IT used to be one of life’s great mysteries as to why Honda could make some great road car engines but the ones in the back of F1 cars were, to put it bluntly, a bit of a dog.
They put that one firmly to bed with their link up with Red Bull Racing but thankfully some things never change – their passenger car engines still seem as unburstable as ever.
THE racetracks of the world are a happy place of late for Max and his Honda powered Red Bull colleagues, and so are the car showrooms of the Japanese company for people buying their wares.
Take the latest CR-V – the epitome of all that’s good in a family sized SUV and propelled by their 2.0 litre hybrid petrol engine.
It’s a responsive unit and plenty of torque equals swift forward movement, safe overtaking and fairly relaxed cruising. Continue reading