Japanese car major Honda is all ready to offer another great new vehicle in the global market in the form of the BR-V compact crossover. The Honda BR-V pre-production prototype was first unveiled at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, offering the world’s audience a look at this very potential compact crossover primarily meant for the Asian car markets.
One look at the brand new Honda BR-V and one is convinced that it is a really good looking compact crossover model. The crossover get s wide rather squared front fascia that gives it a distinct appearance from the rest of the Honda cars. The BR-V’s side profile is also attractive with several sharp character lines that run along the length of the vehicle offering a fascinating beltline. Making the BR-V a very well proportionate and well designed vehicle, there’s the nicely styled rear design with a bit of an uplifted look that makes it appear as a sporty, tall crossover with an aggressively styled SUV-like tailgate and superbly styling elongated tail lights which form the highlight of the rear end.
BR-V shares the same platform as the Mobilio MPV that is the extended Brio platform. Thus, there are a lot of similarities between these two vehicles including close dimensions. The BR-V measures 4,456 mm long, 1,735 wide and 1,666 mm tall sitting on a wheelbase of 2,660 mm. This compact crossover will offer a third row with the ability to seat seven occupants.
The upcoming new Honda BR-V also offers a nice cabin which is also a bit similar to the Mobilio’s but albeit with individual styling. The dashboard gets hard plastic, but looks nice and high quality. Honda seems to have done a very nice job even on the prototype. Although a lot of changes are expected in the actual car, the BR-V is sure to offer quite generous leg room for the occupants of the first two rows. Headroom is also pretty good, while the third row will be cramped for the adults. Nevertheless, two additional seats are always good to have, which can be folded to enhance cargo space.
The Honda BR-V compact crossover comes packed with a 1.5 liter i-VTEC petrol engine that is coupled with the Earth Dreams CVT, also just like the Mobilio MPV, but the BR-V gets a DOHC, or twin-cam engine unlike the single cam engine of that of the engine that power the Mobilio, the Jazz hatchback as well as the City sedan. However, the power figure remains exactly the same as the single cam 1.5 liter unit, that is, the petrol mill on the BR-V is also capable of offering a max power output of 120 PS at 6,600 rpm along with 145 NM of top torque at 4,800 rpm. For the Indian car market, the Honda BR-V will also get the 1.5 liter diesel mill that also powers the Mobilio and other siblings to add to the range of Honda Cars India’s diesel model offerings.
