Category: Compact MPV 
Price Range: £17,200 to £21,020
Fits six and their luggage; Honda's legendary reliability; generous finance and insurance scheme, diesel engine
Wind noise, some interior fittings feel a bit flimsy.
A flexible family car from Honda, with a peach of a diesel engine.
Honda's engines are pretty well bombproof, which should prove reassuring for owners. Indeed Honda was recently rated runner-up in the 2004 Warranty Direct Reliability Index. The FR-V is built to high manufacturing standards in a Japanese factory, with consistent panel gaps and shut lines over the length of the car. Rugged but appealing plastics and fabrics are used in the interior, with the exception of the centre-mounted bottle holder which feels extremely flimsy - not ideal if you've got boisterous kids on board.
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wrote on 08 07 2006