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Honda is going for budget buyers and soccer moms with the new CR-V when it arrives in Australia. The model will become cheaper than ever, thanks to the introduction of the first front-wheel drive version in Australia this November.
“We still need to finalise it, but certainly you don’t need to be Einstein to work out two-wheel-drive has got to be cheaper than a four-wheel-drive,” Honda Australia director Stephen Collins told CarAdvice.
“For us, that will be the first time with two-wheel-drive and I think consumers are really demanding that sort of variant now. We’re confident two-wheel-drive and the four-wheel-drive will be well priced and competitive and really enable us to get CR-V back amongst the top sellers in that segment,” he added.
Demand for the soon to be outgoing model has dropped considerably in Australia - just under 500 delivered in the first five months of the year, down to less than a quarter of the 2207 in the same period of last year.
Interestingly, the CR-V for Australia will be the Euro-spec model with car-like bumpers. This likely means it’s an import from Thailand. This model was shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March as a pre-production concept with no interior to look at.
“For us, that will be the first time with two-wheel-drive and I think consumers are really demanding that sort of variant now. We’re confident two-wheel-drive and the four-wheel-drive will be well priced and competitive and really enable us to get CR-V back amongst the top sellers in that segment,” he added.
Demand for the soon to be outgoing model has dropped considerably in Australia - just under 500 delivered in the first five months of the year, down to less than a quarter of the 2207 in the same period of last year.
Interestingly, the CR-V for Australia will be the Euro-spec model with car-like bumpers. This likely means it’s an import from Thailand. This model was shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March as a pre-production concept with no interior to look at.
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