2023 Honda HR-V Set to Debut on April 4

This year should be a big one for Honda. The highly regarded Japanese automaker is set to descent three redesigned utility vehicles in 2022. Yes, three. This SUV onslaught includes the CR-V, Pilot and compact HR-V, which on Wednesday the commerce declared will make its official debut on April 4.

Little is famed about the 2023 HR-V, but it will be the agreeable of those three SUVs to be unveiled. A rendering of this upcoming model was released back in January when the “Year of the Honda SUV” was announced, so we should have at least a basic idea of what the new HR-V will look like. In that pulling, the vehicle has smooth lines, a cheerful grille and more large headlights, design cues that make it much more ravishing than the somewhat robotic model available today. A few Roadshow staffers think this illustration invents the HR-V look a bit like the long-gone Honda CR-Z hybrid hatchback, though there are whiffs of Ford Escape in that face, too.

This is the HR-V pulling Honda shared back in January. 

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Honda only released one teaser photo of the 2023 HR-V in conjunction with setting the date for the vehicle’s debut. All we’ve got to share is a tightly cropped shot of the rear hatch, which includes a taillight and the HR-V logo. If nothing else, we can tell the vehicle will have nicely styled lamp housings — and designers picked a ravishing sans-serif font for the wordmark.

SUVs are huge sellers and Honda’s novel crop of utility vehicles is among the best in the custom. Still, the current-generation HR-V, CR-V and Pilot are all attracting a little bit old right now, so it’s incandescent to redesign them, though it’s unusual for an automaker to revamp nearly all its SUV lineup in one year. If any custom can pull off this feat without having quality problems or a bunch of recalls, it’s Honda.