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New Honda CR-V C 2.4-liter 166-horsepower engine

Honda introduced to Russian customers a modification of CR-V with a 2.4-liter 166-horsepower engine, accelerating to 100 km in 11 seconds. The new Honda CR-V was recognized by all journalists as asphalt, I immediately went to the field and only then on the highway.
But first, let's decide: what does new mean? It appeared at the beginning of 2007 but with a 2.0 -liter engine. And now the same car has been brought to the Russian market, but with a 2.4 -liter engine.
Compared to the old engine, the torque of the new 2.4-liter unit increased by 28 Nm. At the same time, 80% of its maximum value is reached already at 2000 rpm. But this is a trump card on off -road! Why CR-V Asphalt? When something similar is told to me, I always remember people on cars in the Vologda region, who do not consider it shameful to follow the UAZs, and on a good day they follow the GTS.
The new engine is really good on the bottoms, but this is not all: after all, there is a Real Time 4wd all -wheel drive system. It is based on an innovative scheme that provides not only a vigorous start from a place, confident passage of turns and slippery sections, but, which is more important for us, climbing on slippery differences, as well as movement on a snowy surface. Of course, it is not possible to get up and start from the middle of the slippery hill, but this, in principle, can not every SUV.
When it already became clear that in the neat hands of Honda it would get to the right places, it was decided to disheveled the virgin lands a bit. The low center of gravity inspired. First with activated ESP. At a fairly high speed, the car walked in a circle, winding the rear axle, but clearly held the trajectory. A very correct electronic collar.
Now you can on asphalt. Having drowned the pedal in the rug, you understand that the automatic transmission loves a new engine. No dohlyak in early switching. Unscrews up to 6500 rpm. Gambling and confident. A heavy steering wheel adds sports and recalls that Honda is not Nissan.
The cost of the Honda CR-V 2.4 crossover in the Honda dealers will be 1,049,000 rubles. In the configuration Executive 5at 1 079 000 rub. Wait only for a long time, almost a year ...
 
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
 
 

 

A source: Magazine 4x4 [April/2008]