2016 Honda HR-V: 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show

Motor Trendâs Chris Clonts talks about the 2016 Honda HR-V: from the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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00:00 Hi, I'm Chris Kloss with Motor Trend, and we're here at the 2014 LA Auto Show to take

00:15 a look at the 2016 Honda HR-V.

00:18 The HR-V is entering what's going to be a really competitive but very hot market for

00:23 subcompact crossovers.

00:25 Mazda is entering it with their CX-3, and there's already the Nissan Juke, which is

00:30 a lot smaller.

00:31 The HR-V is powered by an inline-four that comes from the Honda Civic.

00:35 In this application, it's going to produce 138 horsepower and 127 pound-feet of torque.

00:41 It'll be mated to a CVT, but a manual transmission will be available in front-wheel drive only.

00:48 All-wheel drive is available on this vehicle with the CVT, so that'll be really popular

00:52 in northern states.

00:54 Inside, it's actually really, really nice.

00:57 The doors are padded.

00:59 Even the rear doors are padded.

01:01 There's really great placement of the auxiliary ports in there that we'll take a look at.

01:08 And it also has available Honda's new seven-inch touchscreen that is going to have not only

01:14 Android app availability, but you can touch and swipe just like you do with your tablet.

01:20 Everything about this car is made to be easy to use.

01:23 It has Honda's magic seats that have their three famous positions, the utility position

01:28 with both back seats down, the long position with the front seat back so that you can put

01:33 something really long on one side of the vehicle, and then the tall position with both seats,

01:39 both back seats with the bottoms up.

01:41 Everything about this car, it's the space available inside, which is going to be class-leading,

01:47 the interior amenities, the quality of the interior.

01:50 It's going to be a surprise for people when they go and shop for their subcompact crossover

01:54 that's going to cost just more than $20,000 probably.

01:58 Tell us what you think about it in the comments.

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