Honda CR-V 2.2 i-CTDi Executive

Advantages: All the gadgets a modern car needs
Disadvantages: Cheap looking fake wood effect interior

...You may have read about my useless car which I wrote about some time ago. Well a few months ago I finally got rid of my MGTF and bought myself a decent car instead. I use the word 'decent' to describe the build quality of my new car and not as a comparison in design, handling, and features etc. I realise that a direct comparison is impossible as the 2 cars are completely different both in terms of the type of person they are aimed at and the uses to which they would be put to. My new car is a 2005 Honda Accord 2.2 i-CTDi Executive and I bought it mostly because of how comfortable and feature rich it was during the test drive but also because of the excellent review written by RichadA who I think should receive at least a small amount of commission :). He certainly gets my thanks for nudging me in the direction of the Accord because I... Read review

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Advantages: Engine. Refinement. Comfort. Paintwork.
Disadvantages: Price. Styling. Boot. Interior.

...TITLE EXPLANATION Anyone remotely interested in cars cannot failed to have seen Honda's strap-line for their new Accord; "if it is difficult……it is worth doing", supposedly a quote from Mr Honda himself. I am not quite sure as to what this refers; I rather think that the difficulty lay in developing an improved car from the already very good previous one! I feel it only fair to pre-empt this review by saying that this particular model is the exact replacement for my own car - the Honda Accord 2.2 i-CTDi Executive. Effectively this is a new car, launched, in the UK, at the Company Car in Action event which my wife and I attended a couple of months ago. WHAT IS IT? The Accord is a very long standing and well known model in Honda's line-up. Other model names; Carina, Cavalier, Cortina, Xantia, 80, 626 now Vectra even, have come... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent Reliability
Disadvantages: Dull Drive

...The Honda CR-V is not a car your would buy for thrilling driving, it is not a car you would buy for break neck speed, it is not a car you would buy for razor sharp handling. However if you wish to get from A to B with plenty of space in the boot and plenty of leg room in the back seats then this is the car for you. The boot has the dimensions you would expect for a 4x4 car offering you room not only width ways but also length ways very useful for plenty of luggage for that long road trip or excessive bags of golf clubs for a long game of golf. The engine is very reliable with Honda able to boast an incredible record of not one of it's 250,000 Vtec engines having broken down making them THE most reliable 4x4 on the market. In terms of features on the SE spec leather comes as standard along with climate control, a cd player and front... Read review

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