HONDA JAZZ PETROL

HONDA JAZZ PETROL

ABOUT:

Hello , I own a Honda jazz , which is a petrol vx manual transmission. I've brought this car on the march of 2017. So, I have been driving this car for around a year and half and have driven around 12k kms.

This is an owners review !!

Ill share my personal experiences of the car over various situations through few parameters.

*LOVE ITT: 

-The car's design  of the car is great, at times from rear it looks like a mini van but still its sharp and good looking vehicle.

-The car is very spacious : be it the front row seats or the rear seats they are very comfortable and there is ample amount of leg , head and shoulder room.

-I like the interior sign and the way the dash is laid out and I particularly love the ac setup and the infotainment setup.

-The car has a decent sized boot.

-The driving comfort , it is super soft in the bad roads and is very stable till 120 kmph.

-Control of cars in worst of roads is super easy.

-Magic seats.

*HATE ITT: 

-The engine is very under powered and just does not have low end punch.

-The profile of the tyre is small.

-The car feels bouncy post 120 kmph on highways.

-No key-less entry ,push button start.

-I miss the armrest for the driver.

**DESIGN

*EXTERIOR: 

-The exteriors of the car is a hit as well as flops ( I find few colors very attractive and few not so attractive)

-I own the red pearl color which look good from the front and side profile and looks like a van from the rear of the car.

-The lights offer great visibility ,though they are halogen bulbs, they are far superior than others in the segment.

-The car is long as well as wide and looks are very appealing from the front.

*INTERIOR:

-I love the interiors of the car , it is not very overly done but not basic too.

-The center of the dash is tilted more towards the driver.

-I like the all black treatment of the dash and seating but some would appreciate the insertion of the beige as well.

-As mentioned earlier the seats in both the rows are extremely comfortable and suit any person.

-The feel of the steering is great.

-Its got an instrument cluster which is partly analogue and partly digital.

-The sound quality of the car is great and is a big boon for the car.

-But the user interface could have been a little sleek and the touch inputs are not sharp.

*ENGINE: 

- I love everything about the car except this part .
- This really sucks and in stop go traffic, its a curse and also during driving over a hill or an elevated ramp if you stop the car raising it from the start is really a task to be done.
-It just does not move at lower revs and there is no initial pick up from the motor ( The low end totally lags from the motor)
-Once it crosses 2.5k rpm it performs really well but drinks a lot of fuel and the mileage instantly reduces to single digit in city driving.
-In the highways , I dont find it a problem it picks up linearly and cruises fine if you drive it sedately.
-If in case you have to driving in a sporty way, hold the revs in every gear and manage with the fuel efficiency.
-**Very important and impressive part about the engine its super smooth and silent .

*RIDE AND HANDLING: 

-The car is extremely comfortable to drive and it just glides with ease over bad roads.
-Its actually feels like the cars absorbs everything in its stride.
-The car is very stable at speeds until 120 kmph and feels little bouncy above that.
-The steering is opted more for comfort and is very comfortable to manoeuvre.
-Over all its a good package in this department.

*FUEL EFFICIENCY: 

-The mileage various at most times because I used to rev it hard .
-In city I would get somewhere around 10 to 12.5 at the max.
-Over the highways i would get around 19kmpl.

*SERVICE: 

-The car is simple to maintain , It would cost me around 3k to 4k for a service .
-The parts change would cost a little more but I would say its cheap and acceptable.
-The interval appears to be every 5k kilometers.

**VERDICT:

-From my experience of owning the car for the past 1.5 years, I would say the car scores in every aspect , but the one thing that bothers is the engines no low end punch or else its just a no brainer.

-It is not a sport oriented car but is tuned more towards comfort and it scores well on that aspect.

-I suggest you to go with the diesel one, its punchy powerful but you have to bear with a little engine noise inside the cabin .

-Which is acceptable than having a car which is silent but there is no performance on offer.

*I would rate this car 3.5 on 5.

It looses a point because, even though the car is very stable in all fronts , the engine looses on great time (Which is a major inclusion in a car)

**All of the above content is from the owners point and is scripted by the author and the blog has no personal comment about the above content.

THANK YOU:)