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Honda is a company that doesn’t like to follow the crowd. So, while it competes in most of the traditional sectors of the car market, in each case it does something a little bit different.

The Jazz, for example, might look like just another rival to Britain’s best-selling car, the Ford Fiesta, but it’s actually much more practical than its rivals, with a flexible boot and Tardis-like interior.

The bigger Civic is also a practical choice, but it’s mainly distinguished by having eye-catching, love-it-or-hate-it styling, despite competing in a sector of the market that’s usually more conservative than a blue rosette.

And while it may not seem so radical now, Honda’s large SUV, the CR-V, was one of the first to forego any pretence of being an off-roader and instead focus on on-road driving dynamics.

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<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/make/honda">Honda</a> is recalling a further 437,700 cars around the world to tackle an airbag problem.No UK models affected The faulty airbag problem mainly affects cars in North America, but also some Asian countries and Australia.European models are not fitted with this type of airbag, so no UK models are affected.

The recall was initially announced in 2008, but then extended in 2009 to cover around 515,000 vehicles in total.One fatality reported in US <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/make/honda">Honda</a> has said that faulty driver's side airbags have been linked to one fatality and 11 injuries in the US, but not elsewhere.In a statement the company said: 'The driver's airbag inflators in these vehicles might deploy with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury or fatality.'

<a href="https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/make/honda">Honda</a> is recalling a further 437,700 cars around the world to tackle an airbag problem.No UK models affected The faulty airbag problem mainly affects cars in North America, but also some Asian countries and Australia.

European models are not fitted with this type of airbag, so no UK models are affected.The recall was initially announced in 2008, but then extended in 2009 to cover around 515,000 vehicles in total.One fatality reported in US <a href="https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/make/honda">Honda</a> has said that faulty driver's side airbags have been linked to one fatality and 11 injuries in the US, but not elsewhere.In a statement the company said: 'The driver's airbag inflators in these vehicles might deploy with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury or fatality.'