2025 Honda HR-V Model Review | Interior, Cargo Space, & Safety

Support your busiest days with the 2025 Honda HR-V — a compact crossover that’s designed to help you thrive in the midst of life's hustle and bustle. Whether you’re zipping across town for a few quick errands or cruising the interstate, the versatile interior, practical design, premium details, and intuitive technologies available in the HR-V make it an ideal fit for modern drivers. Learn more about the key features, specs, dimensions, and color options available with this 2025 HR-V review created by the professionals at John Howerton Honda.

Experience all that the HR-V has to offer when you schedule a test drive with your favorite new Honda HR-V for sale at our dealership in Beckley, WV. Have a question about a particular model? Let us answer it when you contact us online or by calling (304) 252-0744.

2025 Honda HR-V Interior Design

Enjoy everyday essentials — or much more — within the 2025 Honda HR-V cabin. The entry-level trim includes cloth seat upholstery, a 60/40 split-folding rear seat, and automatic climate control for versatility and utility, while the unique honeycomb-accented dashboard elements add refined visual appeal. In advanced trims, enjoy premium features like leather seat upholstery for soft-touch comfort, a power-adjustable driver’s seat and heated front seats for personalized enjoyment, and a power moonroof for a bright and airy cabin feel.

Available interior features include:

• Cloth or leather seat upholstery 
• Heated front seats
• Eight-way power driver’s seat
• 60/40 split second-row seat
• Single- or dual-zone automatic climate control system
• Automatic-dimming rearview mirror
• Ambient LED lighting
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob
• One-touch power moonroof with tilt feature

2025 Honda HR-V Engine Specs

Set off on your next drive with balanced performance in the 2025 Honda HR-V. Each trim is outfitted with a 2.0L inline four-cylinder (I4) engine that makes 158 horsepower and achieves up to 32 MPG* on the highway or 26 MPG* in city driving. The HR-V engine is paired with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and either two-wheel drive (2WD) or all-wheel drive (AWD). This Real Time AWD with Intelligent Control System™ intelligently flexes power distribution from just the front wheels to all four wheels as needed to balance fuel efficiency and handling confidence.

See the 2025 Honda HR-V engine specs in the following chart.

• Engine: 2.0L I4
• Horsepower: 158 HP
• Torque: 138 lb.-ft.
• MPG* (City/Hwy): 26 / 32
• Transmission: CVT
• Drivetrain: 2WD / AWD

*26 city/32 highway/28 combined mpg rating for 2WD trims. 25 city/30 highway/27 combined mpg rating for AWD trims. Based on 2025 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle, driving conditions and other factors.

2025 Honda HR-V Safety & Technology Specs

Advanced technology greets you at every turn in the 2025 Honda HR-V. Every 2025 HR-V is outfitted with an extensive collection of Honda Sensing® technologies, including systems designed to help you maintain proper lane positioning, adaptive cruise control for long highway driving convenience, and automatic emergency braking support. The adaptive cruise control system functions to keep you at a safe following distance from the car ahead of you, even at low speeds, and can bring your HR-V to a halt if the vehicle ahead of you stops as well. In the EX-L and Sport trims, the blind spot information system with cross-traffic monitor alerts you to vehicles driving outside your line of sight to either side or behind you.

Inside the cabin, intuitive connectivity solutions are within reach. Depending on the trim level you pick, the Honda HR-V will be equipped with either a 7- or 9-inch touchscreen display. The larger display upgrades your smartphone connectivity from the standard wired Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ to wireless functionality for tangle-free smartphone mirroring. Every trim features a 180-watt sound system, with either four, six, or eight speakers.

Available safety features include:

• Honda Sensing® technologies 
  • Collision Mitigation Braking System™ 
  • Road departure mitigation system
  • Adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow
  • Lane keeping assist system
  • Forward collision warning
  • Lane departure warning
  • Traffic jam assist
  • Traffic sign recognition system 
  • Auto high-beam headlights
• Multi-angle rearview camera with dynamic guidelines
• Blind spot information system with cross-traffic monitor
• Low-speed braking control
• Parking sensors (front and rear)

Available technology features include:

• 7-in. or 9-in. touchscreen
• 7-in. driver information interface
• Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® and streaming audio
• Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• SiriusXM® Satellite Radio capability
• HD Radio™
• 180W sound system with four, six, or eight speakers
• Wireless phone charger
• Remote start system

2025 Honda HR-V Cargo Space & Seating Capacity

Easily configure the 2025 Honda HR-V interior to meet your particular needs for space and seating. With the rear row of seats upright, you can seat up to five people in the HR-V, with 24.5 cubic feet of cargo space behind the seats. Utilize the 60/40 split functionality to fold down the rear seats as needed for added cargo flexibility; with both sides down, the HR-V offers up to 55.1 cubic feet of cargo space.

See the key interior dimensions for the HR-V in the following chart.

• Seating: Five
• Passenger Volume: 98.7 cu.-ft.
• Headroom (Front/Rear): 39.4 / 38 in.
• Legroom (Front/Rear): 41.9 / 37.7 in.
• Max. Cargo Volume: 55.1 cu.-ft.
• Cargo Volume Behind Second Row: 24.5 cu.-ft.

2025 Honda HR-V Color Options Available

• Crystal Black Pearl
• Lunar Silver Metallic
• Modern Steel Metallic
• Nordic Forest Pearl
• Platinum White Pearl
• Milano Red
• Urban Gray Pearl

2025 Honda HR-V Trim Levels

• LX
• Sport
• EX-L