What started out as a friendly April Fool's joke has morphed into a line of accessories for Honda-driving dog owners across the pond. The firm unveiled a range of dog-related accessories including rubber mats designed to fit the Civic and the CR-V, among other models.

Announced on International Dog Day, the accessories aim to make traveling with a dog safer and cleaner. The catalog includes rubber floor and trunk mats, a trunk divider and a bumper protector that ensures your pooch won't leave scratch marks while climbing into the trunk. Honda's British division designed these parts for the hybrid and non-hybrid variants of the Civic, the CR-V, the HR-V (which is not the same model that we get in the United States) and the Jazz, the city-sized hatchback that replaced the Fit sold in our market during the 2010s.

Not every accessory fits every model; the bumper protector is only compatible with the CR-V, for example. And, some parts fit older models.

While aftermarket companies have offered many of these items for decades, Honda's are exact-fit units. The company cited the April Fool's joke's popularity as evidence that demand for dog-related accessories has increased, a trend that caught rival Subaru's attention in 2021.

Pricing for the full pack of accessories ranges from £530 for the non-hybrid Civic to £810 for the CR-V, figures that represent about $630 and $960, respectively, at the current conversion rate. There's no word yet if good doggos on our side of the pond will get to ride on a Honda-designed trunk mat. We've reached out to the company for more details, and we'll update this story if we learn more.

Honda releases range of dog accessories for Civic and CR-V originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.