India To Get Facelifted 2020 Honda CR-V Next Year

The recently unveiled CR-V will get a hybrid powertrain for the first time and will be sold in the US first

Scheduled to launch by December this year in the US, Honda has revealed the first facelift of the fifth-gen CR-V. Other markets are expected to get the new CR-V sometime next year.

Scheduled to launch by December this year in the US, Honda has revealed the first facelift of the fifth-gen CR-V. Other markets are expected to get the new CR-V sometime next year. Honda has made changes to the front bumper and grille. It has also replaced the horizontal slats with a honeycomb mesh, giving a fresh appeal to the grille and a darker finish to the chrome bar. The facelifted CR-V gets a more streamlined bumper design with repositioned LED fog lamps. To make the SUV look sportier Honda has added a chrome applique to the outline of the air dam and the fog lamp housings with black cladding above it. Honda hasn’t made a lot of changes to the rear though. The Japanese carmaker has simplified the design of the rear fog lamps and added a differently styled skid plate in black. The rear lights also get a darker tint. Higher-spec variants get new 19-inch alloy wheels. However, the interiors of the CR-V remain unchanged. The feature list continues to remain the same -- including the 7-inch touchscreen display with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, the tri-section digital instrument cluster, the Honda Sense suit of driver-assist technologies and dual-zone auto AC. The CR-V will get the same engine options along with a hybrid borrowed from the Accord. It will be offered alongside the 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine in the US. The hybrid unit will get two electric motors and a 2.0-litre petrol engine that will be paired to an e-CVT. The CR-V comes with three drive modes: engine, hybrid and all-electric. In India, we get the CR-V with both petrol and diesel engines with a seven-seater layout in the latter. Honda has already confirmed that it will update the diesel engines to comply with BS6 norms. The current CR-V is priced between Rs 28.27 lakh and Rs 32.77 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) and takes on the likes of the Skoda Kodiaq, Volkswagen Tiguan, Ford Endeavor and the Toyota Fortuner. Expect the facelifted version to come to India by late 2020.