'Mazda 3s' a user on the popular Volkswagen enthusiast website VW Vortex, has captured these shots of an undisguised 2007 Honda CR-V out plying public roads. The brand's smallest crossover receives a pugnacious (and controversial) new schnoz, a radical new greenhouse form, and taillamps that appear to be cribbed from a Saab 9-3 SportCombi.

While there is some conjecture among the forum's users as to whether the design represents the pur sang production vehicle, there's good reason to believe it does— some journalists we know just returned from the CR-V's long-lead ride-and-drive up in Canada earlier this week.

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