Honda CR-V: ‘If you are after a decent family SUV, this is a no-brainer’ | Martin Love

With its diligence and workman-like practicality, the CR-V is not going to appeal to thrill-seekers, but in its own way this Honda is a hero

Honda CR-V
Price 27,855
Top speed 130mph
0-62mph 9.3 seconds
MPG 44.8
CO2 143g/km

It's been a while since I picked up a hitchhiker. Like tapioca and lemon-favoured cola, they don't seem to exist any more. But Chico was standing by the barrier at Luton airport, thumb extended. A photographer from Lisbon, he was hoping for a lift down the M1 into central London. He reckoned he'd been on British soil for less than two hours, but had already managed to get his luggage stolen. "I put my bag down to make a call," he said, after gratefully clambering in, "and then booofff" gone!" All he had on him was his phone. He told me the name of his hotel and I decided to drive him there, to the actual door, as a sort of one-man, pro-EU, anti-Brexit statement.