Motoring

Honda takes on the big guns with new ZR-V family SUV

The new Honda ZR-V has its flaws, but it’s set to be an efficient and spacious contender in the family SUV market

Honda ZR-V: Honda claims it offers customers all the practicality of a family SUV with the road manners of a saloon

For mainstream car manufacturers to be successful in Ireland, there’s one sector of the market where they really need a presence: family SUVs. High-riding cars such as the Hyundai Tucson, Nissan Qashqai and Kia Sportage are regularly among the country’s bestsellers and Volkswagen, Ford and Toyota are all fighting for their slice of that pie too. Yet Honda isn’t. Or at least it hasn’t been. Finally, however, the Japanese company has released a rival to ...