By not building the new Civic in the U.S., Honda will be able to build more CR-Vs. Sales of the outgoing Honda CR-V are up 9.5% through the first nine months of this year. A report indicates production of the new CR-V has been delayed until April 2027. In an effort to boost profits, Honda is reportedly planning a major shake-up of its U.S. production plans for the next-generation CR-V and the future Civic sedan. While this will mean shoppers will have to wait longer to get behind the wheel of the new CR-V, they will have more time to pick up the keys to an outgoing model. The next-generation CR-V, which has yet to be revealed, is expected to premiere before the end of this year, or in early 2027. It will introduce an improved hybrid powertrain that’ll cost less to produce and be more efficient. Production had initially been penciled in to start around January, but reports say it has been delayed until April 2027. Read: Honda’s Next-Gen Hybrids Will Arrive Next Year, Starting With The CR-V Production of the new model is tipped to first begin at the carmaker’s Alliston, Ontario, Canada, facility before U.S. manufacturing starts. Auto News also states that Honda now plans to build 41,315 units in North America during the first year of production, dropping its monthly output by 6.7%. The Current CR-V Continues To Sell Well It’s unclear why exactly Honda is delaying the new CR-V by several months, but it’s probably because of how popular the current version is. Through the first nine months of this year, CR-V sales are up 9.5% to 336,844 units. It was especially popular in September with 34,788 sold, a 17% increase from September of last year. This easily makes it Honda’s best-selling model with almost twice as many sold as the Civic in second place, which shifted 17,724 units last month. As the current CR-V is now four years old, these figures are impressive. The CR-V isn’t the only model that Honda is tweaking production plans for. It had planned to build the next-generation Civic at its site in Greensburg, Indiana, in May 2028, but unnamed supply chain sources claim these plans have been scrapped. CarScoops has reached out to Honda to verify this and will update this story when we hear back. This has likely been done to free up capacity at the Indiana plant, which will also build the new CR-V. Given that the CR-V is selling in far greater numbers than the Civic, and is more profitable, it’s logical for Honda to want to build more of them on local shores. While the next-gen Civic will no longer be manufactured at the Indiana site, the current plan is still for the new Civic sedan to be built at the Ontario plant, starting in April 2028. In scrapping production of the Civic hatchback in Indiana, Honda will be forced to start importing this model from Japan. The new Honda CR-V and Civic will shift to the company’s next-gen mid-size platform that shaves off 198 lbs (90 kg) over equivalent current models. In addition, hybrid versions will use a new direct-injection 2.0-liter inline-four with new electric motors and the same S+ Shift simulated gears as the Prelude.