The Honda Avancier () is a
mid-size crossover SUV
Mid-size crossover SUV is an automobile classification used mainly in North America to describe a segment of crossover SUV, a type of sport utility vehicle, between compact crossover SUV and full-size crossover SUV.
A mid-size crossover SU ...
produced by
Guangqi Honda
Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., also called GAC-Honda, is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture company based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
Co-owned by Honda and GAC Group (''Guangqi''), Guangqi Honda operates two plants that, ...
, a joint venture between Japanese automaker
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...
and Chinese automaker
GAC
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* GAC Group, a Chinese automotive company based in Guangzhou, Guangdong
* GAC Ireland, an Irish bus manufacturer established with Bombardier (1980–1986)
* Games Administration Committee, ...
, for China since late 2016.
Overview
The first prototype of Avancier was displayed at the 2015
Auto Shanghai
Auto Shanghai (), officially known as the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (), is a biennial international automobile show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show (Auto China) as China's yearly international automotive ...
and debuted as the Concept D. Honda debuted a prototype version of the Avancier during the April 2016
Auto China
Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Beijing Motor Show or Auto China () is an auto show held biennially in Beijing, China since 1990. China is currently the largest auto market in the world.
2020
The 2020 Auto China show was due to open o ...
and then during the September 2016 Chengdu Auto Show, to be marketed solely in China in October 2016. It is positioned above the
CR-V
The Honda CR-V (also sold as the Honda Breeze in China since 2019) is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by the Japanese automaker Honda since 1995. The early model was built using the same platform as the Civic.
Honda began producing the CR ...
and is currently sold as Honda's flagship crossover SUV in China.
File:Honda Concept D 01 -- Auto Shanghai -- 2015-04-22.jpg, Honda Concept D
The Avancier is powered by either a 1.5 L ''
L15B7 Earth Dreams''
VTEC Turbo inline-four engine producing and of torque mated to a
continuously variable transmission
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is an automatic transmission that can change seamlessly through a continuous range of gear ratios. This contrasts with other transmissions that provide a limited number of gear ratios in fixed steps. T ...
(badged as "240 Turbo") or a 2.0 L ''
K20C3 Earth Dreams'' VTEC Turbo inline-four engine producing and of torque mated to a
ZF 9-speed automatic transmission (badged as "370 Turbo").
File:HONDA AVANCIER China (3).jpg, Avancier 240 Turbo front view (pre-facelift)
File:Honda Avancier CN Shishi 02 2022-03-03.jpg, Avancier 240 Turbo rear view (pre-facelift)
2020 facelift
The Avancier received a
facelift
A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (from the Ancient Greek () "wrinkle", and () "excision", the surgical removal of wrinkles), is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure used to give a more youthful facial appearance. There are mul ...
in March 2020, updating the front and rear end designs and adding a 2-tone paint job option.
File:GAC Honda Avancier facelift 202009 (cropped).jpg, Front view (facelift)
File:Honda Avancier facelift (rear).jpg, Rear view (facelift)
UR-V
The UR-V is
Dongfeng Honda
Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Wuhan, China, and a 50:50 joint-venture between Dongfeng Motor Group and Honda Motor Company. It currently produces a variety of Honda models also ava ...
-produced version of the Guangqi Honda-produced Avancier. It went on sale in March 2017.
File:2018 Dongfeng-Honda UR-V 370 Turbo AWD (front).jpg, 2018 UR-V 370 Turbo front view (pre-facelift)
File:2018 Dongfeng-Honda UR-V 370 Turbo AWD (rear).jpg, 2018 UR-V 370 Turbo rear view (pre-facelift)
2020 facelift
The UR-V received a facelift in 2020.
References
External links
* (Avancier)
* (UR-V)
{{Modern Honda vehicles
Avancier (crossover)
Cars introduced in 2016
2020s cars
Cars of China
Mid-size sport utility vehicles
Crossover sport utility vehicles
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Vehicles with CVT transmission