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

2024 Honda HR-V first drive: well worth the wait
(Images: Supplied/Driven)
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...

More The Life

Review: Ford Escape PHEV – this or the hybrid?
The Life

Review: Ford Escape PHEV – this or the hybrid?

It’s horses for courses, naturally, so we have the choice.

David Linklater 26 Jan 2025
Memoirs from Mutti: Angela Merkel looks back on her life
The Life Review

Memoirs from Mutti: Angela Merkel looks back on her life

The pastor’s daughter from the east guided Germany through turbulent times.

My Net Worth: Garry Diack, CEO of Ravensdown
Primary Sector

My Net Worth: Garry Diack, CEO of Ravensdown

He has been chief executive of Ravensdown since 2021.

Riley Kennedy 26 Jan 2025
Quote Unquote: The best of My Net Worth from 2024
The Life

Quote Unquote: The best of My Net Worth from 2024

Pearls of wisdom from some of NZ's most perceptive business leaders.