New Honda Jazz V MT review

I bought the new Honda Jazz V model 6 months back and am driving it regularly mostly in city driving but occasionally highway driving.

Exterior Exterior is quite stylish. Looks like a mini Honda City.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior is a mini relplica of the Honda City dashboard. Looks quite premium with lots of space inside. Very comfortable to drive and also for co passengers.

Only one issue we noticed - if 3/4 people sit at the back, the people who sit beside windows tend to get a hit at head in the celing as the structure there is a bit awkward near window. So people have to be a little bit careful.

Also Honda should have given the magic seats and headrest at the back seats in V model also.

Except these all other features are good. Lots of space inside and it looks quite airy. Driving is a pleasure.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The VTEC engine is brilliant. There is no noise and it is very smooth. Gearbox performs well although I feel the Hyundai (I used to drive an I10 earlier) gearbox is a bit more smooth. There is one issue though - at very low speed, the engine takes a time to pick up (so you have to change more gear shifts), however once the engine is in full rev, you enjoy the beauty of this engine.

Fuel economy is good. I am driving in Kolkata city, and given the very heavy traffic in this city, you tend to get a mileage of 10-12 km/l with AC on. WIthout AC it goes up marginally to 13. You may get more in cities where traffic is a bit less congested. In highway I have got around 16/17 km/l mileage in NH6.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality and handling is superb. I have driven both Hyndai new i20 and Voxwagon Polo, I feel honda is equal to both of them (and sometimes higher). The car takes the potholes pretty easily and once in full swing just put your foot off the pedal, no problem.

Final Words Excellent car, with a few suggestions as mentioned above. The V model should have the magic seat and rear seat headrests (given the price), else I am very satisfied.

Areas of improvement The V model should have the magic seat and rear seat headrests.

Interior Space, VTEC engine, driving comfortShould have given magic seats in V model also