2027 Honda HR-V Sport AWD: What the Spec Sheet Shows

Six HR-V configurations span $26,600 to $31,950. Sport AWD, at $29,900, lands closer to the top than the bottom: it's $3,300 above the cheapest LX FWD and only $2,050 below the most expensive EX-L AWD. Compared with its closest sibling, Sport FWD at $28,400, the AWD version costs $1,500 more — about 5.3% — for the added traction hardware. Against LX AWD, the Sport trim's premium is $1,800, or roughly 6.4%, which buys whatever equipment separates Sport from LX rather than any change in mechanicals.

Every 2027 HR-V configuration — LX, Sport, and EX-L, in both FWD and AWD form — uses the identical 2.0-liter regular-gas four-cylinder making 158 hp and 138 lb-ft of torque, paired with a continuously variable transmission and a 5.44 axle ratio. Choosing Sport AWD over any other trim doesn't change how the vehicle moves under power; it changes drivetrain layout, price, and equipment level. Shoppers comparing trims on performance alone will find nothing to separate them — the differences are in traction, fuel economy, and features.

Sport AWD is rated at 25 mpg city, 30 mpg highway, 27 mpg combined. The front-drive Sport trim, with the same engine, posts 26 mpg city, 32 mpg highway, 28 mpg combined — a gap across every measure that comes from the added weight and mechanical losses of all-wheel drive. Using the editorial assumptions of 15,000 miles a year and $3.50-per-gallon fuel, Sport AWD works out to about $1,944 annually and $9,720 over a five-year ownership span, versus $1,875 and $9,375 for Sport FWD. The gap is modest in absolute dollars but consistent with the mpg difference. On a value-index basis — mpg per $1,000 of MSRP — Sport AWD scores 0.90, lower than Sport FWD's 0.99 and well behind LX FWD's 1.05, which the data identifies as the strongest value in the lineup by this measure.

Cargo volume (55.1 cu ft), seating capacity (5), and the 14-gallon fuel tank are constant across the entire HR-V lineup, so Sport AWD offers no more or less interior room than LX or EX-L trims in either drivetrain. For buyers cross-shopping purely on space, the decision comes down to price and equipment rather than packaging — the published facts don't show feature differences between trims beyond what's listed here, so any equipment comparison should rely on Honda's trim walk rather than assumption.

Moving up from Sport AWD to EX-L AWD costs $2,050 more, about 6.9%, while EX-L FWD is actually cheaper than Sport AWD by $550 — a reminder that the FWD/AWD split affects pricing as much as the LX/Sport/EX-L step does in some comparisons. Readers weighing Sport AWD against the top trim can also see how that configuration's spec sheet breaks down in the companion piece on EX-L AWD, and those leaning toward saving money upfront may want to check the base LX FWD's numbers or the dedicated fuel-cost breakdown for the lineup.

Sport AWD costs $29,900, which is $1,500 more than Sport FWD and $1,800 more than LX AWD, while delivering identical 158-hp performance and a one-to-two mpg lower EPA rating (25/30/27 mpg city/highway/combined) than its front-drive counterpart. Cargo space, seating, and fuel tank capacity match every other HR-V trim, and the lineup's value index places Sport AWD below both LX FWD and Sport FWD on mpg per dollar of MSRP.