And the interior sounds like its somewhat lacking...
But this is nice, my mother loves it in her Accord...What’s missing from the interior, though, is any color or style, such as one finds in the Juke, the Renegade, and the 500X. Honda evidently thinks it will earn its style points with its two touch-screen interfaces, one for the climate control and a second for the audio/navigation system. They do look modern in an iPad kind of a way, but functionally they’re a disaster. It’s as if Honda were jealous of all the vitriol directed at MyFord Touch and Cadillac’s CUE and wanted to get some of that for itself. As in the Fit, the Display Audio system has no physical buttons, not even knobs for tuning or volume. Everything works through the touch screen (there are, blessedly, volume adjustments on the steering wheel with this system). It’s the same with the HVAC controls, where even turning the fan up or down requires taking your eyes off the road to stab at the screen. Only the entry-level LX gets a reprieve, in the form of an audio system with a smaller screen flanked by volume and tuning knobs.
One compensating factor for the display audio is that cars so equipped get Honda’s LaneWatch, which provides a view toward the back along the right side of the vehicle; it’s activated with the right turn signal or manually via a button on the end of the stalk. All HR-Vs get a rearview camera as standard, even the base LX, which also includes A/C and Bluetooth for its impressively low, $19,995 starting price (add $800 for the CVT, then another $1250 for AWD).