Honda CR-V Hybrid MPG & CO2 emissions

The Honda CR-V Hybrid is the most economical model in the CR-V range, making it a much better long-term prospect than the 1.5-litre petrol version.

Honda CR-V Hybrid MPG & CO2 emissions

The Hybrid officially returns 41mpg in front-wheel-drive form, while all-wheel-drive models hit a combined 38mpg. CO2 emissions come in at 156 and168g/km for the front and all-wheel drive models respectively. Only 18-inch wheels are available on the CR-V Hybrid, so these figures are consistent across the four trim levels.

Unless you’re likely to tackle rugged terrain in the CR-V, front-wheel drive is perfectly adequate: the difference on the road is indistinguishable and the front-wheel-drive models are slightly more economical.

Unusually, the CR-V Hybrid routinely matched or bettered its official economy in testing, with the four-wheel-drive EX model returning around 40mpg on the motorway, and up to 46mpg around town. That suggests the CR-V is likely to cost the same as a Toyota RAV4 to run.

However, it’s worth remembering that the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is well within the price range of the Honda CR-V, and if you do mostly short journeys and can charge up easily, it could well be vastly cheaper to run given its real-world pure-electric driving range of well over 20 miles.

The CR-V Hybrid has a 57-litre fuel tank, giving the front-wheel-drive version a theoretical range of around 665 miles on a single fill-up.