Honda didn’t want to call the CR-V a “mini-ute”, because it was only a tenth of an inch shorter than the Passport and was a full 14 longer than a comparable 4-door Toyota RAV4. Beneath the CR-V’s skin was a long stroke 2.0 liter inline-4 with 130 hp and 135 lb.ft. of torque, put to … Continue reading 1997 Honda CR-V Test Drive