The CR-V is fully 10 inches longer than that machine and nearly 2 inches taller, though, seen in isolation, it doesn't look that big, thanks to its sleeker styling. The only dimensional area in which it cedes the palm to the Jeep is in width, where a half-inch less translates pretty directly into less shoulder and hip room. I felt like an anchovy in the Toyota RAV4. The transmission felt just plain weird. I think the problem is that it doesn't have enough cogs to work with.
Top gear is a fairly long-legged overdrive for fuel economy and quieter highway cruising.
An extra ratio or a gob more torque would make it considerably more fun to drive. A basic transport type of driver might not notice or care. In steady-state cruising, all of the torque is delivered to the front wheels. When an array of sensors detects that the front wheels are turning faster than the rears, the inference is that the heavier front end is losing traction. The computer then signals twin hydraulic pumps to start locking up a clutch located mid-drivetrain and divert as much as 50 percent of the available torque to the rear.