Honda CR-V is Australia's Most Popular SUV in 2008

2 April 2008 · Staff

Coinciding with first anniversary of its Australian launch, the third-generation Honda CR-V was the most popular SUV sold in Australia in January, according to VFACTS figures.

A total of 1,575 Honda CR-V’s were sold giving it a Compact SUV market share of 19.2%.

Overall SUV market share was 8.9%.

Honda Australia Managing Director & CEO Mr. Yasuhide Mizuno was pleased with the outstanding result.

“It’s easy to see why the CR-V remains one of our most popular and successful models, as it offers consumers the perfect blend of versatility, reliability, affordability and comfort coupled with car like dynamics, making it fun to drive and a perfect fit for today’s hectic lifestyle and everyday needs.”

Launched in 1997, the CR-V immediately established itself as the segment benchmark and has gone on to become one of Honda’s global success stories with over 2.5 million sales in over 160 countries. Over 100,000 have been sold in Australia alone.

In 2000 the CR-V was the best selling four wheel drive in Australia outselling all competitors in all SUV segments and was also Honda Australia’s top selling model in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.