 If you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony and I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the brand new 2024 Honda HRV courtesy of Apple Honda of Hanover and Hanover PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So today we are in this one because this is a pretty darn good looking compact SUV at least in my personal opinion. You also get 2 years or 24,000 miles of complimentary maintenance so that's going to save you a little bit of money there as well. And this thing actually scored an above average reliability rating by Consumer Reports which is definitely a good thing in today's time. So anyway, ultimately in this video we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system exhaust, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always, let's start with pricing it so as you can imagine there are a few different trim levels for the 2024 HRV. First one being the LX starting at $24,100 which is a $450 bump from the 2023 model year. Then you have the Sport which is the one we are in today starting at $25,650 and lastly the EXL going for $27,650 and so that was all pricing for the front wheel drive configuration. If you wanted to add all wheel drive you can do that, simply add $1,500 then to any of those prices but regardless of trim level that you go with the power plant on the HRV is actually going to be the same. Powering this thing is a 2 liter naturally aspirated inline 4 cylinder putting out 158 horsepower at 6,500 RPM, 138 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,200 RPM, that power being sent to front wheels or all wheels through a CVT, 0-60 time approximately 9.5 seconds. We are going to test that out a little bit later in the video but MPG Narba is coming in at 26 in the city, 32 on the highway for the front wheel drive, 25 city, 30 then on the highway for the all wheel drive but taking regular unleaded fuel. I used to call it the cheap stuff but it's really not the cheap stuff anymore, gas is all expensive but anyways before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the HRV I do want to mention to you guys there is a nifty little toggle switch labeled drive mode directly behind the shifter and so drive modes will include normal, econ and snow and there actually is a sport drive mode button on the shifter itself as well but ultimately those drive modes adjust things like the shift points, throttle response and actually the climate control settings as well. Take for example if I were to put it in that econ driving mode it's ultimately going to tailor back the air conditioning system a little bit if you have the AC on that is. This is going to help you with a little bit of MPGs because of that and believe it or not that actually works. I have that on my old Civic, it definitely tailors back to AC but it does give you substantially more miles per gallon believe it or not so anyways now having got all of that out of the way what do you guys say let's go ahead and find it straight away let's put the HRV here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. Alright so here we go you guys let's kick it. Makes a lot of noise I will say that why are we at kilometers per hour I just noticed that what the heck god I freaking love it I should have checked that before I even hit the gas but anyways yeah not the quickest thing in the world I'm gonna start by saying that and it doesn't make a heck of a lot of noise when you really get on it as well but it's one of those things where I always say this you know no matter how slow your car is even if you're driving a misubishi Mirage ultimately you do get used to it so even with visibility if you're driving a Nissan Z or if you're driving a Chevy Camaro you do get used to the visibility just plan for that learn how to actually drive the vehicle and you're gonna be perfectly fine with merging onto the highway things like that but again having said that is certainly not the quickest thing in the world but anyways to go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important so up front you will find 12.3 inch ventilated front discs in the back 12.2 inch solid rear discs as far as that braking feel goes since there's nobody behind us wow that is on the firm side 100% did not expect that typically with SUVs you get loosey-goosey braking feels it's super soft braking feels what I'm trying to say but this feels more like the Mustang I just drove earlier today this is super firm braking feel I'm not sure the 60-0 number honestly but this feels like it would be lower 120s for sure so excellent braking feel on the HRV without a doubt but that touching on suspension and handling up front you're gonna get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back independent multi-lake rear suspension of course front and rear stabilizer bars as far as ride quality goes as we are cruising over some of the smoothest roads in existence right now which is quite rare here in Hanover honestly it's been pretty darn good so far my short test drive here today a heck of a lot smoother than the Civic believe it or not I just got done driving that one that's what's fresh in my mind so ride quality so far it's great and actually steering feel is brilliant that is just like the Civic heavy steering feel instantly points you in the direction that you want to go typically with SUVs you find a very loose steering feeling which typically eliminates driver emotion and any kind of driver feedback but honestly this thing is kind of fun to drive just for the steering feel alone so Honda well done on the steering feel when it comes to the HRV so as cabin always goes we're going 75 kilometers right now what the heck is that I don't even know but it's been pretty decent actually it's relatively quiet for it not having you know acoustic laminated rear door glass and things like that so I have no issues in the cabin noise so far my short little test drive here today and touching on visibility I actually can see 100% perfectly fine out the back excellent rear visibility so certainly not gonna have any issues there either