Honda ZR-V

The Honda ZR-V has one generation (from 2022-06-01, still in production) and six named versions. This piece is for choosing among them, not for a model overview.

If you want the lightest, fastest-on-paper petrol car in this catalogue, 1.5 CVT is the only version with a measured top speed of 192 and a kerb weight of 1433. If you want the strongest measured 0–100, 2.0 CVT Elegance is the only version at 7.8. If you want AWD, the only match is the 184 hp 2.0 CVT Hybrid.

The Honda ZR-V has one generation (from 2022-06-01, still in production) and six named versions. This piece is for choosing among them, not for a model overview.

Which Honda ZR-V version to buy

If you want the lightest, fastest-on-paper petrol car in this catalogue, 1.5 CVT is the only version with a measured top speed of 192 and a kerb weight of 1433. If you want the strongest measured 0–100, 2.0 CVT Elegance is the only version at 7.8. If you want AWD, the only match is the 184 hp 2.0 CVT Hybrid. There is one generation and six versions; the rest of the choice is arithmetic on those six rows.

Honda ZR-V generations compared (what changed, and what did not)

The Honda ZR-V has 1 generation, body SUV 5-doors, 6 versions. Production of this generation starts 2022-06-01 and stop is not measured (the generation is still listed as current).

Three versions start with the generation: 1.5 CVT, 2.0 CVT (158 hp Gasoline), and 2.0 CVT (184 hp Hybrid). Three more start later, on 2023-04-01: 2.0 CVT Elegance, 2.0 CVT Sport, and 2.0 CVT Advance. That is a calendar split inside the same generation, not a second generation.

What the later three add, using only measured fields:

• They are the only versions with measured 0–100 (7.8 / 7.9 / 8).
• They are the only versions with measured mixed consumption (5.7 or 5.8).
• They are the only versions with a measured tank (57), ground clearance (180), and gross weight (2100 / 2130 / 2155).
• They keep the same Hybrid power as the 184 hp 2.0 CVT: 184 hp / 135 kW, 341 Nm, 1993 displacement, compression 13.5, bore × stroke 81 × 96.7, Automatic with 1 speed, FWD (not AWD).

What did not change across the generation: every version uses a front, transverse, 4 Inline layout, 4 valves per cylinder, Direct injection (direct), 95 fuel, Independent, spring front and rear, Ventilated disc front brakes, and Disc rear brakes.

Honda ZR-V specs by version (engine, gearbox, drive)

Two rows share the name 2.0 CVT. They are not the same car: 158 hp Gasoline Variable FWD versus 184 hp Hybrid Automatic AWD. Use power (and fuel type) to tell them apart.

Power per litre and torque density (which engine actually works harder)

Displacement-normalized power, from the given hp and cc:

• 1.5 CVT: 182 / 1.498 ≈ 121.5 hp per litre. Turbo is the only boost label in the table. Peak torque 240 Nm is available from 1900 to 5500.
• 2.0 CVT (158 hp): 158 / 1.998 ≈ 79.1 hp per litre. That is about 42.4 hp/L less than 1.5 CVT, despite 500 cc more (1998 − 1498). Torque 187 Nm at 4200 is 53 Nm below the 1.5.
• Hybrid 2.0 CVT / 2.0 CVT Elegance / 2.0 CVT Sport / 2.0 CVT Advance: 184 / 1.993 ≈ 92.3 hp per litre. Torque 341 Nm is 101 Nm above 1.5 CVT and 154 Nm above the 158 hp 2.0 CVT.

Compression ratio follows the same split: 10.6 on 1.5 CVT, 10.8 on 158 hp 2.0 CVT, 13.5 on every Hybrid. Bore × stroke is 73 × 89.4 (1.5), 86 × 86 (158 hp 2.0), 81 × 96.7 (Hybrids).

If the buying question is “which petrol engine is the densest,” the answer is 1.5 CVT. If it is “which 2.0 makes more torque,” every Hybrid 2.0 CVT named above beats the 158 hp Gasoline 2.0 CVT by 154 Nm.

Honda ZR-V performance and mpg: 0–100, top speed, consumption

Measured 0–100 exists only on the three 2023-04 Hybrid trims:

• 2.0 CVT Elegance: 7.8
• 2.0 CVT Sport: 7.9 (0.1 slower than Elegance)
• 2.0 CVT Advance: 8 (0.2 slower than Elegance)

1.5 CVT, 158 hp 2.0 CVT, and 184 hp 2.0 CVT: 0–100 not measured.

Top speed:

• 1.5 CVT: 192 (highest measured in this model)
• 2.0 CVT Elegance, 2.0 CVT Sport, 2.0 CVT Advance: 173 each (19 below 1.5 CVT)
• both unnamed-trim 2.0 CVT rows: top speed not measured

Mixed consumption:

• 2.0 CVT Elegance: 5.7
• 2.0 CVT Sport: 5.8
• 2.0 CVT Advance: 5.8
• 1.5 CVT, both 2.0 CVT (158 and 184): mixed not measured; city not measured; highway not measured on every version.

