Depending on how you see a SUV, the CRV will worth the buy if you like the Honda brand, and want to feel the realtime 4WD system. At RM149k, it hits directly with the Mazda CX-5 and Nissan X-Trail, and not much other choice you could have. The blue colour of this CRV is nice, presenting a glimpse of style, luxury and class.
With 155HP 2.0-litre and a 5-speeder, it should perform better than the slightly lower CX-5 SkyActiv 2.0-litre. For a 4WD CX-5, you will be looking at RM154k instead, slightly more, but with a stunning look, and top grade safety like 6-airbag compare to only 4 in the CRV. Honda and Toyota always lack in the safety department, wanting to gain the best profit by providing lesser safety which a lot of Malaysians ignore. Big mistake!
Look is always a love hate situation. The front of the CRV looks good, especially the headlamps, but the rear is too sexy so to speak. Proportionally, the rear glass is small and the door is huge, which might give a sporty feel, but ...
However, if you look carefully for the side, the rear light cluster is nice. So for this CRV, it is an improvement from the previous, but Honda, can you please make your car loaded with all the safety stuffs and provide us with the safety we want. There is no need to mention front and rear seatbelts anymore in your specifications, these are require by law anyway.
Again, Honda really does a good job in offering 5-year-warranty for its cars now, plus free alternate labour cost for service up to 100k mileage.
