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Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
20 Sep 2017
9 min read

There is actually no such thing as a Honda CR-V. Nope, it’s actually a Honda CR-V VTi. Or it’s a VTi-S, or a VTi-S AWD, or a VTi-L, or a VTi-LX. You still with me?

Good, because as well the five different versions, all with impossible to remember 'surnames', there is also nearly a $15k difference between the entry grade and the one this review covers - the top of the range VTi-LX.

So what’s the reward for paying more? Certainly nothing you can really notice from the outside. But Honda has saved some great features just for the VTi-LX, plus it’s arguably even more practical than the seven-seat version that sits below it in the lineup. 

Our test car spent a week with my family as we drove it into a perfect storm of three separate Father’s Days and three different birthdays. It was the ultimate pressure test for a family-focussed SUV. 

Read the full Honda CR-V VTi-LX 2017 review.