Entries Tagged as ‘Honda’

December 22, 2008

What’s the best hot hatch? (Poll)

It’s the one question everyone in the office has a different answer to: what’s the best hot hatch?
Read which cars the editorial team picked as their favourite hot hatches - and nominate your hot hatch of choice in the comments.

December 12, 2008

Which of the Sultan’s 3,000 cars would YOU blag?

Forget his 1,788 room mansion. Forget the private aeroplane with gold-plated furniture. Forget his Oxford Law degree – this man has more than 3,000 cars. THREE THOUSAND.
If driven all at the same time, his planet-eating collection would melt the polar icecaps and suck the ozone layer by Christmas. Probably.
You have think, surely he wouldn’t miss [...]

December 5, 2008

Honda quits F1 - will other teams follow?

The Formula 1 world has been shocked by Honda’s sudden decision to quit the sport.
Unless a buyer is found F1 will be down to nine teams with 18 cars in 2009, and Jenson Button may find himself without a team to drive for.
But as the economic downturn puts even greater pressure on car makers, will [...]

May 16, 2008

Video: Honda’s ASIMO robot takes a fall

The new ASIMO is the latest in Honda’s 22-year evolution of its amazing robot.
The 1986 model called ‘E0’ took five seconds to take a single step.
It’s moved on since then but, as this video shows, there have been some mis-steps along the way.

April 22, 2008

First ever Auto Trader video car review

We’ve just published our video car review of the new Honda Accord which goes on sale in June (October for the Tourer version).
It’s a great car which should give Audi A4 and BMW 3-series drivers pause for thought.
There are some fantastic saloons about at the moment – the Ford Mondeo has continued Ford’s resurgence while [...]

April 4, 2008

The A-Z of the world’s dream machines

From the gorgeous Aston Martin Vantage RS to the insane Pagani Zonda - we’ve compiled the definitive list of the world’s sexiest cars - there’s even a Yukon Denali in there…

April 3, 2008

How reliable is your car?

 
The Honda Accord is the UK’s most reliable motor.
The trusty Japanese saloon - which takes aim at the BMW 3 Series - tops the Reliability Index using data available to insurance company Warranty Direct.

November 27, 2007

Ford Focus ST: Hot or not?

Few arguments in the Auto Trader offices get as heated as the question over which is the top hot hatch.
Stuart is a big fan of the Ford Focus ST, but I’m not convinced. I always thought that the second generation Focus sapped all the style from the original, and the pumped-up ST looks like mutton [...]