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Government Scrappage Scheme Extended for Honda new car sales.
 Government Scrappage Scheme Extended for Honda new car sales.
Barretts Honda of Canterbury, Kent are pleased to announce that the government has announced that its car scrappage scheme is being extended by £100m or a further 100,000 vehicles.
The government has also announced that it will also lengthen the cut off point for the old cars being traded in by six months.
Meanwhile, van owners will be able to trade in their old commercial vehicle if it is more than eight years old, rather than the previous 10. The newly extended government scrappage allowance means that vans and commercial vehicles can be traded in against new Honda cars.
The government says the changes will come into effect as soon as possible, once formal agreement has been reached with all the vehicle manufacturers.
Barretts Honda are fully participating in the Government Scrappage Scheme and have great deals on new Honda cars on our website www.barrettshonda.com
Today we have announced 2 years 0% Finance on New Honda Jazz models sold and registered before 31 March 2010 the good news is that you can use your scrappage allowance towards the deposit. For more details follow this link>>>
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Honda Jazz - 0% APR Financing deal for 2 years from Barretts Honda.
Looking for a deal on a new Honda Jazz?
How about 0% APR financing for 2 years on the latest Honda Jazz, with as little as a 35% deposit?
You can even use your government scrappage allowance*.
Until 31 March 2010 Barretts Honda of Canterbury in Kent have great deals on the Honda Jazz.
For example you could have a new Honda Jazz 1.2i V-TEC SE 5dr for only £249.00 per month APR 0%.
Here's how:
Total cash price of goods: £12,083.00
Deposit: £6,107.00
Amount of Credit: £5,976.00
Total Charge for Credit: £0.00
Repayment Balance: £5,976.00
Annual Percentage Rate: 0.0%
24 monthly payments of £249.00 per month
Honda Jazz reviews: See what the Daily Telegraph Motoring readers and Honest John have to say about Honda Jazz ownership here>>>
A full credit quotation is available from Barretts Honda Canterbury, CT1 1HA. Subject to status we may require additional security, in the form of an indemnity. Financing provided by Honda Finance Europe Plc, 470 London Road, Slough, Berkshire SL3 8QY. *Government Scrappage scheme ends on 28th February.
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Honda Jazz Recall - the official word.
You may have heard or seen in the press of a recall to the Honda Jazz in the UK.
Often these stories are not told accurately, so put your mind at rest we have published the Honda UK press release here. However, if you have any more questions please do not hesitate to contact our team here at Barretts Honda 01227 866266.
HONDA JAZZ RECALL STATEMENT
Honda (UK) is to contact 171,372 owners of the Jazz (2002-2008 year model), to arrange an examination of the master power window switch, as part of a voluntary safety recall.
The master window switch in the driver’s door can malfunction when exposed to large amounts of liquid ingress, for example if the window is left open frequently or for long periods during heavy rain. Water and other fluids can cause the window switch’s circuit board to malfunction and prevent opening or closing of the window. In rare cases, the circuit board can overheat causing melting or smoke or, potentially, fire.
It’s expected that around 10 per cent of the cars recalled will need a replacement switch, with the remainder requiring the fitment of a waterproof skirt to prevent further water entry.
Honda (UK) will begin contacting those Jazz owners affected by the recall in March, in order to have the rectification work carried out. In all cases the work will be carried out at no cost to the customer.
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The recall action affects approximately 646,000 Jazz models globally. It affects those models built in Japan, China, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia and India.
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Telegraph Motoring: Honest John explains why the Honda Jazz is so good.
Our 'agony uncle' explains how Honda's versatile little hatchback took his fancy, while two Jazz-owning Telegraph readers describe why it's the car for them.
Versatile, small, frugal and built in Swindon. What's not to love about the Honda Jazz? The little car has its flaws but, according to the hundreds of Telegraph readers who own one, the faults are mostly minor and forgivable.
In fact, so many of you have written to Motoring to praise your Honda hatchback over the years, we felt it was time to celebrate this unassuming hero of the roads with a look at its popularity through the eyes of its owners, including a couple who each have one, and the person who recommends buying a Jazz more than anyone: our own automotive agony uncle, Honest John.
Perhaps most impressively, the Jazz is a brilliant piece of car interior design. It sits the driver and passenger on the fuel tank, and leaves floor space where the tank would normally be. Lift up the rear seat squabs and instead of petrol there is space in the centre of the car for pot plants, bicycles, wheelchairs and small children to get changed standing up. Ford, Fiat, Citroën, Toyota and everyone else all wish they'd thought of that.
When the car was launched in 2002, Honda fitted a 1,339cc chain-cam direct-injected petrol engine that proved to be as economical as a diesel, and offered the option of a seven-ratio continuously variable transmission (CVT) that can be treated as a simple "press and go" automatic.
