2018 Honda CR-V Review | iDSC105

2018 Honda CR-V Test Drive & Review The 2018 Honda CR-V is top in its class – arguably a pick above its luxury sibling, the Acura RDX. I recently had the pleasure of test-driving the engaging and feature-rich 2018 Honda CR-V, courtesy of our friends at Rock Honda. Find out more about this top-selling compact SUV with high safety ratings, in the iDSC Podcast below. ***Transcript*** Recording date – July 27, 2018 at in Los Angeles, CA Tom Smith: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the United States, Southern California. Review my test driving the 2018 Honda CR-V from our friends at Rock Honda, located in the Los Angeles suburb of Fontana, California. The CR-V is Honda’s compact cross-over slash SUV. The Honda HR-V is the CR-V’s smaller sibling – sub-compact. The Honda Pilot is the CR-V’s larger sibling – mid-size. And the Acura RDX is the CR-V’s luxury sibling – same segment, compact. I mention the luxury sibling in the Acura RDX because – both Honda. Comparatively the CR-V is superior to the RDX – if you’re not worried about the badge. The 2018 CR-V comes in four trim levels: LX EX EX-L Touring – top of the line The LX is the base trim with 184-hp 2.4 liter 4-cyclinder engine. The EX is the next step up, then the EX-L and then the top of the line Touring. All of those feature a 190-hp 1.5 liter turbocharged 4-cyclinder. All the trims offer front wheel drive or available all-wheel drive and any engine-drive combo will give you a combined 27 to 30-miles per gallon. The CR-V I drove had the Touring trim and before I get into the review it’s worth mentioning some impressive stats about the 2018 Honda CR-V. The CR-V is one of the top selling compact SUVs in the world. The US governments safety ratings are tops across the board. NHTSA – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Top marks in every category but one. Five-stars everywhere except 4-stars in roll-overs. I mention the safety rating because I’m a new Dad. Definitely a family vehicle. But sporty-ness absolutely allows for it to be much more than that. Single Newly married w/ family in on the mind. Touring like what I drove with it’s leather accents and refinements definitely opens it up to a business person: Junior executive Senior executive playing it conservative. Which brings us to CR-V Pricing – starting prices for each trim are: LX $24,250 EX $27,050 EX-L $29,550 Touring $32,750 As always, these are approximates – you need to select yours and equip it to your liking. Also, as always, you want to connect with our friends at Rock Honda in to Los Angeles suburb of Fontana and they’ll: Give you the best deal in SoCal. Treat you awesome. I’ll connect you with them personally. Just email me Tom[at]iDriveSoCal[dot]com. David Latif is the General Manager there – high powered executive that’s 100% accessible. Hamid Javid is his second in command. Veronica Orozco is another manager in case you’d prefer a woman’s touch in the whole buying process. Back to the CR-V review: Outside – the vehicle is sporty and sleek: The Touring trim I drove had an element of sophistication too. White with black accents. Sharp-looking alloy rims.