Honda HR-V: Calm before the storm

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For a tantalisingly short time, Honda offered British customers one small gem of an electric car, the e, but that’s now disappeared – basically too expensive and too exquisite for British tastes. THE SPEC Honda HR-V Advance Style Plus Price: £38,645 Engine capacity: 1.5l petrol, 4-cyl, 1sp- auto + 2 electric motors Power : 107 + 96 hybrid electric Top speed : 105 0-60 : 10.7 Fuel economy : 43.6 CO2 emissions : 122 Funnily enough, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in the company of Honda’s and Nissan’s “alternatives” to a conventional electric car. open image in gallery The long and winding road: the HR-V can struggle a little under hard acceleration Which brings me to the more “normal” Honda HR-V, a conventional, albeit highly intelligent hybrid of the kind we’ve become very familiar with. The HR-V has received some almost imperceptible styling improvements inside and out, and a new luxury trim level, “Advanced Style”, but otherwise, like the Qashqai it’s the same impressive offering.