Honda HR-V interior, tech and comfort
- Sensible dashboard layout
- Cheap feeling plastics in places
- Outdated sat-nav and infotainment
How is the quality and layout?
You sit quite high looking through a short windscreen and at a well-organised dashboard. The infotainment system (more below) sits high up in your eye line and the part-analogue, part-digital instruments are easy to read if a little plain.
The top half of the dashboard feels quite high quality, with soft padded materials and a thick-rimmed steering wheel. That material quality lowers the further down you look. The centre console particularly is trimmed with very scratchy plastics.
Infotainment and tech
The infotainment system is displayed via a chunky 9.0-inch touchscreen that has a sharp resolution and is very easy to use. It’s nicely laid out and functional but also extremely responsive with virtually no lag.
The software side has been well thought out and looks very logical. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come as standard, and when you snick the automatic transmission’s selector into reverse the screen doubles up to enable the user to view the rear-view camera which is a good resolution unit and displays sharp images.
It does come with an inbuilt sat-nav but you may wish to revert to your phone via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. The factory system decidedly old-school and a bit hard to follow when compared with your phone’s software.
Comfort
- High driving position
- Comfortable seats
- Lots of noise
The HR-V’s standard fit fabric seats (which can be upgraded to synthetic or real leather) are comfortable, adjustable and capable of not giving you a numb bum on long journeys.
Soundproofing is a bit of an issue. Sure, when it’s crawling along in silent EV mode it’s fine. But when the car’s noisy, whiny engine cuts in it really penetrates the cabin. Road noise is also pretty high, especially on poorly surfaced ones.
