Ballade

If you're in the market for a new vehicle these days, you may find the prices staggering. And that means the market for pre-owned is growing.Requirement: Carburettors, manual door locks and and steel wheels. This is what you get when all you want is an honest sedan for your daily commute. After all, as ...

SOUTH African consumers have proved fond of repackaged, previous-generation vehicles and, judging by the outcome of the comparative test featuring the Toyota Corolla Quest here, that best value-seeking trend is set to continue in the favour of the Prospecton-based Japanese manufacturer. However, the ...

STELLENBOSCH - Honda hasn't so much launched a new-generation Ballade as it has – thanks to acts of God and crocodiles – rebooted the model. In 2011, soon after announcing the Ballade name would return to SA after a 11-year hiatus, not only did the tsunami in Japan severely disrupt component supply, ...

DO you remember the name of the first person you kissed, or the surname of your favourite primary school teacher? Of course you do! We tend to keep names associated with fond memories and relationships fresh in our hearts and minds. In South African motoring terms there can be few more fondly-remembered ...

While Honda South Africa was, for obvious reasons, reluctant to retain the car's international name (City) for our local market, this new model, which finds its niche below the current Civic saloon range, is seen as representing all the qualities that South Africans loved about Ballade models of the ...

The first big new car launch surprise of 2011 has already slipped out the bag with the announcement that Honda will relaunch the Ballade nameplate in South Africa early next year.The Ballade name established Honda in South Africa in 1982 and the cars were initially assembled and marketed by Mercedes-Benz ...