 What is up you guys, I'll go back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I'm Globe Pony, I do new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Honda CR-V courtesy of Apple Honda in York PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So this is officially the sixth generation of the Honda CR-V and it has been completely redesigned for the 2023 model year. And quite honestly, I think it looks dang good. It didn't look bad before, but it looks really, really good now. I will say that. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering for ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, 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 2023 CR-V. First one being EX starting at $31,110, sport hybrid for $32,450, EXL for $33,760, and then the sport touring hybrid for $38,600. And it will say for the last trim level, all-wheel drive does come standard, but for the other trim levels, front wheel drive is standard, but you can get all-wheel drive by simply adding $1,500 then to any of those prices. But so then as you can imagine with all of those trim levels, there are a couple different engine configurations available for the CR-V. First one being the one that we have today, which is a 1.5-liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder. This particular engine configuration belongs to the EX trim level and the EXL. We do have the EXL with us here today. Power output comes in at 190 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 179 pound-feet of torque coming in at 1,700 RPM. Power sent to front wheels are all-wheels through a CVT, and PG numbers then coming in at 28 in the city, 34 in the highway for the front-wheel drive, 27 city, 32 then on the highway for the all-wheel drive, taking regular unloaded fuel. So then you have the other power plant belonging to the hybrid configurations. That one is a two-liter inline four-cylinder with two electric motors. That one comes in at a combined 204 horsepower, 247 pound-feet of torque sent to front wheels or all-wheels yet again through a CVT. Zero to 60 time for that one, approximately 7.6 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 43 in the city, 36 on the highway for the front-wheel drive. That is dang impressive. And then 40 in the city, 34 then on the highway for the all-wheel drive, taking regular unloaded fuel yet again. But before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in our CR-V, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes. There's a little toggle switch located just to the left of the shifter, and that will give you different drive modes, including econ, normal, and snow, and actually sport as well if you were to go with the hybrid trim level. That's the only trim that's gonna give you that sport driving mode, but nonetheless, adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response, and the steering sensitivity. And quite honestly, we are in normal driving mode right now and I can tell you guys the steering sensitivity is wonderful. We'll get more into that a little bit later in the video, but first thing I noticed, I love it. But anyways, now I've got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put this acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2023 Honda CR-V here up to speed. All right, this literally looks like the perfect spot. In three, two, one, go, baby. Little bit of turbo lag. There it is. Let's take it up on the upper RPMs, it really goes. So not gonna have any issues merging onto the highway, but like I said at the very beginning of that acceleration, as you quite often find in turbocharged four cylinders, there's a little bit of turbo lag, but as long as you're up higher in the RPMs, that really is not gonna be a problem. So you're not gonna have any issues in merging onto the highway, but anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 12.3 inch ventilated front discs and the back 12.2 inch solid rear discs. As far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, it's going to come in at 123 feet, which is perfectly fine. That's a pretty average number for the segment. As far as braking feel goes, since there's nobody behind us, it's great. Honestly, I love it. It's definitely on the firmer side of things. So the braking feel feels perfect on the CR-V. I will say that a lot of SUVs will give you looser, kind of braking feels where you have to press down on the pedal a little bit harder to get it to stop, but it's not the case. I love the braking feel here in the CR-V. As far as touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back, multi-lig double wishbone type rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, it's been great. It's been perfectly fine. I'm on short test drive here today, so I definitely am not having any issues with the ride quality, believe it or not. Steering feel is brilliant. It's like Mazda like you guys. I absolutely love this steering feel on the Honda CR-V. It's weighted on the heavier side of things, instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. And the reason I'm emphasizing this so much is because a lot of times in SUVs, you find looser steering feels with not a whole lot of emotion, but Honda's kind of MO is really to be a driver's car, kind of like Mazda, I guess. I kind of put them in the same category and that's definitely the case here in the CR-V. You wouldn't expect it because this is just, it's kind of like a family vehicle that you haul your kids in to get them to school and stuff, but the steering feel is quite brilliant. Like I said, heavier side of things, 100% on point, but then touching on cabin noise, I am going 36 miles per hour right now and so far, it's honestly, it's been perfectly