Story: RALPH MORTON 
The British-built Honda CR-V, always popular with small business owners and company car drivers for its practicality, reliability and easy-driving characteristics, will go on sale in Honda dealerships from October.
Prices span £21,395 for the entry level 2.0 i-VTEC manual S grade 2WD CR-V model – less than a topline Focus diesel hatchback in Titanium X trim.
And go all the way up to £32,650 for the 2.2 i-DTEC EX AWD with automatic transmission, which sits at the top of the CR-V range, which makes it more expensive than a BMW 520d SE Automatic saloon for car comparison purposes.
For the first time there will be a two-wheel drive version of the Honda SUV, although it’s only available in the petrol version and the CO2 gains for a company car driver – just one drop in the company car tax band from 25% to 24% – seem marginal compared with the loss of the CR-V’s four-wheel drive ability.
What stays the same, though, is the Honda CR-V’s brilliant practicality. Boot capacity is 589 litres but with the rear seats folded down this extends to 1669 litres for a spacious load carrier. Meanwhile top of the range EX models also benefit from a powered tailgate and keyless entry to make filling up the rear of the practical CR-V even easier.
If you want to work out the company car tax payable on the Honda CR-V, use our company car tax calculator, which you will find under the Tax drop down menu from the main navigation bar. Full prices for the Honda CR-V are on the next page.
The new Honda CR-V range – prices at a glance for petrol models
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC S (2WD), 168g/km CO2, 24% company car tax band, 39.2mpg, £21,395
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC SE (2WD), 168g/km CO2, 24% company car tax band, 39.2mpg, £22,895
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC S, 173g/km CO2, 25% company car tax band, 38.2mpg, £22,495
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC S Automatic, 175g/km CO2, 25% company car tax band, 37.7mpg, £23,995
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC SE, 173g/km CO2, 25% company car tax band, 38.2 mpg, £23,995
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC SE Automatic, 175g/km CO2, 26% company car tax band, 37.7mpg, £25,495
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC SR, 177g/km CO2, 26% company car tax band, 37.2mpg, £26,445
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC SR Automatic, 179g/km CO2, 26% company car tax band, 36.7mpg, £27,945
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC EX, 177g/km CO2, 26% company car tax band, 37.2mpg, £28,900
- CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC EX Automatic, 179g/km CO2, 26% company car tax band, 36.7mpg, £30,400
