Honda started making its first generation of the CR-V in 1995, which was marketed and sold as a 1997 year model. Oddly enough, the CR-V, despite its size was in fact a derivation of the Civic model, with necessary modifications in order for the CR-V to becoma a pure blooded compact SUV. The idea behind the CR-V acronym has many explanations, but many imply that CR-V stands for “Compact Recreational Vehicle”. Four generations of the popular model have been made to date – 1997 – 2001, 2002 – 2006, 2007 – 2011 and 2012 – present, respectively. The newest mamber of the CR-V family 2016 Honda CR-V is slowly emerging, making its first public appearance at the 2015 Geneva Auto Show. The new model promises to be better than ever and, wether Honda managed to pull off such claims is remained to be seen.