fine. So definitely no issues there for me. Then touching on visibility, 100% on point, yet again, the rear headrests don't take up all that much room and I can see perfectly fine out that back window. So no issues there. And rain sensing windshield wipers are going to come on the sport touring hybrid trim level. So that's essentially going to assist with four visibility whenever the CR-V detects kind of mist or rainfall. It's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you. So it's a big old convenience feature, kind of like automatic headlights. So that's a big win there as well, but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Honda CR-V. All right, here she is you guys, the new 2023 Honda CR-V finished in lunar silver metallic. In case you were curious, it looks pretty dang good this morning actually. Very nice morning here in Pennsylvania, but again, completely new look for 2023 CR-V. Definitely looks very much better than the previous generation. Not that that was a bad looking generation, but this looks just amazing. Very more masculine, I guess you could say. So anyways, first thing I want to mention before we get started up front here is the VIN does start with the two, meaning this one is built in Canada. Always like to mention that for you guys now, but let's go ahead and start up front. Unique front fascia for the sport hybrid trim level. So it's going to look a little bit different than the current look that you guys are looking at right now. So I wanted to mention that a little more aggressive. I'll put it that way. LED headlights to the sides do come standard for every single trim level across the board. So you got to love that added illumination at night. At least comparatively speaking to the good old halogens. LED D810 running lights also coming standard. You do get the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, headlights will turn on automatically for you there, but you also get automatic high beams for every single trim level across the board. Meaning if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. When that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce it back up to high beams then. Another thing I just noticed, it has dark housings around the headlights. A lot of times you'll find clear housings. So I do like the dark housing look because we do have a lot of black accents around this thing, including just matte black on the front lip there. So do you like the look of that? And you do have active grille shutters up front as well. So they're going to open and close dependent upon the engine cooling that is needed at any given time. And you do have some front air curtains down to the corners there, helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination. So again, completely new look up front. I am personally a big fan of it. So let me know what you guys think in the comments section below, but that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. So now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so starting up top here, gloss black roof rails will come standard on the sport trim. So therefore we do not have those with us here today, but chrome windows surrounds will also come standard. Take a look at the side mirrors then. Body color power adjustable side mirrors do come standard unless you go with the sport hybrid trims, then you're actually going to get gloss black finish to those side mirrors. So I do want to emphasize that heated side mirrors do come standard as well with LED integrated third signals then as well. So that's pretty cool. Then take a look down to the wheel setup, 18 inch silver painted alloys for the EX trims. That's what you guys of course are looking at right now. 18 inch gloss black alloys then for the sport hybrid and then 19 inch gloss black alloys for the sport touring hybrid. So pretty big differentiation there amongst the trim levels when it comes to the wheel setup. And you got the map black fender surrounds and side skirts as well, but again that pretty much rounds out the side profile here. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back of the CR-V. All right, so now since you are around to the back of this one, all the way to the top, you will find a body colored shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper got some redesigned tail lights that look dang good. I love the new look to them. The kind of Volvo-esque kind of actually, now that they think about it, kind of like a Volvo XC90 or something. But LED tail lights of course, so added illumination at night there. Then just below it all, you will find dual exhaust outlets across the board. You will get chrome tips available for the sport trim levels. However, of course, we just have the EXL with us here today. So they are simply tucked away, but nonetheless, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next is always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since you are around to the back of the CR-V, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is a power tailgate for the EXL trim level that we have today. Then if you were to go with that sport touring, it actually is a hands-free power tailgate. So there's a couple of different ways to go ahead and open it. There is a button on the key fob itself. There's a button on the tailgate itself. You simply just press that rubberized button. It's gonna automatically open up for you. Then there's actually a button to close it as well. And there's a button by the driver's side left knee and the driver's seat as well. But cool thing is, this tailgate is very, very adjustable. One of the higher opening tailgates, and I emphasize that because I'm six feet tall, and a lot of times I'll hit my head kind of, or I have to bend down to kind of get out of there, but this one opens up a good bit. So I absolutely love that. But for taller adults putting stuff in the cargo area, that's a big win. