Honda Jazz

Honda Jazz Description :

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Japanese auto manufacturer, Honda Motor Co. has launched its luxurious hatchback model Honda Jazz in India on June 10, 2009 this year. Honda Jazz is the most eagerly awaited small car since Honda announced about its launch, being the first small car in Honda's product portfolio in India. Honda Jazz is a luxurious small car and is equipped with all luxurious features of a C-segment luxury sedan that leads Honda Jazz price wise a high end model. However, Honda used the Honda City platform to build this car for reducing the Honda Jazz price as the overall manufacturing cost would otherwise increase. The launch of Honda Jazz is the entry of Honda in the small car market in India and it will compete the other luxurious hatchback of this segment such as Skoda Fabia, Hyundai i20 and Chevrolet SRV.

Honda Jazz is a premium hatchback car and is most likely to be equipped with a 1.2L, 1198cc, 4-cylinder power plant that will produce 90PS power @ 6200 rpm and 116 Nm torque @ 4900 rpm. The powerful engine of this car offers great acceleration and enables it to cross the mark of 100kmph in just 11.2 seconds and achieve the top speed mark of 165kmph. The newer version of Honda Jazz was launched with a 1.3L and a 1.5L engine options in UK while in India it is initially available only with a 1.2L engine. However, for Indian market, company announced that its 1.5L version will be introduced by the end of this year.

The stylish and sporty exteriors of Honda Jazz with sharp lines and central bonnet ridge are able to attract the youth. Its front grille gives it the CR-V type look but the sharp headlamps, steeply raked windscreen, alloy wheels and ellipsoidal glass area and newer tail lamp design make it the more attractive. Honda Jazz has been launched with three variants and all its variant will be equipped with active safety features like dual front airbags, side airbags, ABS (Anti lock Brake System) and EBS. Other attractive features of Honda Jazz are its automatic climate control, leather seats, keyless entry, power steering, power windows, A/C, CD/MP3 players, automatic headlights and many more things. Honda Jazz got the car of the year award in Japan in year 2001 and 2002 and now it is ready to storm the Indian market with a few updates.

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Honda Jazz Fuel Economy and Mileage

The new 1.2L, i-VTEC (Variable Valve Timing with Electronic Lift Control) engine which is specially designed to increase fuel efficiency, with EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) technology of Honda Jazz offers high engine performance with better fuel efficiency – The test result of rule 115 says that under the standard test condition (at which two passengers are sit on front seat and drive car at average speed), gives a mileage of 13kmpl in city and 16kmpl on highway.

Honda Jazz Power

Honda Jazz is available with three variants and all its three variants are powered by the same 1.2L, 1198cc, 4-cylinder, i-VTEC petrol engine with 5-speed manual gearbox that produces immense power. Its 1.2L, 1198cc power-plant produces 90bhp power at 6200rpm and 110Nm torque at 4800rpm.

Honda Jazz Colors

Honda Jazz is available with six exciting colors that are – Habanero Red, Deep Sea Blue, Tafeta White, Crystal Black Pearl, Alabaster Silver, Sherbet Blue.

Honda Jazz Acceleration and Pick Up

The 1.2L, 1198cc, i-VTEC petrol engine of Honda Jazz offers great acceleration that cross the mark oh 100kmph in just 11.2 seconds and makes it able to achieve the top speed mark of 165kmph.

Honda Jazz Exteriors

Honda Jazz Exterior Appearance

Honda Jazz comes with a dynamic styling and bold exterior features. The front side with its aggressive front grille with fog lamps and sharp head lamps offers bold and aggressive look. From the side view body colored side moulding, alloy wheels, ellipsoidal glass area, tail gate spoiler and corner protector makes the look of Honda Jazz to die.

Honda Jazz Exterior Measurements

The dimension of the Honda Jazz are - its length is 3,900mm, width is1,695mm, its height is 1,535mm and the wheelbase of Honda Jazz is 2500mm with 384 liters of boot space.

