Falling in-line with the changes applied to its siblings, exterior updates consists of a redesigned front bumper, new headlights with integrated daytime running LEDs on the top-spec Elegance, a new bonnet, ticker logo bar, smoked taillight clusters and new LED fog lights as well as 17-inch alloy wheels for the Elegance.
Less extensive than the European model, Honda has revised the HR-V’s colour palette to now include six hues, Modern Steel, White Orchid, Lunar Silver and Ruse Black, as well as the new Brilliant Sporty Blue and Passion Red.
Inside, the minimalist changes continue, with the HR-V receiving mainly upgraded materials and fabrics, although the entry-level Comfort foregoes the previous five-inch display for the same 6.8-inch touchscreen as the Elegance. Standard specification and safety remains otherwise as is.
Also carried over from the pre-facelift HR-V is the choice of engines on offer, namely the 1.5-litre petrol that produces 88kW/145Nm in the Comfort, and the bigger 1.8 that makes 105kW/172Nm in the case of the Elegance. As before, both engines are mated to a CVT albeit with updated software, with Honda claiming respective fuel consumption figures of 6.3-litres/100km and 6.8-litres/100km.
While Honda has confirmed that it will unveil a turbocharged HR-V in Europe next year using the former engine with outputs expected to mirror either that of the Civic or CR-V, local availability has so far not yet been announced.
A five-year/200 000km warranty and four-year/60 000km service plan is again standard on both models with the Comfort retailing for R354 900 and the Elegance for R419 900.
