The CR-V crossover is Honda’s best-selling automobile, and by a large margin — 402,791 CR-Vs had been bought within the U.S. final yr, almost double that of the Civic, and greater than 100,000 of them had been bought within the first quarter of 2025. For the 2026 mannequin yr, this era of CR-V’s third, Honda is not messing with success. The SUV will get some improved expertise options, and there is a new TrailSport trim, the primary time Honda has accomplished a CR-V variant with an off-road bent.
Honda says that 20% of Passport, Pilot, and Ridgeline gross sales mixed are TrailSport fashions, so it is no shock the model would wish to make one for the CR-V subsequent. Some folks may be dissatisfied by how gentle the CR-V TrailSport’s adjustments are, because it primarily quantities to all-terrain tires and styling bits, however these clients can go for the a lot cooler and extra succesful Passport TrailSport. On the flip aspect, the CR-V might be lots for most individuals who wish to often drive down a mud path or up a snowy mountain.
The primary hybrid TrailSport
Greater than 50% of CR-V gross sales are the hybrid model, which makes up three of the CR-V’s six trim ranges. The TrailSport is predicated on the Sport Hybrid, the lowest-end of the electrified CR-V trims. It will get 18-inch wheels with Continental CrossContact ATR all-terrain tires, and that is the extent of the mechanical adjustments. Each all-wheel-drive CR-V does get up to date traction administration that higher transmits torque to wheels with traction, and improves braking pressure at speeds below 9 mph. Like different hybrid CR-Vs the TrailSport has a naturally aspirated 2.0-liter inline-4 engine with a pair of electrical motors, making a complete of 204 horsepower and 247 pound-feet of torque.
The TrailSport-only Ash Inexperienced Pearl paint does look nice, and it will get fake skid plate parts. I want there have been extra orange accents like on the TrailSport badges, although. Each CR-V hybrid has extra black exterior trim for 2025, however in any other case the CR-V appears the identical (which is to say it is a good trying SUV). Contained in the TrailSport has fabric seats with orange stitching and TrailSport logos embroidered within the headrests, rubber ground mats, and amber-colored ambient inside lighting.
Made in America
Each 2026 CR-V will get a 9-inch touchscreen that has wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a wi-fi charging pad is now customary too. Higher trim ranges together with the TrailSport get a brand new 10.2-inch digital gauge cluster, the place base fashions have the identical 7-inch display screen paired with an analog gauge as earlier than, and the show is extra configurable to point out differing types of information. The TrailSport additionally comes customary with heated entrance seats, a heated steering wheel, an influence tailgate, and a sunroof.
Honda has but to say how a lot the 2026 CR-V will value when it reaches sellers this spring, however costs should not enhance by a lot, and TrailSport ought to sit proper between the hybrid Sport and Sport-L fashions. The press launch makes a degree to speak about how not solely is the CR-V constructed at two totally different factories within the U.S. and one in Canada, however the hybrid system, engine, and main engine parts are all inbuilt Ohio as properly. Greater than 3 million CR-Vs have been constructed within the U.S. since 2006.
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