Honda HR-V 4WD

5-door

2000, Feb: Honda brings a 4-door HR-V with a 100mm longer wheelbase than the 3-door model to the Brisbane Motor Show.
March: Also at Melbourne.

4wd.sofcom.com/4WD.html Lots of room inside, but the dash has some strange features such as white characters on blue dials.

1999: The Honda HR-V is a small four wheel drive, expanding Honda's range below the CR-V. HR-V has a 1.6 litre engine and a 2-box, 3-door form although a 5-door is planned.

A novel option is a continuously variable transmission (CVT) as an alternative to the manual gearbox. Automobile CVT's were pioneered by DAF in the 1970s and most use variable diameter pulleys and belts to give continuously variable ratios. At least one CVT car raced in formula three. CVT allows the engine to operate at optimum r and promise greater efficiency. The trick has been to make CVT's durable enough and able to handle more power, two litre engines being about the practical limit as yet. The Honda unit uses steel bands as the flexible belt. Depressing the accelerator causes the engine revs to rise to the r that delivers the required power, and to stay there while the gear ratio changes smoothly as the car catches up.
- 4wdonline.com

Honda HR-V 1998 / 1999.

• station wagon, 5-seats, 3-doors, twin air-bags std, seat-belt pretensioner, ABS option
• loa: 3995mm, width: 1695mm, height: 1590mm turning radius 5m
• approach: 29, departure: 34, ramp break over: 159
• weight: 1160kg manual / 1187kg CVT (unladen)
• 1590cc, petrol, 4-cyls, efi, 4-valves/cyl, sohc
• bore: 75mm, stroke: 90mm, c.r.: 9.6:1
• transmission: 5m or CVT (continuously variable), diff ratio 4.562:1, front wheel drive with an automatic clutch to rear wheels (as in the Honda CR-V)
• suspension: MacPherson-strut/5-link De Dion (!), brakes: disc/drum
• tyres: 195/70R15 on 15x5.5JJ wheels, fuel-tank: 55L
• `Sport': includes ABS brakes, 205/60R16 tyres on 16x6JJ alloy wheels, sun-roof, roof rails, remote (un)locking
• warranty: 80,000km / 3 years
• prices: from 22,750 (3dr man'), 26,950 (5dr man'), auto +2.2K (2/2000)
• 1999 prices: from 23,350, CVT +2K, `Sport' pack +2K, (1/1999)
• shown Sydney 98, available in aus: early 1999
• rivals: Daihatsu Terios, Toyota RAV4 (SWB)

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