JT Hughes
03 Oct 2021
A quick Google search this evening seems to cast a doubt over whether the letters CR-V, as in Honda CR-V, stand for Compact Recreation Vehicle, or Comfortable Runabout Vehicle. Apparently, according to wikpedia (so perhaps we’ll never know for sure), Honda say it’s the latter: Comfortable Runabout Vehicle. Whereas the term Compact Recreation Vehicle was first used in a British car review...
09 May 2021
Fiesta, Corsa, Polo, Swift, Fabia, Ibiza, Yaris, Clio… The list of hatchbacks with funky sounding names continues to grow, and all are very good too. Surely though, the hatchback with funkiest sounding name is the Jazz? The reality on the other hand…
Like the music it takes its name from, Honda’s Jazz has, shall we say, a particular, a discerning, a mature, fan base - one that dances...
24 Nov 2019
Perhaps it was Volkswagen who started it, with their Amarok. Or was it Mercedes Benz with the X-Class? Then again, the Americans have been doing it for far, far longer. But they would, wouldn’t they? It’s just so typical of them.
I’m talking of course about the plush pick-up truck. Surely you remember The Fall Guy’s GMC wideside?
Dubious early ‘80s TV nostalgia aside, there’s now no...
02 Nov 2016
Practicality must have been high on Honda’s agenda when it came to designing the latest incarnation of their HR-V. Small and far more rounded externally than the original HR-V of 1999 it may be, but the latest entry into the ever growing compact crossover market is (Cliché coming up) positively Tardis-like on the inside. Families take note.
The HR-V – that stands for High Rider...
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