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Honda HR-V VTi-L 2017 review: Torquing Heads

EXPERT RATING
7
Nikki Cousins and Peter Anderson road test and review the Honda HR-V VTi-L, with specs, fuel consumption and verdict.

You can't look away from the CarsGuide pages for more than a minute without another manufacturer chucking a new entrant into the small SUV category. This must annoy Honda because well over a decade ago, there already was a small SUV and it went by the name HR-V.

Ten years on and the segment has exploded but that first HR-V has only just begun to fade into history, such was its...er...individual styling. Nikki Cousins and Peter Anderson applied their own particular brand blowtorch to the HR-V (so did Sydney's weather) to find out if Editor Flynn's assertion about the HR-V is correct - that it's the best of its kind on sale today.

The particular car subjected to their grilling was Peter's long-termer, the $33,340 top-of-the-range VTi-L, crammed as it is with LED headlights, whopping great sunroof and leather interior, on top of the VTi-S's already generous inclusions of autonomous emergency braking and CVT automatic (which is standard across the range).

Is the interior so big Peter is still finding Nikki's hair-rollers on the floor? Did Nikki's three kids find it spacious and comfortable? Can Peter get over the fact it has a CVT?

Plus: Read Peter Anderson's long term review of the HR-V VTi-L

Also: Check out Peter Anderson's full review of the HR-V VTi

More: Visit the Honda HR-V hub for everything HR-V related

Pricing guides

$22,490
Based on 92 cars listed for sale in the last 6 months
Lowest Price
$14,990
Highest Price
$27,990

Range and Specs

VehicleSpecsPrice*
VTi 1.8L, ULP, CVT AUTO $19,030 – 24,090 2017 Honda HR-V 2017 VTi Pricing and Specs
LE 1.8L, ULP, CVT AUTO $19,470 – 24,640 2017 Honda HR-V 2017 LE Pricing and Specs
VTi-S 1.8L, ULP, CVT AUTO $19,800 – 25,080 2017 Honda HR-V 2017 VTi-S Pricing and Specs
VTi-L 1.8L, ULP, CVT AUTO $22,880 – 28,270 2017 Honda HR-V 2017 VTi-L Pricing and Specs
EXPERT RATING
7
Peter Anderson
Contributing journalist

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Pricing Guide

$14,990

Lowest price, based on 93 car listings in the last 6 months

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