Trident Honda

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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Honda's new CEO, Takanobu Ito, has announced plans to begin sales of the CR-Z hybrid car in Japan in February 2010. Ito also mentioned that details of a UK release date for the new hybrid will be announced towards the end of 2009.

The Honda CR-Z is the company's sportiest hybrid model yet, with Honda giving it more power and performance than the Insight in a bid to improve the image of hybrids.

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Honda will unveil its first hot diesel, in the shape of the new Honda Accord Type S, at the Geneva motor show in March, the company has announced.

The Honda Accord Type S will use the same 2.2-litre diesel engine as the standard car, but tweaked to produce an extra 22lb ft of torque and 29bhp more. The power gain is achieved through the use of a larger intercooler and changes to the turbocharger and cylinder head.

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Trident Honda are delighted to announce a new variant to the highly acclaimed Honda S2000 model line up, marking the end of production for the award winning sports car.

The Honda S2000 GT Edition 100 is limited to 100 units and has the following unique features;

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Trident Honda is now on YouTube. We plan to start adding videos and selecting favourite videos from YouTube to share. There isn't much content yet, but please do subscribe, so that you can see the new content as it arrives.

Trident Weybridge is delighted to have been given responsibility for Cobham and its environs, by Honda, including:

• Cobham
• Downside
• Martyr's Green
• Stoke D'Abernon

Whilst Trident Honda is delighted to welcome customers from any area, this is a recognition by Honda of Trident Weybridge's outstanding customer care.

Honda will launch its first automatic transmission for a diesel engine in 2009, with the new gearbox featuring in the Accord. The Honda Accord i-DTEC automatic will go on sale in January 2009.

The Japanese manufacturer expects automatic transmission in the Accord to appeal to a new segment of customers, particularly in the corporate market, where it considers high mileage user choosers often will only consider an automatic transmission.

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