Unsurprisingly, the car caught on in Britain in a somewhat older market than in other parts of the world such as Thailand, where it is seen as a trendy young person's car and there is even a magazine devoted to outrageously customised Jazzes with 19in wheels, powerful sound systems and even gull-wing doors.
But now, despite having come top of reliability surveys, the original Jazz is starting to age and, sad to say, it shows. Manual gearbox bearings break and, if the very special fluid in the CVT transmission is not changed regularly, that fails too. The ride quality and steering were never brilliant – the original Jazz was never a car you wanted to extend for the fun of it. Maintenance can get expensive as the cars get older; rear door seals leak, wheel bearings fail. Air-conditioning and electric windows can also give trouble.
Don't buy a Jazz that is six or seven years old and expect it to remain fault-free. Seven years is the Japanese scrap-by date. In Britain, the best engine we got was the 82bhp 1.3 (called a 1.4 for marketing reasons). That was until last year, when an all-new Jazz arrived. This Mk2 is much better looking, more powerful, a bit bigger and shares the "magic" rear seats of the original. It steers more precisely and rides and handles better, too.
Instead of the easy-driving CVT, however, in a failed attempt to keep emissions under 121g/km (and in the £35 tax bracket), Honda fitted an automated manual transmission that has found far less favour because of the way its electronics damp the throttle between changes, leading to lurching if the driver tries to compensate. And if you want a spare wheel, you have to pay extra for it.
From October 2009, this new Jazz has been built at Swindon alongside Honda Civics (where, intriguingly, it is also assembled as a 120bhp 1.5 with a five-speed torque converter automatic for the South African market – a model for which many British Jazz fans would give their left feet).
To read the rest of this article and see what current owners think of their Honda Jazz please follow this link>>>
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The CRZ coming soon to Barretts Honda.
Barretts Honda's Jazz tops residuals tables.
Barretts Honda of Canterbury are pleased to announce that the Honda Jazz is Britain’s best car for retaining its value according to Parker’s annual depreciation report which surveyed almost 300 model ranges.
As well as class-leading residual values, the latest Jazz – which went on sale in 2008 – offers many features of a bigger car such as load space, driving feel and high-spec equipment, but with the great fuel economy, low emissions and more affordable running costs of a small one, making it ideal for car leasing and contract hire customers.
And the Japanese carmaker can afford to be pretty smug at the moment, with its newly-launched CR-V set to boost the residuals at the larger end of the Honda model line-up. The 2.2-litre ES, likely to be the most popular variant, has a residual value of 39.1 per cent based on 3 years or 60,000 miles. Its nearest competitor, the Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 Sport TDi, comes in at 38.9 per cent.
Residual Values
Residual values from CAP Monitor based on three years or 60,000 miles are:
- Jazz 1.2 S (90PS) 42%
- Jazz 1.2 SE (90PS) 43%
- Jazz 1.4 ES (100PS) manual 44%
- Jazz 1.4 EX (100PS) manual 44%
The Parker’s survey uses the value of cars, as if they were being sold privately, in good condition with 10,000 miles on the clock and compares this to their cost as new, 12 months earlier.
Small cars showed they are certainly the safest bet for depreciation, taking 35 of the top 40 places in the index.
The best performers of 2009
- Honda Jazz (08 on) – £1379?2
- Fiat 500 (08 on) – £1460?3
- SEAT Ibiza (08 on) – £1552?4
- Hyundai i10 (08 on) – £1650?5
- Mazda 2 (07 on) – £1702?6
- Kia Picanto (04 on) – £1760?7
- VW Fox (06 on) – £1781?8
- Suzuki Swift (05 on) – £1900?9
- Toyota Aygo (05 on) – £2148?10
- Mitsubishi i (07 on) – £2271
The biggest losers of 2009
- Maybach 62 (03 on) – £127,526?2
- Maybach 57 (03 on) – £115,253?3
- Rolls-Royce Phantom (03 on) – £81,183?4
- Bentley Arnage (98 on) – £66,040?5
- Ferrari 612 Scaglietti (05 on) – £51,627?6
- Mercedes-Benz SL Class AMG (02 on) – £51,381?7
- Bentley Cont. Flying Spur (05 on) – £47,080?8
- Aston Martin DBS (08 on) – £41,347?9
- Bentley Continental GT Coupe – £40,110?10
- Ferrari F 430 (05 on) – £37,188
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HONDA LAUNCHES SUPER GT RACER.
HONDA LAUNCHES SUPER GT RACER
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today introduced the HSV-010 GT, which will compete in the GT500 class of the 2010 Super GT Series (managed and run by GTA Co., Ltd.).
The letters “HSV” stand for Honda Sports Velocity.
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