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 39.3 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there's a 60-40 split, and then the rear seats do fold down, bumping that up to 76.5 cubic feet. That is very impressive for this class. I just want to mention that cargo lighting can be found back there, but it's LED cargo lighting. It's not your typical halogen bulbs that you usually will find on the competition. Again, big fan of that as well. Tie-down acres back there. There's grocery bag hooks. There's actually a 12-volt power outlet. I found back there as well, which you don't always find in SUVs. So I like that. Then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you're actually going to find a spare tire, which again, I'm a big fan of because the alternative is the fix-a-flat, which I'm not a big fan of. So I do like that. And there is some storage kind of around that you could probably put an ice scraper underneath there as well. But then making our way up to the rear legroom, that is going to come in in an extremely impressive 41 inches even. That's a ton of space, you guys, for the class. For reference, I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Typically you get around 39 inches for the class. I'll put it that way. Rear center armrest with cup holders does come standard. I like that. Rear USB charging ports for the sport hybrid trim level. So therefore we don't have them today, unfortunately. There is rear ventilation, though, that does come standard back there. So I do like that. And honestly, one thing I think it was missing was would it be nice to see some rear window sunshades back there? I'm just saying. Anyways, then make our way up to the front seats. 10-way power adjustable front seats with two-way power lumbar. This is one of the first things I noticed as well. Extremely comfortable seating in this thing. Yes, it has horizontal seams and vertical seams would have been better. But still, very adjustable power lumbar. Extremely adjustable power lumbar. And quite honestly, between the steering wheel and the seats, it was incredible comfort. When it comes to the seat comfort. So anyways, I'm gonna continue here. Heated front seats do come standard on all trim levels. Cloth seating for the EX and sport hybrid. Leather seating for the EXL and sport touring hybrid trims. Power adjustable passenger seat for the EXL and sport touring again. Memory settings again. For the EXL and sport touring for up to two different drivers found here on the driver's side door. So then take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped on all trim levels. But the EX, wanted to emphasize that. And it will be heated on that sport touring trim level as well. The 10 and two grips are bolstered on the thicker side of things. Another reason I was a big fan of this steering wheel here. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your nice Honda logo on the one side. Then when you flip it over, lock, unlock the button to pop the rear tailgate and that circular button that's gonna be a remote start which by the way comes standard on every single trim level across the board. So when it's a super cool day here in Pennsylvania, you simply just press that and it's gonna automatically turn it on for you and warm up the vehicle before you get actually inside of it. So I'm a huge fan of that. And it is keyless actually with the push button start for all trim levels across the board. So in this case, all I'm going to do simply just put my front of the brake and press that black and red engine start button located just to the left of the air vents there. So once started up, gauges look good. Yet again, seven-inch digital gauge cluster kind of found on the left side of things, kind of an analog setup to the right, but it looks dang good. And when you change up your driving mode, it does a cool little kind of illustration of the drive mode that you switch it to. So it was a big fit of that as well. But tachometer is on your left and it pretty much has everything you could possibly want on the digital portion of the gauges. It gives you your outside temperature, how many miles you have left until you hit empty and all of that can be controlled by simply using the steering wheel mounted controls then. So no issues there. But then taking a look at overall interior quality, a power moon roof actually comes standard on every single trim level across the board. That surprised me. Usually don't find that on the bottom trim. So big fan of that. LED interior lighting, all trim levels across the board, dual-zone climate control, all trim levels across the board. It's a bit of driver and passenger can set their own temperatures there. One thing about the dual-zone climate control and the climate control buttons in general, it's kind of LED backlit. I think that's such a cool little thing that got going on there. So it's kind of like Mercedes-Benz puts ambient lighting around their climate control vents. Honda apparently is putting LED backlit lighting around their climate control buttons. So usually you don't find that. I'm a big fan of that. Autodiming rear-framed mirror for the EXL and touring trim levels, wireless phone charger for the EXL and touring trim levels as well. And that's gonna be located just in front of the shifter here. But in addition to that, you do have a USB charging port, regular phone charging port, 12-volt power outlet. Do have an electromechanical parking brake just to the left of the shifter. You do have dual cup