At time of writing, the VTi L7 has a national driveway price of $43,490. This seven-seater has a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine and is the second-from-top spec in the current CR-V line-up, along with a five-seat AWD variant in the same trim level.
This CR-V variant has an extensive features list and newer additions to that include a seven-inch touchscreen multimedia unit (with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and Garmin sat nav), a hands-free power tailgate, wireless phone charging (on VTi L7 and VTi LX AWD grades), and dual zone climate control.
It also gets LED headlights, LED fog lights, privacy glass, a panoramic sunroof, and roof rails, in keeping with its sporty presence.
All CR-V trim levels have driver-assist tech under the umbrella of Honda Sensing and includes such safety wizardry as adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, forward collision warning, lane departure warning and more.
It rides on 18-inch alloy wheels shod with Toyo Proxes R45 tyres (235/60 R18).
Exterior paint colours include Platinum White pearlescent, Lunar Silver metallic, Brilliant Sporty Blue metallic, Modern Steel metallic, Crystal Black pearlescent, Ignite Red metallic, and Cosmic Blue metallic (on our test vehicle). Metallic or pearlescent paint do not incur an additional charge.