The Honda Jazz is BRILLIANT at one thing: review

Опубликовано 17 января 2023, 17:07

The Honda Jazz is an appealing supermini with a hidden spell of magic inside.

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The Honda Jazz has been around since 2002 in the UK, and over the intervening years its mix of practicality, reliability and low running costs has won a loyal band of repeat customers, who will swear by all of the unassuming supermini’s aforementioned characteristics.

All well and good, but the Jazz’s unassuming nature has made it hard to reach customers outside the group of buyers of a certain age and outlook who have traditionally homed in on the little Honda’s common-sense qualities.

The latest model introduced in 2020 is the fourth generation, and whereas in Japan it’s available with 1.3-litre petrol or 1.5-litre petrol-hybrid power, here in Europe we’ve so far been offered only the 1.5-litre e:HEV variant. That decision is in line with Honda’s stated intention to eliminate conventional powertrains from its European line-up by 2022, so don’t hold your breath for a cheaper petrol version here.

Still, the hybrid powertrain works well with the rest of the package, and as Nicola Hume finds out, the Jazz offers one or two moments of brilliance elsewhere.

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