Honda’s home-market secret

What if I told you there was a place in Japan where your wildest fantasies could be brought to life? Not that one. I’m talking about the one where the car in your garage looks as good as a 250 Testa R

IN the long line of stunning models in the Civic Type R back catalogue, the current FL5 ranks not only as the greatest hot hatch that Honda has ever produced, but one of the greatest by any manufactur

It’s probably unwise for a lowly road tester to even attempt a Churchillian tone. Thankfully, I’m only paraphrasing. Have we reached the end for the conventional, established, petrol-swilling hot hatc

THE RS 3 has been one of the most successful and desirable hot hatches of the past decade or so, and that’s because there’s many key things that help it stand out from the crowd. It’s one of the few,

‘THE FIRST FAT, HEAVY DROPS FALL LAZILY FROM the sky and drum on the roof of the Porsche like dried peas on a biscuit tin; clearly, there’s no sound deadening behind the roof lining.’ Not my words but

IF THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY, 2007 feels like a surprisingly long flight away. In the land of 2007, there was just one Taylor Swift album, one Transformers film and, as of January that year, one g