Honda Jazz Interior

Honda Jazz Interior Appearance

Honda Jazz comes with attractive and elegant beige interiors. Its dual tone dashboard which is equipped with advanced instrument panel and beige upholstery adds stars to its overall interior appearance. Honda Jazz offers stylish, spacious and comfortable passenger room with enough leg space, excellent front visibility and generous head space that is enough for a 6ft tall person. The interiors of Honda Jazz are designed to meet everythings that a passenger needs by providing a variety of convenient and multi purpose storage places.

Honda Jazz Comfort

The rear passenger seat of Honda Jazz is placed a bit higher than its front seat so that the rear passenger can get excellent front view out. The most attractive interior feature of Honda Jazz is its magic seats that makes it’s the first hatchback car in Indian market that comes with this features. The magic seat features makes Honda Jazz as an ultra spacious car. It is full of small compartments, boxes and pockets. The other comfortable features of Honda Jazz includes – Front Console Box with Separate Pockets, Front Door Pocket, Upper and Lower Glove Box, Box Under Rear Seat, Rear Door Bottle Holder, Cup-holders, Extra Storage Space and two hooks in its boot, Rear AC vents, Tilt-able Steering Wheel with Audio Controls, Adjustable Driver Seat, Power Door Lock, Power Rear View Mirror, Power Windows (Front & Rear both), Dual Glove Box and Coat Hanger.

Honda Jazz Interior Measurements

Honda Jazz is an ultra spacious car that offers generous head room of 955mm (Front) and 930mm (Rear), Front Leg Room (Max/Min) 1200mm/990mm, Rear Knee Room (Max/Min) 910mm/675mm, Shoulder Room 1430mm that is enough even for six feet tall person.

Honda Jazz Engine Capacity and Performance

Honda Jazz is available with three variants and all of them are powered by the same capacity engine - all three variants are packed with a 1.2L, 1198cc, i-VTEC engine that offers great engine performance. Its 1198cc power-plant produces 90bhp power at 6200rpm and 110Nm torque at 4800rpm. Its i-VTEC (Variable Valve Timing with Electronic Lift Control) engine with EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) is specially designed to offer high engine performance with increased fuel efficiency.

Honda Jazz Wheels

As for the wheels, the Honda Jazz is available with both spoke and alloy wheels that give it a more sporty and stylish look. Honda Jazz comes with puncture resistant tubeless tyres that offer additional safety at off-road driving. The size of tyre in Honda Jazz is 175/65 R15.

Braking and Handling of Honda Jazz

Honda Jazz comes with disc brakes at its front wheels while drum brakes t its rear wheel de-accelerate the car in lesser time and offers high safety. The ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) with EBD (Electronic Brake-force Distribution) offers high safety in case of instant braking at slippery road without loosing control from it.

Honda Jazz Safety and Handling

Honda Jazz is said to be safest car in its segment as it offers advanced active safety features. The active safety features that the new Honda Jazz offers are – Dual Front SRS Airbags offers maximum security to driver and the passenger sitting next to him, ABS with Brake Assist and EBD that guarantees that the car will never be skidl, and the most revolutionary G-CON (G Force Control Technology) that enhances handling. And other safety features of Honda Jazz are ECU Immobilizer, Front Seat Belt Pretentioner with Load Limiter, Driver Seat Belt Reminder, Driver Side Auto Pinch Guard, Day/Night Side Rear View Mirror, Rear Windshield Defogger, Rear Wiper, High Mount Stop Lamp, Full Size Spare Tyre and Active Headrests to prevent whiplash injuries to driver and co-driver.

Honda Jazz Accessories and Stereo

Honda Jazz also offers entertainment package with it that includes advanced integrated audio system with AM/FM, CD MP3 and with Aux-in that allows the driver to integrate his/her any equipments like iPod, MP3 player, USB Memory and Mobile phone. Its steering mounted audio control offers easy access to audio system without distracting mind from road. The advanced front and rear speakers of Honda Jazz with Auto volume control that increases/decreases the volume according to the speed of the car and offers excellent quality sound.

Honda Jazz comes with an effective and powerful air conditioning system with heater that offers convenient atmosphere that passengers required.

Honda Jazz Pros :

Power, Stylish Interiors and Exteriors, Magic Seat Flexibility System, Spacious.
Honda’s G-CON Technology.

Honda Jazz Cons :

Expensive for hatchback segment