Meaning of Honda CRV-Honda

Introduced in Japan in 1996, the CR-V was Honda's aboriginal centralized advised SUV and was originally advised alone to be a alcove vehicle. Honda was afraid to bazaar the agent back abounding acquainted the car did not accept abeyant to advertise alongside the Honda Passport and to booty over the role of Honda's entry-level SUV. In the United States, it was displayed for the aboriginal time at the 1996 Chicago Auto Show. Citing able sales from the commensurable Toyota RAV4 aloft its release, the archetypal was again brought stateside in February 1997. Shortly afterwards, CR-V sales outpaced those of the abate RAV4, and the bunched SUV has maintained able sales and acquired accolades anytime since.

The Honda CR-V is a bunched crossover SUV bogus by the Japanese automaker Honda back 1996. It was about acquired from the Honda Civic to amuse a accessible appeal for a sport-utility agent from Honda. There are discrepancies as to what "CR-V" stands for, with Honda sources in altered markets citation altered meanings. Though Honda sales abstract in UK reportedly makes references to "Compact Recreational Vehicle", added Honda references (including the official Honda Japan CR-V Fact Book [1] and Honda Common [2]) adduce "Comfortable Runabout Vehicle". It is accessible in both all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive, although in abounding markets such as the United Kingdom and Australia, alone all-wheel drive is offered due to abridgement of appeal for lower blueprint cartage and college customer expectations.

Honda produces CR-Vs in the United Kingdom and Japan for common markets, and as of 2007, North American CR-Vs are produced in East Liberty, Ohio. The CR-V is produced for the Chinese bazaar by the Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company, a collective adventure with Honda. Starting in abatement 2007, North American CR-Vs will additionally be produced in Jalisco, Mexico in accession to the US, Japan, and Britain due to aerial demand. Honda admiral advised authoritative the CR-V as one of the aboriginal cartage to be produced at Honda's new ability currently beneath architecture in Greensburg, Indiana that will accessible in abatement 2008; however, the ability will initially alone aftermath the Civic, which may chargeless up amplitude in East Liberty for CR-V assembly from the 2009 archetypal year onward. Elsewhere, the CR-V is Honda's aboriginal SUV added than the accompanying Element awash in the United States and Canada, and the HR-V awash in Europe.