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HONDA CIVIC

hen the Civic hit the scene in 1973 it turned the small car sector on its ear. A decade later the generation three-door-third-Honda Civic, released here in 1985 did the same. With its steeply raked windscreen, short bonnet, stubby rear end and long roofline, this Civic saw the debut of the D-series four-cylinder single-carby fed 1.5-litre engine. Most sold here with a five-speed manual gearbox. They don’t come up for sale often and Honda aficionados are keen to pounce on any good strays. They are pretty

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