2024 Honda HR-V first drive: well worth the wait

2024 Honda HR-V first drive: well worth the wait
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Dean Evans
Honda New Zealand may have had a two-year hiatus from the HR-V being in its line-up. Still, it’s back with a facelift, and better: bigger inside, now running a hybrid 1.5-litre petrol engine, and even a few new comforting innovations that make the new model a big step up from the previous.Following its local NZ launch in 1999, the third generation marks the quarter-century of HR-V. As Honda’s subcompact and smallest SUV, we had to wait for the facelift due to technical/mechanical issues with the first-gen.25 years apart, the 2024 HR...

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