EPA: 2016 Honda HR-V Nets 31 MPG Combined

by Cameron Aubernon

Published: January 20th, 2015

epa 2016 honda hr v nets 31 mpg combined

Those shopping for a small, fuel-efficient crossover can now add the 2016 Honda HR-V to the list, thanks to its EPA-certified 31 mpg combined rating.

Autoblog reports the HR-V also delivers 28 mpg in the city and 35 mpg on the highway, but only if one opts for the FWD model with CVT. Adding power to the back brings the rating down to 27 city/32 highway/29 combined, while swapping the CVT for a six-speed manual in the FWD variant pushes the savings down to 25 city/34 highway/28 combined.

The FWD HR-V’s figures best those from competitors like the Nissan Juke, Kia Soul and Chevrolet Trax at the pump, while Mazda’s CX-5 can keep up on the highway figure; the CX-3, which awaits EPA-certification, may do better than the HR-V, however. Its platform-mate, the Fit, outperforms the crossover at 33 city/41 highway/36 combined.

The 2016 HR-V is due in U.S. showrooms this spring.

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Cameron Aubernon

Seattle-based writer, blogger, and photographer for many a publication. Born in Louisville. Raised in Kansas. Where I lay my head is home.

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Npaladin2000 on Jan 20, 2015

Everyone credits the Juke with "starting" this segment in the US, and being relatively successful, but everyone negletcs the part where the Juke has a beast of a powertrain, it wasn't built to sip gas, it was built to go fast. It's a hot hatch, and the "competition" are mostly snooze-hatches instead.

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- Danio3834 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  Really? The only thing I've heard anyone credit the Juke for is making a supreb effort at unseating the Aztec as the most awkward looking vehicle in recent memory.
  
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- Npaladin2000 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @danio3834 Clearly you haven't driven one. The thing really moves, and handles like a frigging Mazda3.
  
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- Ryoku75 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @npaladin2000 So it handles like an economy car? Okay
  
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- Npaladin2000 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @Ryoku75 No, it handles like a Mazda3.
  
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- S2k Chris on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @npaladin2000 "No, it handles like a Mazda3." Which is...an economy car. LOL.
  
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- Npaladin2000 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @S2k Chris Except a Mazda3 doesn't handle like most other economy cars now does it? :) Saying something handles like an economy car means nothing, a Corolla is an economy car. So is a Smart FourTwo. So is a Prius. But so also is a Focus, and also some of the better Civics out there. And Imprezas, they actually handle pretty well too. And two cars that handles really really well are a Mazda3 and a Nissan Juke.
  
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- Ryoku75 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @npaladin2000 So what makes an economy car handle "good" vs a "bad" one? I don't mean statistically or technical suspension geometry stuff, I mean just based off of driving them.
  
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- Npaladin2000 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @Ryoku75 If you need to ask that, then you'll need to turn in your B&B badge. :) It's all about steering, suspension, chassis tuning, etc. A good handling car can make quick transitions in direction without a lot of body lean, without losing traction, without getting squirrely at all.
  
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- 95_SC on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @S2k Chris Following that logic your S2000 is simply a Honda Miata. They are both little 2 seat convertible sports cars.
  
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- S2k Chris on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @S2k Chris "Following that logic your S2000 is simply a Honda Miata. They are both little 2 seat convertible sports cars." From a handling perspective I'd agree. The only real substantive difference between the two is about 70hp.
  
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- Ryoku75 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @S2k Chris "A good handling car can make quick transitions in direction without a lot of body lean, without losing traction, without getting squirrely at all." Thats the vaguest handling-related answer I've ever read. Virtually no modern cars will loose traction nor get squirrely under normal driving conditions nor evasive maneuvers. In other words, you've just said that every modern car handles well.
  
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- Npaladin2000 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @S2k Chris "Virtually no modern cars will loose traction nor get squirrely under normal driving conditions nor evasive maneuvers." 1. I never said anything about normal driving conditions, I said quick transitions. and 2. Bull, take a look at the recently published on this site Chevy Spark review. Among many others. Plenty of cars out there can't be pushed hard.
  
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- Ryoku75 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @npaladin2000 Evasive maneuvers = Quick transitions If you read the comments you'd see that I did read the Spark review, "virtually" implies that not all cars handle "good", the Spark being an example.
  
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Calgarytek on Jan 20, 2015

The AWD model is interesting. This means the front wheel drive version has, what, a torsion bar in the rear where as the AWD has fully independent suspension? Also, without that extra upper control arm in the front, it aint no first gen CRV. I've got one in 'standard'. It's damn good. Would love to convert it to DOHC VTEC. Anyone got a B16/B18 head 'sitting around'?

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Eggsalad on Jan 20, 2015

I prefer manual transmissions. The HR-V will offer one, the Mazda CX-3 will not. The CX-5 does, but it's much bigger.

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- Drzhivago138 on Jan 20, 2015
  
  What bothers me most about the manual CX-5 is not that it's only available with FWD, but that the "colors" consist of black, white, gray and maybe dark red.
  
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- Lie2me on Jan 20, 2015
  
  @Drzhivago138 184-hp NA 2.5L 4-cylinder in a 3500lb car as it's best engine bothers me more
  
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Freddie on Jan 20, 2015

Any vehicle available with a stick is worth checking out. I can't remember if I brilliantly thought of this myself or I read it somewhere, but the CUV as the default family car is a return to the 50's when cars were tall and Mom and Dad - and especially Grandma - could step into a car instead of bending over and crawling in. After six decades it's a backlash to longer, lower, wider.

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- Sportyaccordy on Jan 20, 2015
  
  "Any vehicle available with a stick is worth checking out." You sure about that? I can think of a few cars a stickshift can't or doesn't help.
  
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