About 3, 500 people are employed at the site which produces the Civic, Jazz and CR-V models.
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The CR-V and Element also garner IIHS Top Safety Pick awards when equipped with optional ESC systems.
The Honda CR-V and Chevrolet Equinox are also good gear carriers, as are the Toyota Prius and Prius V.
Honda still had three of the 10 best-selling U.S. cars in April, including the Accord, Civic and CR-V sport utility.
There are many other family-friendly, fun-to-drive vehicles, like the Mazda CX-5 or Honda's own CR-V, that get better fuel economy.
The money will support the introduction of its new Civic and CR-V car models and a new 1.6-litre diesel engine.
The 250 agency staff who were employed in spring 2012 to help produce the CR-V model will also leave in March.
The No. 1 selling crossover, the Honda CR-V, outsells the No. 1 minivan, the Dodge caravan, by more than two to one.
The CR-V sold 14, 550 units last month, down 27.1% from May 2008.
We made an exception for the CR-V SUV from Honda Motor , because we wanted to include a vehicle for singles paying off grad school.
The Swindon plant, which produces the Civic, Jazz and CR-V models, employs 3, 500 people, having added 500 to the workforce a year ago.
The Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) CR-V comes with one engine choice, four trim levels and eight colors.
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But she points out that on Honda's more recently revamped CR-V compact utility vehicle, Bluetooth hands-free technology is available on the midprice LX model.
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They peaked at 1.4 million in 2000, but have fallen rapidly since as buyers shifted to popular crossover wagons like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4.
Toyota's RAV-4 was down just 14.7%, and Ford's Edge suffered a passable 22.5% decline, although they each sold more than 2, 000 units less than the CR-V.
CR-V for America, the changeover could be made within weeks.
And Internet or not, some sales tactics never change, as Deirdre Holbrook of San Francisco found out late last year when she went to buy a new Honda CR-V.
If you feel at home driving the Rogue, why not put it at the top of your list and try models such as the Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5 and Subaru Forester?
It's a look more reminiscent of a Honda CR-V than the model it replaces the Liberty and past Cherokees that helped establish Jeep as a symbol of toughness and off-road adventure.
The CR-V comes in two- and four-wheel drive LX, EX and EX-L versions that all get a combined 23 miles per gallon and offer standard features including remote entry, chrome trim, halogen headlights and MP3 compatibility.
The Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and Volkswagen Passat are the three finalists for North American Car of the Year, and the BMW X3, Honda CR-V and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque are finalists for North American Truck of the Year.
Additionally, initial sales data show that C-Max is stealing hybrid sales away from other brands at an impressive clip: Its conquest rate is about 64 percent, with Prius and the Honda CR-V ranking as the top nameplates abandoned by customers in favor of C-Max.
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