This looks like it’s aimed more at the U.S. market and will be built there, it’s much more toned down than it’s previous Euro, U.K. built Civics which will no longer be built in the U.K. after Honda closes it’s Swindon factory early next year, ending what will be 27 years of Honda Civic production. It being a saloon…

Land Rover themselves have been making ‘commercial’ van versions of their vehicles for a great deal of time now.

As far as I’m aware, the war of the roses had some effects on Cumbria but no wars were fought here.

All the cakes are made fresh by the staff and there are vegetarian and vegan friendly options.

It is.

Near me we have a book shop called ‘Bookends’, which has a cafe inside to the rear called ‘Cakes and Ale’.

Yes, VAG as parent company has final say, but VAG gives it’s other marques quite a bit of autonomy in what happens.

Booooooo! 

It’s the Czechs that design Skodas. VAG is the parent group, but Skoda do their own designing, they get the MQB platform, drivetrain and entertainment system and tweak each to their requirements but it’s done in their own design department.

You forgot the optional Comfort Sleep Pack with headrest wings that fold down to cradle your head and blankets in little cases that attach to the rear of the front seats if you want them there.

Europeans wanting a Honda that isn’t a Civic for young to middle age or Jazz (Fit) for older people are few. The CR-V and HR-V don’t sell particularly well.

Mandatory inspections aren’t a threat to car culture and low income livelihoods, the opposite.

The other thing is many European homes don’t have parking next to their house. The parking could be some distance away from the property, they could live in a terrace house (like me) where you park where you can get parked on the street, it could be outside the front of your house, it could be 20-30+ metres down the…

Lol.

We’ll get it in the U.K.

Will there be a Golf R estate?

While you can apply for U.K. citizenship after five years.

Thankfully, our love of curries means naans are never hard to find.

If I’m going sweet, fat and salty I go for a maple syrup bacon naan.

Bacon butty, pasty and a cup of tea.