち倒す.

A system which 事業／計画（する）s the blind 位置／汚点／見つけ出す behind you の上に the 審査する when turning left helps 位置／汚点／見つけ出す cyclists on your inside.

I speak from experience as I owned from 開始する，打ち上げる ? and drove for many years in a fetching 'passion orange' shade ? the 初めの 1995 CR-V ( which arrived in the UK in 1997) which redefined and arguably created the family recreational SUV market. Along with the Toyota RAV4 it 供給するd 'soft-roader' 4X4s with car-like 運動ing manners that 控訴 国内の grass-and-gravel off-roading, but nothing too extreme . I've also owned その後の 世代s of the CR-V.

非難する the new CR-V plug-in hybrid takes 2.5 hours. The 50 miles of EV-only 範囲 供給するd is ideal for daily 減刑する／通勤するs and school runs - to save on 燃料 and CO2 放出／発行s.

同様に as sport 方式, you can also choose Normal, Eco, Snow and 牽引する. When pulling a trailer or caravan, '牽引する' 方式 uses sat-nav to 予報する when to save 殴打／砲列 力／強力にする for 予報するd 法外な inclines ahead.

Another first is the 前線 cross traffic which 警告するs the driver of out-of-sight cars approaching as you nose out from tricky blind-味方するd T-junctions. It 作品.

長，率いる-up 陳列する，発揮する is 広大な／多数の／重要な and Parking 操縦する helps automatically park your car into a tight space. There's even a 容積／容量 支配（する）／統制する button on the central dashboard 審査する, 同様に as on the steering wheel.

My 初期の reaction on seeing the new and larger sixth-世代 CR-V was: 'My, how you've grown.'

But after 運動ing it I'm more tempted to say: 'My, how you've grown up.'

Vauxhall banishes 'boring'?

Here's a glimpse o f things to come from Vauxhall which 目的（とする）s to banish 'boring' from its design vocabulary.

The car shown above is 推定する／予想するd to be the basis of a sporty new Manta fastback クーデター ― but the 全体にわたる styling will be used on all 未来 Vauxhall models.

Codenamed Vauxhall 実験の, the 殴打／砲列-electric crossover has its world 首相 at this year's IAA Mobility in Munich, from September 5 to 10, which 取って代わるs Germany's Frankfurt モーター Show.

The 乗り物 is based on parent company Stellantis's 殴打／砲列 electric 壇・綱領・公約, is all-wheel 運動, dispenses 完全に with chrome 削減する and showcases Vauxhall's '開拓するing spirit.'

示す Adams, 副／悪徳行為-大統領，／社長 for design at Vauxhall and its German sibling Opel said: 'Our new Vauxhall 実験の gives 形態／調整 to our 見通し of the fu ture.'

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