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Usually I wouldn’t be this generous on a Thursday morning but you find me in a particularly good mood so I’ll let you into an insider’s tip. One of the best kept secrets of the industry and a car which almost every motoring journalist raves about – yours truly included – is the Honda Accord.
One of the most striking things about the motor industry is its diversity; not just in terms of products but the preferences of various regions. Every continent, nation, country, often even province is different from the next and what sells next door may not even feature on the newest local brochure.
Sedert Honda se bekendstelling in 1972 het die naam “Honda” sinoniem geword met onverbeterlike rygenot, kwaliteit afwerking, meganiese betroubaarheid en uitstekende brandstofverbruik (of dan altans wat Honda voertuie aan betref.) Ekonomiese brandstofverbruik is met opset uit bogenoemde lys van byvoeglike naamwoorde gebruik omdat dit spesiale vermelding verder aan verdien.
Daar kon beswaarlik onlangs op ‘n beter roete vir ‘n toetsrit met die nuwe Honda Ballade besluit word as die R62 wat mens deur die Klein Karoo vat. Die hoofpad is soos gewoonlik in ‘n goeie toestand en so ook van die grondpaaie waar die Ballade werklik uitstekend op ‘n onlangse toetsrit presteer en hanteer het.
My records allege that I already tested the 5-door Turbo-diesel Honda Civic over two years ago but that didn’t stop me from grabbing the key and taking it home for a week. Nothing much seems to have changed and the four-year-old still looks like an extraterrestrial Mom’s taxi.