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The Honda CR-V has been a long-running success story, a compact SUV that excels in a very competitive class. The CR-V hybrid has many of the same features that have made the gas-powered CR-V so popular but it offers you even better fuel efficiency and other benefits. Meanwhile the original CR-V has its own unique advantages over the hybrid, which might make you wonder which is the better choice. Here's a comparison to help you decide and we can provide more information when you visit us at Mike Piazza Honda in Langhorne, PA.
Price winner: The gas-powered CR-V
Both compact SUVs have attractive entry-level pricing but the CR-V hybrid runs about $4,000 more. The gas-powered Honda CR-V comes with a starting price of around $29,500 compared with $33,700 for the hybrid. Both the CR-V and the CR-V hybrid are available with a lot of attractive features and advanced technology in higher trim levels for our Trenton and Southhampton buyers. Both also come with plenty of reassuring safety features that include lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assist and automatic emergency braking.
Fuel efficiency winner: The Honda CR-V Hybrid
The gas-powered Honda CR-V can save you plenty of money with 28 MPG in the city and 34 MPG on the highway. But the hybrid version of the CR-V is even more fuel-efficient, coming in at 43 MPG in the city and 36 MPG on Burlington, NJ highways.
Horsepower, torque and towing winner: The gas-powered CR-V
The original gas-powered Honda CRV delivers 190 horsepower compared with 145 horsepower in the hybrid. The original CR-V also provides more torque at 179 pound-feet vs. 138 pound-feet for the hybrid. Finally, the gas-powered CR-V can two 1500 pounds while the Honda hybrid CR-V can tow 1000 pounds. So the winner in these three performance categories is the Honda CR-V.
Acceleration winner: The CR-V Hybrid
This is actually a close one. The gas-powered Honda CR-V can take you from zero to 60 mph in 7.9 seconds while the Honda CR-V hybrid can accelerate just a little faster, coming in with a zero-to-60-mph time of 7.6 seconds. The fact is, both models have enough acceleration to help you pass safely on the highway.
Interior features: A tie
The Honda C-V hybrid won this category earlier with a bigger standard infotainment touch screen at 7 inches but the gas-powered CR-V now comes with the same 7-inch screen. Both vehicles also give you a 7 inch digital gauge cluster, Apple CarPlay®, Android Auto™ and Bluetooth. What's more, both the CR-V and the CR-V hybrid allow you to upgrade to a bigger 9 inch touch screen and wireless smartphone connectivity.
Seat comfort: A tie
Both the Honda CR-V and the CR-V hybrid comeequipped with standard cloth upholstery and both have a rear bench seat that reclines, something taller people especially appreciate. At higher trim levels, the Honda CR-V and the CR-V hybrid offer the luxury of genuine leather upholstery. Both give you first-rate comfort and space in the front and rear seats and also offer power-adjustable and heated seats that make either version feel more expensive than it is.
Cargo space: A tie
The previous edition of the CR-V hybrid had a powertrain that gave it less cargo capacity than the gas-powered CR-V but things have evened up this year. Both compact SUVs now give you 39.3 cubic feet in back of the rear seats and both have fold-flat second-row seats that give you a maximum of 76.5 cubic feet. You get a manual liftgate as standard equipment in both versions and a power liftgate as an available upgrade.
Do your own CR-V comparison at our dealership
The gas-powered CR-V has some price and performance advantages while the CR-V hybrid excels when it comes to fuel efficiency and acceleration. We invite you to take a look at both the new Honda CR-V and the new Honda CR-V hybrid in person and see which one feels like the best fit for you. Then make the easy half hour-drive on I-295 East from Levittown, NJ to take a pair of test drives at Mike Piazza Honda in Langhorne, PA.
