Honda Australia is once again offering an eight-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty and eight years of free roadside assistance, this time across its three-model SUV range. But they must be purchased between July 1 and September 30, 2025, and the warranty coverage for vehicles used for commercial purposes is limited to 225,000km. Honda offers include eight-year warranty, thousands off hybrid SUVs In effect, it means that all HR-V, ZR-V and CR-V vehicles purchased over the next two months will be backed by the Honda Extend warranty, which increases Honda’s standard five-year, unlimited-km factory warranty by up to three years if a vehicle is serviced on time by an official Honda service centre. Commercial buyers are normally excluded from the Honda Extend program. In addition, to clear old stock Honda is also offering big discounts on certain 2024-built ZR-V and CR-V vehicles. MY24 examples of the flagship CR-V e:HEV RS hybrid are now available for $56,900 drive-away, representing a $3000 saving from its normal price of $59,900 drive-away. Buyers of 2024-built mid-range CR-V VTi L variants will receive a $2400 price reduction, from $49,300 to $46,900 drive-away. Similarly, MY24 examples of the smaller ZR-V e:HEV LX hybrid flagship are now $3000 cheaper at $51,900 drive-away (normally $54,900 drive-away). Additionally, all non-hybrid MY24 CR-V and ZR-V vehicles will come with a $500 e-Gift Card. MY25 starting prices remain unchanged at $34,900 drive-away for the HR-V, $37,900 drive-away for the ZR-V and $41,900 drive-away for the CR-V. Sales of all model lines were down in the first half of 2025, except for the HR-V which was up by 39 per cent, leading to a 7.3 per cent overall sales slide for the Japanese brand this year. While the third-generation HR-V was launched in Australia in April 2022, the first ZR-V was released here in June 2023 and its sales are down 27.7 per cent so far this year, and the sixth-generation CR-V was launched locally in September 2023 and its sales are down by 10 per cent to June 2025. The CR-V remains Honda Australia’s best-seller with 3220 sales so far this year, positioning it behind the Toyota RAV4 (24,034 sales), Mazda CX-5 (11,591), Mitsubishi Outlander (11,399), Kia Sportage (10,558), Hyundai Tucson (10,272), Nissan X-Trail (8553), GWM Haval H6 (6909), Subaru Forester (6495), BYD Sealion 6 (4375) and BYD Sealion 7 (3756) in Australia’s single biggest new-vehicle segment.
