The Honda Ballade has cemented its name as a reliable model in the past 20 years and, by the look of things, the new eighth-generation model is no exception. The new model I sampled in and around the ...

Being absolutely ancient, this writer can remember a multitude of things. For instance, the Honda Ballade arrived in this country in 1982. Marketed here by Mercedes-Benz at the time, it was touted as ...

The Ballade nameplate was synonymous with Honda's presence in our market during the 1980s and '90s, the badge finding its way onto Honda Civic sedans that were assembled and marketed by Mercedes-Benz ...

Known to most of the world as the Honda City, the hopefully popular sedan will be launched on the South African market wearing an old, almost vintage name in the country: Ballade. Introduced in 1982 ...

The short answer to the question posed above is no. But before we address the glaring impediments to the success of the new Japanese sedan, we need to get nostalgic for just a second. The Ballade is a ...