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Honda CR-V vs Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

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Honda CR-V
Honda CR-V

$38,980 - $57,990

2024 price

Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

$23,240 - $44,990

2022 price

Summary

2024 Honda CR-V
2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 2.0L

Inline 4, 2.4L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol/Electric

Unleaded Petrol/Electric
Fuel Efficiency
5.5L/100km (combined)

1.9L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • No full-sized spare wheel
  • No hybrid AWD availability
  • Firm ride

  • Too expensive for what you get
  • Smaller boot and back seat than non-PHEV models
  • Poor human-machine interaction
2024 Honda CR-V Summary

In the distant future, automotive historians will look back at the Honda CR-V as one of the true SUV originals.

Sure, it and the conceptually-identical Subaru Forester, trailed the trendsetting Toyota RAV4 of 1994 by three years, but collectively all three Japanese brands broke and then reset the Australian family-car mould in lightning-quick time. Too much so for the floundering local car industry to ever catch up.

Today, they remain the blue-chip mid-sized SUV contenders.

Six generations in, how does the completely-redesigned CR-V in all-new e:HEV (petrol-electric hybrid) guise stack up? Let's find out!

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2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Summary

The 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross has a new high-tech powertrain that allows it to run as an electric car, or run using the petrol engine, or even use both at the same time. 

But the new hybrid SUV is not like a Toyota hybrid - because this one can be plugged in at home to recharge the batteries, and you should be able to get at least 50 kilometres of EV driving out of just a few dollars worth of electricity.

We’re talking about the new 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Plug-in Hybrid EV, or PHEV as we’ve called it in the past. The brand has renamed it to include both ‘Hybrid’ and ‘EV’ in the name because, well, it reckons those terms have a bit more cut-through today than when the company first launched its Outlander PHEV back in 2014.

But with the new Eclipse Cross PHEV variants attracting a huge premium over the regular petrol-turbo models, does the extra money buy you a better car? Let’s find out.

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