New 2007 Crv

[nexace]

Has anyone had a look or test driven one of these new model CRV's yet?

Interested to get some feedback and how it compares to previous models.

The CRV Luxury looks quite nice although the price tag of around $42k + ORC seems a tad high. And the Sports model at around $39.5k + ORC is also 2k more than the current model. Seems a substantial difference to the Sports model we paid for which was less than 35k...driveaway.

For features which should now be standard (extra airbags, anti skid brakes, etc) we are still paying an extra premium for.

[hondarox]

Made in Japan to a Made in Thailand is one big step backwards. I'm not interested.

[yourfather]

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[hondarox]

IMO it's real ugly. It seems the "bonnet" is not closing properly. Subaru Tribeca looks so much better!

[Rice_4_life]

had one come in yesterday, very nice car, but if you opt. for a sunroof the back seat passengers have little headroom.

[Pogi]

Not a fan of the new CRV. The front lip looks like it was clipped on. :/

Does the sunroof really affect the back seat passengers that much?

[Rice_4_life]

yeah I had a mate sit in the back, he ain't that tall average height and his head was almost touching to roof O.o imagine speed bumps and shit..

[krogoth]

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lol luc, it looks like ur city

[Pogi]

yeah I had a mate sit in the back, he ain't that tall average height and his head was almost touching to roof O.o imagine speed bumps and shit..

That doesn't really bother me that much, I'm only 6ft and I like to sit high up so I can have more road vision.

The commercial for the car is creative though.

[nexace]

Had a look at this car at the dealer's on Friday. Dealer's driveaway price for Auto Lux model was around 46k before negotiations! Big jump in price in comparrison with our 01 sports which we got for less than 35k albeit with much less features.

On the bright side, I thought the car looked much better in real life. Didn't have time for a test drive (maybe later this week) but one of the things that I noticed was the amount of space one the back seats were folded down.

It's definitely much smaller than the Gen 1. I think it's because the seats are chunkier when they have fold forward. This might be the same for Gen 2. The overall feel was quite good but pricing is a real letdown. I figured paying 42k driveaway for auto might have been the upper limits. The Odyssey looks more tempting now...

[Pogi]

nexace: you'd think I got ripped off with my CRV sports gen 2 which cost 42k all up.

But it is a tad odd, that it is priced this high considering it is now built in Thailand.

[slidetaker]

um...putting in some specs for discussion...

CR-V Sport
Inline 4 cylinder DOHC i-VTEC with VTC
2.4 litre - 2,354 cc
125 kW @ 5,800 rpm
218 Nm @ 4,200 rpm
6-speed
5-speed with Grade Logic Control
Unleaded 91 RON
1580 kg man /
1610 kg auto
58 litres
17 x 6.5 J
225/65 R17 102T

you guys reckon the 6 speed manual gear box will make it shaper then Gen 1 and 2?