The Honda CRZ came first in the 'Most Economic and Environment Friendly Sports HEV' category at the first RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge on Saturday 6 November.
Entrants started the challenge from Madeira Drive in Brighton, finishing at Pall Mall in London. Cars had to be driven around the 60 mile route in reverse, and the mission was to complete the event with the least energy impact. Entries were measured in various modes for the energy used during the drive.
The lucky winner of the Woking and Sam Beare Hospice Car Raffle has been announced. Congratulations to Mrs Borgars who has won a new Honda Jazz!
Trident Honda is proud to support this very worthwhile local charity event.
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Originally published 01/11/2010. This page relates to a previous Honda model and is provided for historical interest only.
Three of Honda's cleanest cars will compete in the very first RAC Future Car Challenge in November. The new Honda Jazz Hybrid has been entered in the Brighton to London event, alongside the hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity fuel cell car and a sporty hybrid CR-Z.
Starting at Madeira Drive in Brighton, the Future Car Challenge uses the traditional 60 mile veteran car run route, but in reverse. The three Honda cars will be retracing the route taken by Honda Motor founder, Soichiro Honda, when he tackled the London to Brighton event in 1985.
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Honda has announced that it has been presented with one of the first Euro NCAP Advanced rewards at Paris Motor Show. Honda's CMBS technology has been recognised as amongst the best safety innovations, offering research proven benefits, by Euro NCAP.
Euro NCAP Advanced is a Euro NCAP initiative in response to the rapid development of new safety technologies available when buying cars for which there is no independent assessment. Euro NCAP Advanced is open to any technical system that has a demonstrable safety benefit, whether it is primary, secondary or tertiary, as long as it is available as an option on one of the Euro NCAP tested cars and not already addressed by the current star rating.
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Update: Motor Codes became The Motor Ombudsman on 1 November 2016. The Motor Ombudsman continues to administer the motor industry's Codes of Practice and provides an independent dispute resolution service for consumers and accredited businesses. Visit The Motor Ombudsman for current information.
Motoring consumer champion, Motor Codes, launched a national campaign to make the country's garages better by gathering feedback from customers.
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Originally published 27/08/2010. This page relates to a previous Honda model and is provided for historical interest only.
A hybrid version of Honda's much-loved Jazz will make its world debut at the Paris Motor Show in September, bringing lower emissions and improved fuel economy to the practical supermini.
The introduction of Honda's petrol-electric IMA system to the Jazz, makes the car the world's first B-segment hybrid.
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Update: Motor Codes became The Motor Ombudsman in November 2016. The Motor Ombudsman continues to administer the Motor Industry Code of Practice for Service and Repair. This article has been retained as an historical record and references below to Motor Codes relate to the organisation as it was known at the time.
Independent research published by Which? found that, after two years of operation, automotive consumer champion Motor Codes was making significant progress in raising service and repair standards in UK garages.
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Official pictures have been released of the Honda CR-Z concept, the first hybrid with seriously sporting pretensions.
Honda is set to unveil it at this year's Tokyo motor show in late October and, despite the 'concept' tag, Honda sources say that it's nine-tenths production ready and will be in UK showrooms by the summer of 2010.
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Our managing director Richard Roberts today announced the appointment of James Roberts to the board of directors:
I am very pleased to announce that James Roberts, our Group Used Car Buyer, has been promoted to the role of Director - Used Car Operations with immediate effect. This is in recognition of the role played by James in a vital part of our business.
Please visit our Management Team page for more details.
Official pictures have been released of the new Honda CR-V, which will go on sale in January 2010.
The car will be available with Honda's 2.2-litre i-DTEC engine, which was launched in the Accord last year, for the first time. It produces 148bhp and 258lb ft of torque. It can also be mated to either a manual gearbox or a new, five-speed automatic unit.
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