Honda FR-V Review
Published: 14th October 2005
Honda FR-V
How It Looks - Interior
Just as much attention has been lavished on the interior of the Honda FR-V and the cabin is spacious and comfortable. Our test car featured a wooden dashboard which in our opinion felt out of place in such a contemporarily styled vehicle. Black plastics and silver metallic effect trim also feature in the cabin. The switchgear is tactile and easy to use and the materials are of an excellent quality.
Velour seat upholstery was standard on our test car and whilst it felt tactile we did think that it would attract dust and pet hair.
In Car Entertainment and Satellite Navigation
The Honda FR-V 2.0 i-VTEC Sport is fitted with a stereo single slot CD tuner with RDS and front and rear speakers. The sound quality was good - the good acoustics could be down to the boxy shape of the FR-V.
Rivals
- Fiat Multipla (six seats)
- Renault Scenic
- Vauxhall Zafira
- Volkswagen Touran
What We Liked
- Flexible six seat arrangement
- Dash-mounted gearshift
- Ride and handling
- Powerful & flexible 2.0 i-VTEC petrol engine
- Exterior/Interior styling
- Large boot
What We Disliked
- Dash-mounted parking brake awkward to operate
- Bulky front and rear pillars hamper vision
- Wind noise at speed
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