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Originally Posted by ToyotaFan I would be grateful if you could post the pictures as it will help me clear my doubts. |
Attachments weren't working for me last evening, for some odd reason. Let me see if they work now.
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Originally Posted by Vigkey - Spare wheel being a R14 is in my opinion the worst cost cutting bit in the Jazz. |
It will keep reminding you that it's a spare! Can't do anything about it, unless someone wants to dump it by the roadside and pick up a new 15-incher from the tyre shop for the stepney.
Also, as Vidyut pointed out, it's not about R14 or R15 -
the Jazz IS severely under-tyred! A car of this size and with those big wheel wells begs for wider rubber.
When the competition has moved on, why is Honda still sticking to the same outdated 175/65 Michelin XM1s baffles me. The least they could have done is given 185/60-section XM2s on the 15-inchers.
If you ask me, I would recommend an upgrade to 195-section Primacy LCs immediately after delivery. (just like the City)
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes Even a 3-4L car has decent wiring and USB connections. |
It looks downright ugly, specially because it's the topmost variant. If they had provided this on the V or the SV then it might have made
some sense, but now customers won't appreciate these glaring mistakes by Honda's product development department.
You are marketing this as a premium hatchback, set to take on the likes of the Elite i20 (which is a pretty high benchmark in the segment), and you are giving the customer a bunch of wires in the glove box, a circular plastic covering instead of the Start/Stop button, lower-section tyres from the Stone Age, etc.
Your
premium Honda customer won't be a happy chappie, even though whatever the Jazz has to offer may please the average Joes.
Oh, one more thing -
did I mention that the boot release button under the rear chrome strip is a clicky-type lever, instead of a soft-touch release button? Even I was surprised when I checked it out. You tug it gently towards you to open the boot. Showing it in the pictures to follow.
Photos from the launch:
The dealership welcoming you to the launch.
Showroom decked with balloons and Honda-badged ribbons.
The Jazz, waiting eagerly to be unveiled.
Time for the big unveil, as the confetti-holding boys gear up.
The covers are taken off amidst confetti bursts and loud clapping.
Time to pose for the media.
Front view of the unveiled Jazz.
Side view.
The rear. Wish the chrome strip wasn't so gaudily prominent.
To open the boot, tug on this lever towards you.
No soft-touch button provided.
The proud badge.
This is the part I am talking about.
El cheapo to the touch!
Glossy black would have been classier.
Would you like to see this in your 10-lakh premium purchase?
Thought Honda might have rectified this in the mass production models.
All options on the touchscreen HU of the VX.
Can you make out the microphone hole on the top right? Odd placing.
You sit quite low in the rear of the Jazz.
As is evident by comparing with the front seating position.
Power bulges on either side of the bonnet try to add some character.
This is the V CVT, standing alone in the hangar. No AT/CVT badge seen.
The only way to distinguish the CVT from the rest of the Jazzes - the factory sticker.
How ungainly can a car company make a car's keyhole look? Proof right here.
This is the Jazz E MT. Notice no variant badging at the rear?
Also the black chrome strip looks WAY better.
Black door handles.
Also seen are the exposed steel wheels, with Honda-badged hubcaps.
Long-type antenna at the front, instead of the stubby ones seen on higher variants.
Even the ORVM covering is black on the E MT.
E MT's steering wheel.
Completely devoid of silver/chrome inserts, and any buttons.
A black, removable plastic covering for the HU's section.
Also notice the aircon knobs and the manual lever to choose inside/outside air flow.
Seats in the E MT are completely beige.
Fabric felt cheap to the touch too.
The SV MT. The glaringly loud chrome bar returns!
Body-colored door handles and ORVM protector.
Notice the wheel cover?
The SV was locked, but you can make out steering-mounted buttons.
Also the Head Unit is the smaller one, found in the City's SV variant.
