Honda-CR-V-1

As markets around the world are preparing for the introduction of the new compact Honda HR-V, it's popular bigger brother has not been forgotten. Honda continues development testing of the Honda CR-V's facelift, and in this latest set of spyshots, we see it conveniently being trailed by the current pre-facelift model, allowing us to easily compare the changes that Honda has made.

This type the prototype is a silver car - we first saw a dark grey prototype in June. We can see that the front end will get a new look - the three bar chrome grille will be replaced by a sportier two bar version that exposes more air intake area. We can see that the fog lamp has also been redesigned to have a rectangular lense cover, as opposed to the pre-facelift car's round lense.

From the side, we notice that the CR-V gets new Shuriken-like alloy wheel designs. This is a common theme that Honda have also used on the new Honda Odyssey as well as the new Honda City. There are also some changes to the rear, but everything's taped up so no details can be seen so far.