Updated on April 26, 2018
First Look! Honda’s NSX-Powered CR-V Brute-Ute!
We agree: A 572-horsepower twin-turbo V-6-powered Honda CR-V makes about as much sense as bolting a Williams EJ22 jet engine to your mailbox. But we want one anyway. (we’d like the jet mailbox, too, please)
We thought “CRVNSX” would be a cool name until a staffer pointed out it could be interpreted as “cravin’ sex.”
Yesterday, Parksplug spy photographer and retired Cinnabon manager Packy Giddings was in the right place at the right time to catch Honda’s new brute ute sitting all undisguised and whatnot.
Honda refuses to take our calls anymore, so we couldn’t find out much about this über CUV, but Gidding’s photo reveals NSX-style wheels and an elongated front clip to accommodate what is rumored to be the Acura NSX’s 3.5 liter twin turbo V-6 and hybrid system.
How fast is it? We predict it’ll easily outrun a Civic Type R. But once it snaps off it’s wood post, we believe the jet mailbox is even faster.
