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Honda’s amazing, fascinating history plus Civics old and new…

6th November 2017

David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports on Honda’s progress since the 1940s… and drives Civics built 42 years apart...  (Photographs of the Civic Type-R GT and the first generation Civic 1.2 by David; others courtesy of Honda). News Honda (UK) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honda (Japan) and today it is rated as one of the top 20 brands in the world. Honda manufactures a broad … [Read more...]

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