CO2 and eco class: not measured on all six.

What extra mass buys in the 2023 Hybrid trio: 2.0 CVT Sport is 15 kg heavier than 2.0 CVT Elegance (1604 − 1589) and 0.1 slower to 100, with mixed use 0.1 higher. 2.0 CVT Advance is 50 kg heavier than Elegance (1639 − 1589) and 0.2 slower, mixed 5.8 vs 5.7. Gross weight follows the same order: 2100 / 2130 / 2155.

Honda ZR-V dimensions, weight, tank, clearance, wheels

Kerb weight (only four measured):

• 1.5 CVT: 1433 (lightest)
• 2.0 CVT Elegance: 1589 (156 kg above 1.5 CVT)
• 2.0 CVT Sport: 1604
• 2.0 CVT Advance: 1639 (206 kg above 1.5 CVT)
• both 2.0 CVT (158 hp and 184 hp): kerb not measured; gross not measured

Gross: 2100 Elegance, 2130 Sport, 2155 Advance; 1.5 CVT gross not measured.

Ground clearance: 180 on Elegance, Sport, Advance; not measured on 1.5 CVT and both 2.0 CVT.

Tank: 57 on the three 2023 Hybrid trims; not measured on 1.5 CVT and both 2.0 CVT.

Wheel sizes: not measured on all six.

kg per horsepower (kerb / hp), only where kerb exists:

• 1.5 CVT: 1433 / 182 ≈ 7.87 kg/hp (best measured power-to-weight)
• 2.0 CVT Elegance: 1589 / 184 ≈ 8.64 kg/hp
• 2.0 CVT Sport: 1604 / 184 ≈ 8.72 kg/hp
• 2.0 CVT Advance: 1639 / 184 ≈ 8.91 kg/hp

The Hybrid trims have 2 more horsepower than 1.5 CVT (184 − 182) but carry 156–206 kg more kerb where both are measured. That is why Elegance’s 7.8 0–100 sits next to a 173 top speed, while 1.5 CVT has no 0–100 figure and a 192 top speed.

Which Honda ZR-V version to choose

Choose 1.5 CVT if FWD Gasoline Turbo Variable is the point: 182 hp from 1498 cc, 240 Nm from 1900, kerb 1433, top 192. It is the only Turbo and the only version under 1500 kg. 0–100, mixed mpg, tank, clearance, and gross are not measured.

Do not choose the 158 hp 2.0 CVT if the goal is more power or torque than the 1.5: it is 24 hp and 53 Nm down, ~42 hp/L less dense, boost not measured, kerb not measured, 0–100 not measured, top speed not measured. Same Variable + FWD family as 1.5 CVT, with 1998 cc and compression 10.8. It is the low-output Gasoline 2.0, not a Hybrid.

Choose 2.0 CVT (184 hp) if AWD is non-negotiable. It is the only AWD row. Same 184 hp / 341 Nm Hybrid as Elegance/Sport/Advance, Automatic 1 speed, boost No. Unlike those three, drive is AWD not FWD, and 0–100, top speed, mixed mpg, tank, kerb, clearance are not measured. Power rpm and torque rpm are also not measured on this row.

Choose 2.0 CVT Elegance if you want the fastest measured Hybrid and the lowest measured mixed use: 7.8, 5.7, kerb 1589, gross 2100, tank 57, clearance 180, FWD. Versus Sport: 15 kg lighter, 0.1 quicker, 0.1 lower mixed. Versus Advance: 50 kg lighter, 0.2 quicker, 0.1 lower mixed.

Choose 2.0 CVT Sport only if the name is the requirement: same 184 hp / 341 Nm / 6000 rpm / 4500 Nm rpm as Elegance and Advance. The numbers are a middle weight (1604 / 2130), 7.9, mixed 5.8. Nothing in the measured set is unique except sitting between Elegance and Advance.

Choose 2.0 CVT Advance if maximum measured mass in this generation is acceptable: 1639 kerb, 2155 gross, 8 to 100, mixed 5.8. Same engine, gearbox, FWD, tank 57, clearance 180 as Elegance and Sport. It is the heaviest kg/hp of the four weighed versions (8.91).

Generation choice: there is no second generation. The real fork is 2022-06 (1.5 CVT, two 2.0 CVT names) versus 2023-04 (Elegance / Sport / Advance). The later three are the only place 0–100, mixed consumption, tank, clearance, and gross are measured. The earlier 184 hp 2.0 CVT is the only AWD. The earlier 1.5 CVT is the only Turbo and the only 192 top speed.

Prices are not in the data, so “what the extra money buys” can only mean what the extra kilograms and the extra 0.1–0.2 on 0–100 buy among Elegance, Sport, and Advance, and what AWD versus FWD buys between 184 hp 2.0 CVT and the 2023 Hybrid trims.

Honda ZR-V reliability and problems are not measured in this dataset; this comparison is limited to the six specification rows above.