holders just behind that. And within the center armrest, actually a decent amount of storage in there. Well done, Honda. So I do like the kind of texturized finishes that are found just below the air vents here up front and also found on all of the doors. I was a big fan of that. I'm always a fan of texturized finishes. So I'm a big fan of that. Also the door handles. I like the design to the door handles. I know it's small, but it looks kind of like Lexus's Samurai Sword door handles that they put in their vehicle. So I'm a big fan of that as well. Maybe it's because Honda is a Japanese company and they designed it that way. I don't know, but. Do you have an overhead sunglass holder that's going to come for all trim levels as well? And overall, I mean, it's kind of on the basics. You do have some matte black plastic surrounding the shifter. Also surrounding the window buttons on the doors. But honestly, it's perfectly fine for me. It gets the job done. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen because there's going to be a couple of them. Seven inch color touchscreen display coming with the EX and the Sport Hybrid trims. But you will get a nine inch color touchscreen display for the EXL and the Touring. Either way, you get Bluetooth and audio streaming, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay. You will get factory navigation system for that touring trim level. Of course, Honda has your cool little clock option where you can display a clock. I always like the looks of their clocks. They look kind of funky. But also you can check out your radio information, of course. And when it comes to the sound systems, there's several of them. Six speakers and 240 watts is going to come with the EX and Sport Hybrid. Then you're going to get an eight speaker sound system with 320 watts for the EXL that we have today. And then a 12 speaker Bose sound system for that sport touring. So having said that, what do you guys say? 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. All of these world of feelings in my mind. That's 100% perfectly fine for me. There's a ton of bass with that eight speaker sound system we have in the EXL here. So I would say for the EXL and the sport touring, you're definitely going to be perfectly fine. I don't know how the other sound system is going to sound, but plenty of clarity, again, ton of bass for that eight speaker sound system that we have with us here today. But last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the CR-V in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board with a few different views as well. So that's kind of cool, but not the most high definition rear view camera I've ever seen, but it'll definitely get the job done. And as always that is going to lead us into safety. So to start, let me first start by mentioning the 2022 CR-V is an IHS top safety pick. It hasn't been rated by IHS quite yet for 2023, but typically the way it works is vehicles either get better or they stay the same. So I wouldn't imagine it would no longer be an IHS top safety pick. So I'll just put it that way. Front side, side curtain airbags do come standard, driver and passenger knee airbags as well. In the back you're going to have latch, aka lower anchors to tether to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard, a collision mitigation braking system, road departure mitigation system, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist for collision warning, lane departure warning, traffic jam assist, traffic sign recognition and a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert as well. A lot of times that's a feature you find on upper trim levels of other manufacturers, but it comes standard across the board here in the CR-V. So I'm a big fan of that. And if you were to go with the EXL or Sport Touring, you're also going to get front and rear parking sensors as well. So that's pretty cool. So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts here of the CR-V, I do love the redesign. I think this thing looks dang good, not that it didn't look good before, but it really looks good now. Both sound system availability is going to be incredible, but the sound system in the EXL, it's plenty fine for me as well. So honestly, it's a really good sound system here. Tons of space for its class, 76 point, whatever cubic feet is a good bit of space for its particular class. And that's something Hanna has always kind of beat the competition with is the cargo space for the segment. So big fan of that. I will say great MPGs on the hybrid as well. And steering feel, 100% on point here in the CR-V. So big fan of the steering feel of this thing. Really the only constructive criticism that I personally would think of that would be going through my mind and there really isn't constructive criticism as much as it is just the unknown, which is the reliability. There's no longer a naturally aspirated engine option for the CR-V. You either have the hybrid configuration with two electric motors or you have the turbocharged four cylinder that we have today. Both of which traditionally are not as reliable as a traditional naturally aspirated four cylinder. I know why Honda did it because they're looking for better fuel economy. I get that. But at the same time, Honda and Toyota traditionally for me has been known for reliability and it makes me wonder what the reliability of the new CR-V is going to be. I guess time will tell. Let me know what you guys think of the CR-V in the comments section below and that is about it for 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 I get to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews. 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.