the first time that I saw a BRV from the front I thought that I was looking
at a subcompact car it was low and narrow it is not until you see it from
the side that your realized that it's a pretty long vehicle it looks like a
stretched-out Honda Brio which is essentially what it is this is the
top-of-the-line BRV it is the BR V modulo Navi which looks a little bit
better and sportier compared to the regular BRV it has a wraparound skirt
and plenty of additional chrome trims to make it look a bit more premium compared
to the rush and the xpander the BRV is noticeably smaller I test-drove the BRV
right after I test drove the Mobilio and there are very similar vehicles in terms
of design also worth noting is that the BRV is based on the mobilio platform
this top of the line BRV does look a lot better compared to the lower trimmed
models it has plenty of little accents that make it look a bit more premium
The weirdest part of the car's design is this kink on the window line in between
the front and rear doors on most vehicles the window line is angled
upwards towards the back of the vehicle on the BRV the window line goes up and
then down at the center and then up again it kind of destroys the flow of
the lines from the front to the back when you see a kink at the center which
makes you wonder why Honda would create such a weird design but when you start
thinking of it as a stretched out subcompact car it starts making a bit of
sense check this out now it's a subcompact and now the line straight now
you know the mobilio also has the same kink between the front and rear windows
looking at the pre-facelift Mobilio you can more clearly see that this is based
on a subcompact car a Honda Brio to be precise and the BRV is based on the
Mobilio so your eyes are not fooling you the BRV really is a lengthened subcompact car
instead of redesigning the front door so that the line would be straight all the
way to the back they just kept the front doors and added the Kind so the window line
wouldn't end up near the roof that is called cost-cutting the B RV is powered
by a 1.5 liter I VTec engine it is the same displacement as the rush and
the xpander but it produces slightly more power at 120 horsepower it is
coupled to a CVT transmission while I generally am NOT a fan of CVT
transmissions it is better than the four-speed autos of the rush and
xpander especially on the highway The BRV is front-wheel drive and has a
unibody chassis while the exterior of the BRV looks questionable the interior
is where it really shines compared to the top of the line and xpander and the
top of the line rush which both had all plastic interiors
the BRV modulo has leather seats padded leather arm rests with real
stitching none of that fake stitching that you see on the xpander and the rush
even the shift knob is leather covered it has aluminum looking trims around the
aircon vents and piano black accents along the center console
overall the interior feels more premium and it feels more like it was designed
for an international market as opposed to just Southeast Asia but while the
quality of materials is better it is a lot less spacious compared to the
xpander and the rush
I don't remember anything that particularly stood out when I test drove
the BRV it didn't feel underpowered with three other people on board but it's
definitely not a sports car either it handled the slalom course relatively
well the turning radius was acceptable there was less body roll compared to the
rush and it seemed like there was slightly better sound
insulation compared to the rush and xpander ride quality is also slightly
better the newest group of MPVs like the brv the rush and the expander are
pretty difficult to classify they kind of blur the lines between MPV SUV van
and station wagon some say why compare them when they look so different the
rush looks more like an SUV and the BRV looks more like a lowered van the reason
why these vehicles are pitted against each other so much is that they're very
close when it comes to price seating capacity and engine displacement they are all
sevens seaters they all have 1.5 liter gasoline engines and they all sell at
roughly the same price although this top-of-the-line brv Navi modulo that's a
bit more expensive at 1.2 million compared to the top-of-the-line BRV
and xpander which sell for just a little over a million the lower trimmed
versions of the BRV are priced competitively compared to the rush and
the xpander the lowest trimmed 1.5 s sells for 1,070,000 that's about the
same price as the top-of-the-line rush but this top of the line model at
1.21 million pesos is scratching the limits of what makes sense for an
MPV just add 90 thousand pesos more and you have a base model mu-x automatic
which is a diesel and a much more sensible vehicle in almost every
respect if you don't need a third row seat you can also go for an HRV or a
Tucson which are also similarly priced but if you really can't go over
1.21 million you don't want something as big as the MU X you
absolutely must have a third row seat and you want an interior that feels a
bit more premium than what the Rush and xpander
have to offer and go for the brv modulo
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