![]() Its available electronic safety systems include Forward-Collision Warning Plus with automatic braking, lane departure warning and correction, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. The Jeep offers seven airbags as standard, along with a rearview camera. Jeep made no predictions about the Renegade's safety ratings. Neither vehicle has been rated either by the NHTSA or the IIHS yet, though Honda has said it expects the HR-V to earn top scores and get a best-in-class rating. But drivers and passengers will find most on-road travel to be peaceful in either one.Īs new entries, the Honda HR-V and Jeep Renegade have both been designed with all the latest crash tests in mind. ![]() The Jeep in particular is sensitive to harsher pavement, and the Trailhawk model's beefier tires can be noisy on certain types of surface. The Jeep has substantial cargo room behind the rear seat, which folds flat, as does the front passenger seat-allowing long items to be carried diagonally inside.īoth vehicles are pleasingly quiet and refined inside on good road surfaces, far more so than even mid-size SUVs of a decade ago. The HR-V is by far the roomiest vehicle in the segment, and it also provides Honda's unique "Magic Seat," which folds and flips the second-row seat like a lawn chair to offer multiple storage and seating configurations. To get four adults into the Jeep, you really have to horse-trade-it's comfortable up front but tight in the rear. The rear seat of the HR-V will accommodate two adults with generous head and leg room, as well as two up front. One of the Honda's biggest advantages over the Jeep is interior volume. Both little SUVs, based on car underpinnings, handle well enough, although their high seating positions make body roll more obvious. While buyers of either vehicle will largely opt for automatic shifting, we found the manual-gearbox Jeep more fun to drive and lighter on its toes. ![]() The heavier Renegade, on the other hand, is more powerful, and Chrysler finally seems to have tamed its temperamental 9-speed automatic. The HR-V has adequate power, but it's not notably quick-although it feels strong enough for safe highway merges and dignity-preserving stoplight launches. Note that the Renegade's smaller engine is recommended to run on premium fuel, by the way. The most fuel-efficient model of the HR-V (front-wheel drive and CVT) delivers a combined 31-mpg EPA rating, against the less efficient Jeep's best rating of 27 mpg for the smaller powertrain in front-wheel-drive form. A 1.4-liter turbo-4, rated at 160 hp, is paired only with a 6-speed manual gearbox, and a 180-hp 2.4-liter inline-4 comes solely with a 9-speed automatic transmission. All-wheel drive is an option, but only with the CVT. The Jeep Renegade, on the other hand, offers a choice of two powertrains, both with all-wheel drive as an option. Under the hood, the Honda deploys a 141-horsepower 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine, paired with either a continuously variable transmission or a 6-speed manual.
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