Imagined 2025 Honda CR-V Compact CUV Seeks to Disrupt and Conquer Imagination Land

That's one small step for Honda and one giant leap for customers who thought they would never see a mass-produced EV from the Japanese automaker after failed experiments like Honda EV Plus, Fit EV, or Clarity. Of course, that doesn't mean all of a sudden, the company will abandon ICE-powered vehicles.

Quite on the contrary, especially as far as the US car market is concerned. This is mainly because Honda is doing great after the first six months of the year – it ranked as the sixth best-selling automaker behind the General Motors and Toyota mammoths, as well as the Ford, Hyundai-Kia, and Stellantis elephants. Even better, when it came to standalone brands, Honda was fourth, actually, trailing only Ford, Toyota, and Chevrolet with a 23% jump in sales compared to the same period of 2022.

Additionally, the boom was caused by Honda having one of the top-selling models in the best-selling segment – compact crossover SUVs took the laurels with almost 1.241 million units compared to second-placed full-size pickups that achieved a little over 1.083 million examples delivered. Of course, the most renowned nameplates battled in the field – the Detroit Three's pickups ranked first, followed by the incredible Tesla Model Y, and then the Toyota RAV4 trailed by the Honda CR-V.

Given that the fifth generation (XA50) Toyota RAV4 is approaching the end of its lifespan within the next couple of years, it feels logical that Honda is making the most of the situation. During the first six months of the year, the RAV4 had a negative performance (down almost 7%), while the newly introduced sixth-generation CR-V soared by no less than 40%. So, how do they keep up with the hype and close in on the gap even further?

Well, suppose you ask the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. In that case, there's a simple solution – make the Honda CR-V, which is produced in North America at ELAP (East Liberty Auto Plant) in East Liberty, Ohio, plus Greensburg, Indiana (HMIN) and Alliston, Ontario (HCM) in Canada, even sleeker and more relaxed. As such, the good folks over at the Q Cars channel on YouTube aim to daze and amaze the audience with the potential redesign of the 2025 model year for the Japanese compact CUV.

The host even discusses the potential future derivative of a long-wheelbase CR-V, but the resident pixel master probably wasn't in tune with the requirements – we didn't see a larger or longer three-row CUV but rather a sleek AI-assisted project depicting a Honda CR-V that looks a bit more futuristic (especially at the rear) than the new one. As for the profile and the front fascia, they're at least keeping with the tradition, and it's easy to recognize the CR-V's signature DNA.