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New CRV 1.6 Diesel - Best/Worst of times?

  • 23-10-2013 8:16am
    #1
    NobodyImportant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭


    Honda have launched or are about to, the 1.6 Diesel CRV. Seems good value at €32k.

    I cant make my mind up whether this is great, or awful.

    Great - super cheap tax, CRV's are "affordable" again, super frugal, finally available in 2WD. Good for appliance buyers.

    Worst - Oh Lord there is a 1.6 diesel powering a large SUV, 2.2 diesel 4WD will probably not sell anymore. Bad for petrol heads.

    No sign of that engine going into the Accord which just seems nuts...


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  • #2
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    NobodyImportant wrote: »
    Worst - Oh Lord there is a 1.6 diesel powering a large SUV, 2.2 diesel 4WD will probably not sell anymore. Bad for petrol heads.
    I can't see any petrol heads caring whether or not the 2.2 diesel sells.. :)


  • #3
    NobodyImportant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭NobodyImportant


    I do. If i want a CRV for a family in a few years time, I'd like the option of a 2.2 diesel, but there wont be any! We had a 06 2.2 CRV and the engine was great, really torquey and made up for the fact i was driving a CRV. If you could only get a 1.6 it really would be a bit pants.

    Petrol heads have to drive boring cars sometimes too. Diesels and all ;)


  • #4
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    NobodyImportant wrote: »
    I do. If i want a CRV for a family in a few years time, I'd like the option of a 2.2 diesel, but there wont be any! We had a 06 2.2 CRV and the engine was great, really torquey and made up for the fact i was driving a CRV. If you could only get a 1.6 it really would be a bit pants.

    Petrol heads have to drive boring cars sometimes too. Diesels and all ;)
    I'd be more sad about the demise of the Forester petrol turbos myself. :)


  • #5
    NobodyImportant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭NobodyImportant


    I guess its more of a generalisation than model specific, that we are loosing out on the likes of Forester Turbo's right down to half decent powerful diesel engines.

    In 5-8 years time, people will be scanning the classified looking for a less-than-10-year-old car and going, WTF, i dont want any of these!


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