That may be a swift marketing strategic. As you can see Toyota dealer is launching Previa 2.4 with CVT in HK, I think Honda dealer must need to do something to keep up it selling record.
I think you should be happy because Honda dealer choose to launch a new version of Stepwgn (Spada RK) instead of reduce the price of RK1 to against Toyota. Otherwise, your car's resell value will be a big drop.