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Honda's Facebook hit and how to slash your fuel bills

Honda hatch is a hit on social site, slash your fuel bills at a stroke

Auto Express Car Reviews

05th April 2008

Honda hatch is a hit on social site
HONDA’S Civic is a surprise hot topic for discussion on Facebook. Car chat is common on the popular young people’s social networking site, but a new list of the most talked-about models – compiled by dealer group Carcraft – reveals 187 fan groups are dedicated to the family favourite. Only the MINI Cooper has more, with 310 groups.

Slash your fuel bills at a stroke
FANCY cutting your annual fuel bill by more than one-quarter? A new engine from vehicle systems specialist Ricardo could help.

The 2/4 SIGHT unit’s novel combustion, control and valve technologies let it automatically switch between two and four-stroke operation. Ricardo bosses claim the motor could slash consumption by 27 per cent.