Honda CR-V Estate

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As the CR-V gets yet another incarnation, six is a happy number for Honda.

This Japanese SUV has been around for almost 30 years now and, in that time, it’s gone from semi-utilitarian unpopularity to a car that was reportedly the sixth most popular car in the world last year, selling over 600,000 of them around the globe.

The CR-V is not only an important car for Honda, it’s the most essential – more vital to its business than the Jazz or Civic.

Honda is aiming to make strides with its new SUV, and first impressions are that it's trying to take the CR-V more upmarket.

The old model wasn't flawed but looked fiddly, whereas this new one has a flatter, more premium presence.

Believe it or not, the CR-V stands for "Comfortable Runabout Vehicle", which is a quintessentially Japanese name, given the nation often gives it cars monikers that translate fairly hilariously into English.

Japan has previously named two cars the Mini Active Urban Sandal and the Mysterious Utility Wizard.

Neither of them were Hondas, thankfully.