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Honda’s Swindon car plant returns to normal production levels this week as mass production of the new Civic gets underway. As a result, the Japanese car maker is announcing the creation of 500 new jobs to meet the forecasted production levels in 2012. The manufacture of the new Civic model had been delayed by more  [...]

December 20th, 2011

Honda is to take a tour of the UK to give fans and eager customers the chance to get a sneaky preview of the new 2012 Civic model. Customers attending one of the previews taking place at dealerships around the country will be able to learning about the landmarks and milestones in Honda’s history, accompanied [...]

November 14th, 2011

We don’t often mention motorbikes on RoadTestReports.co.uk, but we couldn’t resist telling you about this latest competition. Specialist motorbike insurer Carole Nash is running a competition to win not just a two wheeled ride but a six wheeled prize compromising a brand new Honda CBF 600N motorcycle and a Honda Jazz hatchback. The deadline for [...]

October 27th, 2011

After much hype, Honda has finally revealed the full details of its new 2012 Civic. To be priced from £16,495, the new model will be available in the familiar choice of trims; SE, ES, EX and EX GT along with a choice of three engines; 1.4 and 1.8 i-VTEC petrol and 2.2 i-DTEC diesel. Revealed [...]

September 30th, 2011

Sounds like Honda has been hard at work to develop the new Civic model for 2012. The car maker reports that the new model will offer a quieter and more refined driving experience, focusing intently on improving the model’s handling to suit European roads. The Japanese firm has been working to refine every detail of [...]

August 26th, 2011

As Honda manufacturing levels return to normal levels following the disruption caused by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the car maker announces that the UK will become home to the manufacture of the Civic and CR-V. The firm’s plant in Swindon will begin production of the ninth generation later this year before sales start in [...]

August 1st, 2011

A new ‘more confident and clever’ Honda Civic will make its debut at the forthcoming Frankfurt Motor Show in September. It will be the ninth generation of the model, and is expected to offer the best ever levels of quality and comfort as well as benefit from the latest technology. The new hatchback model has [...]

July 29th, 2011

Japanese and Korean brands make the best choice for used cars you can rely on according to What Car? and warranty specialist Warranty Direct. Analysing the data from 50,000 live policies with the warranty firm on cars aged between three and eight years of age, far eastern brands also showed they were typically cheaper to [...]

July 28th, 2011

The first glimpse of the future CR-V has been revealed, as Honda release the first image of the concept vehicle. The all new, fourth generation model will go on sale in the US by the end of the year, and in Europe in autumn of 2012. The new model is designed to have a more [...]

July 26th, 2011

The latest film in Honda’s Channel 4 campaign stars Ben Hersey, a night fisherman from Devon who uses two Honda BF135 marine engines to power his boat ‘Goldfish’.  This mini-documentary is the second in a series of films which explore and celebrate real-life people who use their Honda cars, ATVs, lawn mowers, generators, marine engines [...]

July 21st, 2011