We don’t cover that much on racing and rallying at Cars UK; just the big stuff – not the everyday minutia. So is the news that Johnny Herbert is going racing in Honda BTC big news? Probably not the biggest – I admit – even though Johnny has been a more than competent F1 driver […]
UK Honda Civic Type R for Japan
It’s a bit of a ‘Coals to Newcastle’ scenario, with Honda announcing that the Honda Civic Type R 3-door, which is only built in Swindon, is to go to Japan to be sold as the Civic Type R Euro. Currently, the only Civic Type R sold in Japan is the saloon version, so the addition […]
Honda CR-Z Hybrid by 2010
Honda has been trying to play catch-up with big rivals Toyota in the Hybrid car game. Despite their publicly aired views that they believe the future to be in Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars, they know that there is a big momentum with petrol hybrids, and they don’t want to lose out. Honda’s first production Hybrid […]
Toyota Prius – sales double
As we reported last month, the Toyota Prius – the new, 3rd GEN car – took the top sales spot in Japan in its first full month on sale, knocking April’s big seller – the Honda Insight Hybrid – in to second place. For the fist time the top two spots in Japan were taken […]
Hybrid Cars are Dangerous
If we’re talking about the likes of the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, we find them a danger to our sensibilities as they are unpleasant to drive. If you simply want to get from A to B economically that’s fine, but the driving experience is none existent. Still lots of people just want transport, […]
Mugen Honda Civic Type R – Official
Well, to be entirely truthful it’s only ‘sort-of’ official. As we reported late last month, Mugen are working on a hot version of the slightly disappointing current generation of Honda’s hot-hatch – the Honda Civic Type R. But all we knew then was that Mugen were working on it, and Mugen didn’t want to say […]
Honda Civic Type R – Mugen steps in
The old Honda Civic Type R was a really cracking hot-hatch. Not only did it handle well (even if it did have the habit of playing on three wheels if pushed), it went well and it was, as you would expect from a Honda, very well bolted together. But the latest version of the Type […]
Hybrid cars driving sales in Japan
We’ve reported before that Hybrid car sales in Japan are going through the roof, with first the Honda Insight being the best selling car in Japan, soon to be overtaken by the new Toyota Prius. In fact, the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight are the two best-selling cars in Japan bar none. And what […]
Honda Insight – the worst car in the world!
Not actually our words, we admit. But they are the words of Jeremy Clarkson, who has just done a review of the Honda Insight in his Times Online column. Do we agree? No. But only because Jeremy has done what Jeremy always does – exaggerate hugely for effect. But his points are valid, and concur […]
New Toyota Prius comes out fighting
We brought you news a few days ago that the Honda Insight is the best selling car in Japan. Which would be big enough news if it was the best selling hybrid, but it is in fact the single best selling car at the moment. But as we commented then, Toyota will be fighting back […]