Despite the same output from the same engine—190 hp and 179 lb-ft—the new CR-V took 8.7 seconds to get to 60 mph, 0.9 second longer than the old CR-V, and it ran the quarter-mile in 16.7 ...

A gas-only CR-V is still available too, getting 190 horses from its turbo I4. The base front-drive LX starts at $29,705, the EX at $32,355, and the top-end EX-L for $35,005.

Unlike Honda's current mechanical AWD systems — such as Real Time AWD — that rely on a propeller shaft to send engine power to the rear wheels, the new system in the CR-V e:HEV is entirely ...