Since 1995, Honda has left a large imprint on the SUV market with its compact crossover SUV, the CR-V. Back in 1995, nobody knew what a crossover was, and the SUV was by no means the leading vehicle in America, as we were still in the dominant era of the sedan. When Honda built the first CR-V in the '90s, it wasn't considered compact, but rather, oversized and subject to additional tax for exceeding Japanese compact vehicle sizing regulations. Nowadays, a first-generation CR-V looks like a toy next to a 2024 CR-V, but Honda consumers across generations haven't complained about the increased size and the sales speak for themselves.