As a new member, hello. The Jazz Hybrid we recently purchased belongs to my wife, who is the main driver. This is her 8th new Honda, all pretty faultless. However, I will probably drive more miles than her in it.
We part exchanged her Jazz Mk 3 Sport cvt, with 9k on the clock, really on my advice, because second hand car prices are very high, and we lost very little in depreciation. She actually loved her Sport, but after driving this latest, I think she loves it more.
I have already driven it more, and I have to say I think it is an astonishing little vehicle.
To give some background, I drive a 2019 Mercedes S Class S400d, itself a brilliant car, and have just returned from driving 1372 miles to the Orkney Islands, so I do understand comfort and economy.
The day after we returned I took the Jazz to London and back in a day, some 485 miles, to collect an item, quite heavy, in order to give the Jazz some miles.
I filled up before and immediately after, and returned 63 mpg, with full aircon, motorway hold ups (many), A roads, and driving on acc at 70 mph. This is also a brand new car, 40 miles on the clock, and knowing Honda’s as I do, still very tight, so mpg will improve.
I am 6ft tall and I found the Jazz extremely comfortable to drive, with my only criticism being road noise on motorway at speed.
After watching the dash showing how it all works, which is pretty smart, I switched it off.
I have viewed many of the Video reviews, from motoring journalists and disagree with most, why do they love to put the Jazz down?.
In summary the Jazz ain’t cheap, and we invariably buy the EX , but we are both very happy, particularly the versatility, which will be put to good use on a family holiday where the space loading beats the Merc .
Clearly in this day and age, an electric car would have been more ideal, but lack of charging ability, plus cost put us off. I also would not have risked a London return, but taking everything into account, and the whole Jazz Hybrid package, for our needs, 5 year warranty, 5 year servicing…… just brilliant.