but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys let's go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Honda HRV and so here she is you guys the new 2024 Honda HRV finished in platinum white pearl in case you were curious of the exact exterior color name that we had on this one but as always let's go ahead and start with where this one is made taking a look at the van first character is the number three indicating that the 2024 HRV is built and assembled in Mexico so yes made in Mexico let's go ahead to start up front LED headlights do come standard for all trim levels across the board get the automatic feature with that as well and automatic high beams for every single trim level across the board I love that essentially with that is is when you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim that back to low beams and when the vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there so love that feature LED daytime running lights of course coming standard as well you do get a sport specific front grill if you were to go with the sport trim level that we have today so also like that and then you guys could probably see down to the corners there there are some front air curtains helping direct air around the wheel entire combination so little better aerodynamics there as well but like I said at the beginning of the video I actually love the styling of the HRV I think it looks dang good up front but the pretty much rounds out the front end let's not go ahead and make our way to the side alright so now since you are around to the side of this one black windows surrounds do come standard rear privacy glass coming with the sport and the EXL trim levels power adjustable body colored simulators for the LX and EXL then of course if you were to go with that sports from level this simulators are gonna be gloss black you guys can see that heated simulators coming with the sport and EXL LED integrated turd signals for the sport and EXL yet again then take a look down at the wheel setup 17 inch silver painted alloys for the LX 17 inch machine finished alloys for the EXL and then 18 inch gloss black alloys for the sport and those are the ones of course you are looking at right now but again good looking side profile let's not go ahead and swing around to the back all right and somebody else since we are around to the back of the HRV all the way up top you will find a body colored shark from antenna just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light just below that rear window wiper one of the cool little features of the HRV is the all-wheel drive badging it's not on the liftgate itself but it's kind of like a little sticker found just below the rear window wiper it's not really a feature it's just something a little bit different you don't usually find badging on the rear window but anyways I thought that was kind of unique but LED tail lights do come standard for every single trim level across the board I love that and of course just below it all you will find a single exhaust outlet but you have this bright chrome tip if you were to go with the sport I think it looks absolutely amazing yet again the styling just keeps getting better but having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip right and so now since we are around to the back of the HRV when it comes to opening that rear tailgate there is a button on the key fob to unlock it but ultimately it is a manual tailgate for all trim levels across the boards I'm just simply going to walk up and open this thing up but anyways once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 24.4 cubic feet if that was not enough space there is the 6040 split bumping that up to 55.1 cubic feet then there is some LED cargo lighting that comes standard for all trim levels I love that because typically you don't find LEDs at least in the cargo area you find the halogen bulbs back there so it's pretty cool that there's LEDs in my opinion back there tie-down anchors do come standard you actually have a 12-volt power outlet back there as well if you were to lift up then under the cargo floor you're going to find a decent amount of in-floor storage and then underneath of that you're going to find your spare tire so I love that the spare tire is there as opposed to the fix-a-flat but so then making our way up to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 37.7 inches for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I have back there you will find a little bit of storage if the rear passengers look forward there's that back there unfortunately though there's no rear ventilation there's no rear charging ports and there's no rear center armrest either so Honda if you're watching this the rear passengers are a little bit shafted back there but anyways let's not go ahead and make our way up to the front seats manually adjustable claw seating coming with the LX and the sport heated front seats coming with the sport in the EXL eight-way power driver seat for the EXL leather seating for the EXL orange contrast stitching with our awesome sport trim level that we have today but I will say overall seating wasn't all that bad even though they are kind of manually adjustable claw seats I was able to find my perfect driving position and the seat comfort is pretty darn good and Honda usually does do a good job with their seat comfort so I haven't had any issues I'll put it that way then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is going to be leather apt for the sport and EXL and I like the orange contrast stitching yet again it's tying together with the orange stitching on the seats so no issues there now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key you got your Honda logo on the one side of course when you flip it over lock unlock the button to unlock the rear tailgate and the circular button that's going to be a remote start which by the way comes on the sport and EXL trim levels but there is a keyless entry with the push button start for all trim levels all I'm going to do here simply put my front of the brake and