2025 Honda HR-V price and specs: Facelifted model cheaper than before – UPDATE
09/16/2024 10:26 PM
Honda has lowered the price of its small SUV as part of a model update that adds new styling and features.
- 2025 Honda HR-V pricing and specifications
- Small SUV gains cheaper hybrid variant
- Updated safety technology, revised styling
- Priced from $34,900 drive-away
UPDATE, 17 September 2024: Honda Australia has confirmed specifications for the 2025 Honda HR-V, following the announcement of prices last week.
The new HR-V e:HEV X variant splits the base petrol Vi X and flagship hybrid e:HEV L on equipment, including Honda’s fitment of blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert.
These safety features remain unavailable on the Vi X, but the cheapest model is now fitted with a leather-wrapped steering wheel as standard, rather than a plastic-covered item.
Our original story continues below – including prices – with an equipment list included at the bottom of this page.
10 September 2024: Prices of the 2025 Honda HR-V small SUV are unchanged or cheaper than before, despite the arrival of an updated model with additional features across the range, and changes to the exterior, interior and driving experience.
The updated HR-V introduces a new, more affordable hybrid variant, plus a restyled front grille, revised interior design, and safety improvements.
Honda has retained the entry-level petrol variant’s $34,900 drive-away price – unchanged since the outgoing model received a $1800 price cut in April as part of a run-out offer.
The flagship hybrid starts from $42,900 drive-away, $1000 less than its previous price – months after a $3100 price reduction in April.
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The new e:HEV X hybrid – with a similar equipment level to the base Vi X petrol, but with the hybrid technology from the e:HEV L – is priced from $39,900 drive-away.
As with all new Honda cars sold in Australia since July 2021, the prices above are non-negotiable – and apply nationwide.
The drive-away prices are said to exclude “state/territory incentives for hybrid vehicles where applicable” which, as a guide, lower prices in Queensland and the ACT by about $500.
Honda has confirmed a number of new features for different model grades.
There’s a reshaped grille up front – with a darkened upper trim piece, and on hybrids, new adaptive high-beam tech – plus revised LED tail-light signatures, and new Slate Grey and hybrid-only Botanical Green colours.
Inside, the lower dashboard has been restyled with a larger tray for storing a smartphone, plus the addition of a USB-C port.
Honda says the steering has been retuned for greater “high-speed stability and [a] more predictable steering feel,” plus increased soundproofing material, and on hybrid variants, revised suspension dampers.
Hybrid variants also gain revised Power Control Unit software claimed to deliver “more seamless transitions between EV and hybrid modes, in addition to improving EV throttle response.”
The Japanese car maker says the “hybrid mode charge strategy” has been “improved to reduce sudden rises in petrol engine RPM in hybrid mode”.
New safety technology includes Low Speed Braking Control, believed to be Honda Australia’s name for technology designed to prevent a crash if the driver presses the accelerator instead of the brake pedal in a car park.
There’s also a traffic-jam assist system for the adaptive cruise control system, and on the hybrid variants, adaptive high beam functionality that blanks out part of the headlight beam to prevent dazzling oncoming motorists.
The autonomous emergency braking technology gains motorcycle detection and pedestrian/cyclist front cross-traffic awareness, while the adaptive cruise control has been revised for “improved responsiveness” at low speeds.
The Vi X is powered by a 1.5-litre non-turbo four-cylinder engine producing 89kW and 145Nm, matched with a continuously-variable automatic transmission (CVT) driving the front wheels.
The e:HEV hybrid variants combine a version of the 1.5-litre engine with two electric motors for 96kW and 253Nm combined, matched with an ‘electronic’ CVT.
The 2025 Honda HR-V is due in Australian showrooms next month.
2025 Honda HR-V price in Australia
- HR-V Vi X petrol – $34,900
- HR-V e:HEV X hybrid – $39,900
- HR-V e:HEV L hybrid – $42,900
Note: All prices above are drive-away.
2025 Honda HR-V Vi X standard features include:
- 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine
- 18-inch alloy wheels
- Dusk-sensing LED headlights
- LED daytime-running lights
- 9.0-inch infotainment touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay, wired Android Auto, satellite navigation
- 7.0-inch instrument display
- Rear-view camera
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Fabric seat upholstery
- Leather-trimmed steering wheel (new)
- Keyless entry and start
- Climate control
- Four-speaker sound system
- Removable and adjustable rear Magic Seats
- One USB-A port
- One USB-C port (new)
- Electric parking brake
- Rear privacy glass
- Auto up/down functionality on driver’s window
- Six airbags
- Autonomous emergency braking
- Lane-keep assist
- Adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assist (new)
- Traffic sign recognition
- Tyre pressure monitoring
2025 Honda HR-V e:HEV X adds (over Vi X):
- 1.5-litre four-cylinder hybrid system
- Adaptive headlight beams (new for the 2025 HR-V range)
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Rear cross-traffic alert
- Six-speaker sound system
- Fabric and synthetic leather-look combination seat trim
- Heated front seats
- Driver’s side seatback map pocket
- Auto-levelling headlights
- LED front fog lights, active cornering lights and ‘scrolling’ indicators
- Gloss black exterior accents
- Acoustic windscreen
- Intelligent speed limiter
- Paddles behind steering wheel for regenerative braking control
2025 Honda HR-V e:HEV L adds (over e:HEV X):
- Dual-zone climate control with rear air vents
- Hands-free power tailgate with walkaway close
- Rain-sensing wipers
- Heated steering wheel
- Auto-folding, heated side mirrors with passenger-side auto tilt in reverse
- Two rear USB-C ports
- Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
- Water-dispersing glass for front doors
- Auto up/down functionality, key fob remote activation for all side windows
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