2016 Honda HR-V handles camping gear and high wind effortlessly - Examiner.com
Honda engineering as it applies to old-school horsepower and torque measurement, may be a thing of the past when it comes to Honda HR-V crossover. Initially I questioned Honda’s use of a 10 year engine design in HR-V. Speaking with the engineering team in Miami Beach, I learned that the 1. 8 Liter Civic derived i-VTEC four was shoehorned into the Fit platformed HR-V, due to its greater horsepower and torque delivery over that of the 1. 5 Liter direct injected... @ 141 horsepower, 127 lb-ft pond torque 2016 Honda HR-V is not a Honda hot-rod. Just a bit larger than Honda’s award winning 2015 Fit, when the Civic derived 1. 8 Liter i-VTEC 4 cylinder is coupled with the constant velocity transmission (CVT) and Smart ™ all-wheel drive, HR-V surprises. You may read my latest 2016 Honda HR-V drive review here. From time to time an Examiner reader will share a bit of disappointment in reading a car review and drive assessment based on a driver only, no load drive and ride experience. Well here you go. We take 2016 Honda HR-V AWD camping for the. Source: www.examiner.com
