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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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Honda may have secured global publicity by creating a 'musical' road, but it is now having to relay the asphalt after complaints from local residents. As part of a marketing campaign for the new Civic, strips of asphalt were on a highway in California. The grooves then caused reverberations through the tyres when a car drove over them at 55mph, 'playing' the William Tell overture. However, local residents have complained that the noise is keeping them awake at night, and Honda has agreed to relay the asphalt immediately.

Honda may have secured global publicity by creating a 'musical' road, but it is now having to relay the asphalt after complaints from local residents.

As part of a marketing campaign for the new Civic, strips of asphalt were on a highway in California. The grooves then caused reverberations through the tyres when a car drove over them at 55mph, 'playing' the William Tell overture. However, local residents have complained that the noise is keeping them awake at night, and Honda has agreed to relay the asphalt immediately.