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Peter Anderson is spending three months living with Honda's small-SUV contender to discover its charms, faults and whether it makes the grade in this very competitive end of the market.
Yes, yes, we've heard all the HR-V gags. The old one was a duffer and was rightly sent to the back paddock long ago. It seems the only originals that have survived long-term are the Mountain Dew-coloured ones, reminding us of their wretchedness.
This HR-V could hardly be more different. Based on the handy Jazz hatch, it competes with the smaller Mazda CX-3 and the bigger Nissan Qashqai, with the ageing Mitsubishi ASX still performing well in the sales race at least.
Read the full Honda HR-V VTi-L 2017 review: long term .