SCOOP-New Honda CR-V will be CKD, not CBU

The old Honda CR-V has been discontinued, and Honda has been gearing up for the launch of the new CR-V. The new CR-V will be available with the 2.0-litre and the 2.4-litre petrol mills. The 2.2-litre i-DTEC won’t make it to India, as the engine isn’t suitable for the high sulphur content in the Indian diesel.

But the good bit here is that the costing of the new CR-V will be lower than its predecessor as this will help Honda to reduce the cost of the product and make it more competitive. Today, even the BMW X1 and even the Mercedes-Benz B-Class are locally assembled to cut down on the cost. Honda will be competing against the likes of these cars; hence a CBU won’t be a great idea. Our sources confirm that the new CR-V will be assembled locally to help Honda cut price the current competition.

The facelift version of the BMW X1 will be launched sometime by the end of this month and also the CR-V should be available in the market by February. The CR-V will be a five-seater, as Honda doesn’t want to add the extra two seats and compromise on space. The advantage that CR-V will have on the X1 will be the fact that it has all-wheel drive option and the general thought goes that the affordability of the CR-V is lesser than the X1.

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