This year, the news is new LE and Limited trims to bookend the XLE trim that was available last year. The C-HR LE is more intriguing here; it costs roughly $1,300 less than last year’s base trim and includes the same touchscreen and active safety that the other levels have. The Limited trim adds leather and other upmarket touches for nearly $30,000 to start.

The 2019 C-HR trades on its looks, which will appeal to some. The funky intersecting and stylish shapes are deceptively hiding a relatively big crossover, but they write a check that passengers will have to cash. More on that in a second.

Under the hood, the C-HR is powered by an overworked inline-4 that shuttles 144 horsepower through a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) and front-wheel-drive only. Any pretense of off-roading should end at the C-HR’s low-slung jowls.

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