press that bright red engine start button located just to the left of those air vents and so once started up you will find the exact same gauge cluster as you will find in the Civic you got kind of the digital side on the left and then the speedometer is found on the right but on the digital side it is completely customizable of course you can choose to display kilometers per hour if you want or miles per hour whichever you prefer there's the speed limit recognition technology up there outside temperature how many miles you have left until you hit empty the list goes on so we got 272 kilometers until we hit empty so yeah that's that but now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality you're going to find a power mooner for the EXL trim level only LED interior lighting coming standard so the LEDs continue you've got to love that wireless phone charger for the EXL dual zone climate control for the EXL ambient LED lighting for the EXL auto dimming rear view mirror for the EXL the EXL really gets most of the creature comforts when it comes to the HRVL just put it that way but overall I like the honeycomb mesh design that is found just above the climate control settings in the passenger side glove that is straight off the Integra or maybe the Integra took it off this I don't know it's one or the other but just in front of the shifter you got a little bit of rubberized storage got a couple cup holders there just surrounding the shifter you have this really nice soft touch leather material with orange contrast stitching I love the way that feels so I think that is absolutely amazing and just underneath of all of the buttons here the electromechanical parking brake you got a little more storage there too with the USB charging port another thing I almost forgot to mention at least in the for the rear passengers here the LED interior lighting you simply just touch it there's no button you just touch it and it turns on you touch it and it turns off so it's kind of like a Volvo thing I'm definitely a big fan of that and let's check out what's in the center armrest here decent amount of storage so well done Honda with the space there but overall actually interior quality I don't mind it I think it's finished pretty darn good so I personally wouldn't have any issues but now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen seven inch color touchscreen display for the LX and the sport and then a nine inch color touchscreen display coming with the EXL either way you get bluetooth and audio streaming either way get android auto apple carplay but when it comes to the speakers for the radio information all that stuff that is going to differ depending upon the trim level that you go with so for example LX trim level is going to give you four speakers and 180 watts sport trim level is going to give you six speakers and 180 watts EXL is going to give you eight speakers and 180 watts they always get that 180 watts but the speakers are always going to differ so having said that we got the six speakers with us here today so let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one I feel like it's literally just like the Civic this is a this is an all-wheel drive Civic more or less but the sound system is not the best I mean the clarity is not the best I wish there was a little more bass but maybe the eight speakers a little bit better I actually have I don't remember testing the EXL or the eight speaker sound system on the HRV I think I actually did the sport last year as well and sound systems basically it's a great podcast sound system I'll put it that way but last thing I want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put this one in reverse you will find a rear view camera with a few different angles as well letting you know what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety and so first let me start with the best part IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS so pretty much says it all right there you cannot get better than that front side side current airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchors to tell this your children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard Honda sensing so what is Honda sensing I will tell you collision mitigation braking system road departure mitigation system adaptive cruise control link you persist forward collision warning lane departure warning traffic GM assist and traffic sign recognition like I mentioned to you guys when I was talking about the gauges as well so overall when it comes to my final thoughts like I keep saying this is an excellent design I think the HRV the new HRV looks absolutely amazing so no issues there good reliability as well like I said above average reliability is pretty darn good and that's rated by consumer reports so feel free to pick up a consumer reports magazine and verify for yourself if you like LED is coming standard across the board that is pretty cool as well not just on the outside but the inside too so I liked that great steering feel that actually made this one actually fun to drive which is the steering feel so typically with SUVs like I said you get a much looser steering feel and it's emotionless but with this one actually feels pretty darn good when you're twisted around the back road so I actually like it and really the only room for improvement I could think of and I'll just leave out the ambient lighting on this one I wish there was some but the only thing I could really say is the rear passengers really get shorted on the HRV because there's no rear center armrest there's no rear ventilation and no rear charging ports either so especially with SUVs you would think sometimes kids are going to be in the back and they might have tablets they want to charge up so at least with the charging ports that wouldn't be all that bad and preferably some rear ventilation as well I don't even care about the center armrest but anyway that about rounds out this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews because that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold