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Ballade -  a name given to the Honda Civic in 1982 by Mercedes-Benz South Africa who, back then, had the rights to the Honda nameplate in South Africa. Fast forward to 2001 when the seventh generation Civic was launched locally and the Ballade name was destined for the history books, as Honda in SA became [...]

Honda’s local hybrid line-up was expanded earlier in the year when the facelifted Jazz range was released, which included the all-new Jazz Hybrid. Following after the CR-Z sports coupe and the family-orientated Insight hybrids, the Jazz Hybrid brings this new technology to a new, lower market segment, thus allowing a whole host of people the [...]

Mommy Wagon. Old Man’s Car. “Stasiewa”. All terms generally used to describe a stately sedan that’s had a bit of butt-work and gained some extra roof and a hatch back. And truthfully, the somewhat insulting nicknames given to estate cars are usually true. Most of the time the rear of the car will look awkward, [...]