Re: Honda Jazz : Official Review Quote:
Originally Posted by mandywanders Hi shabash. I hope you don't mind, but I would like to share a bit of my experience. We started out with the same budget and requirement as yours about an year back and recently got our Jazz V CVT. We initially considered the Brio, Amaze, grand i10, and Xcent but didnt find any of them to meet our expectations. Brio was too bouncy and cheap looking interiors, Amaze had more sorted ride and handling than brio but really those interiors and the cost cutting is too much. Brio/amaze scream cheap. Coming to the Hyundais Grand i10 had no ABS airbags which we weren't wiling to compromise on and the Xcent well, it was okay but we realised are just not compact sedan people. Also wasn't satisfied with the steering and handling of both the Hyundais. The ride too was not a lot to our liking. The only real competition we had was between the Ford Aspire DCT and Jazz. We did consider the Polo Tsi for a brief while but we weren't willing to take a risk with the dicey VW after sales. Micra was dropped because we just did not like it.
We have now been using our Jazz the for almost a month now and having chosen it over the Ford Aspire DCT we aren't disappointed. We don't really find it so unresponsive. We use it daily and it performs the duties well. We have clocked about 1100kms now and do not find the gearing or acceleration to be a hindrance at all. The engine and transmission has smoothened out a lot. In fact we hardly use the paddles. A push on the accelerator is sufficient to do overtaking maneuvers also. We tried manual mode after running about 900kms and found it pretty responsive. It does take a while though to get a hold of the gears. We found D4 to have the best acceleration. Sure it's no scorcher but it's pretty reasonable for our use and there are no perceptible gear shifts. Yes there is a delay in engine revving first while the power is transmitted to the tyres a bit later but it's not more than a half a second or so. Add to it we are getting overall FE in the range of 14 in city driving with AC in mixed traffic conditions. In fact we had found the Ford having a more confused gearbox during our test drives. We did three test drives of the Jazz CVT before finalising and couple of the Ford too. Though the Ford seemed to have a slightly better acceleration but Jazz was no slouch. In fact in our Jazz we find it better now after the running in. I would suggest you to take test drives from different dealers. Some dealerships do not maintain their vehicles in top shape. You can test the Ford figo twins with the DCT too. In all honesty, if you want performance and don't care about the FE or iffy service support, the Polo GT Tsi is the only one which can match the requirements, but then again in Bangalore that might exceed your budget. The Ciaz AT, ecosport AT, Verna AT, city SV CVT will all fall beyond your budget by a fair bit. You can check out the Zest also if you are comfortable with Tata.
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Dear mandywanders,
Well written.
I have also booked a V CVT Jazz. I expect it to be delivered about 20~25 Oct 2015.
Even my opinion is opposite to shabash. (No offense intended!)
I took two test drives before finalizing. Once I was alone and once my wife was with me. Unfortunately, my daughters were not available on both occassions.
The TDs took place on good and bad roads, on open and crowded roads, in fast moving and slow moving traffic, up/down/level, etc. So, we got a good feel of the drive-ability. The car was incredibly smoooooth! I tried D mode, I tried S mode. The pickup may have been a bit less than Polo DSG. However, actually, Jazz felt more comfortable to drive than Polo. Anyway, the Indian roads/traffic conditions are not really suitable for this 'sudden' pick-up. You just land up getting close to the back of a car/bus/truck travelling at 10 kmph!
Please note that I took TDs of about 8~9 models of AT cars from Celerio to Creta (out of totally about 14~15 models) - so I got to compare many models. It did not make me an expert - but definitely, I did not feel even once that Jazz was under-powered.
I will share more information when I get my own car.
Girish Mahajan |