I see a lot of comments pointing out that Jazz is not premium enough for what it offers. To be frank, the only features in i20 Asta I will be missing in Jazz VX is the 195 R16 tires.
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Rear AC vents - good to have, but I don't really think it will be a game changer until there are dedicated cooling coils. Otherwise, it is more of a gimmick and less of a utility, IMO.
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Front Arm rest - definitely useful, especially in the AT car. But, in my Dzire, I never use it. I find it as a distraction and usually keep it up - my dad finds it a very useful feature though. Honda provided this as an accessory for those who need it.
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Parking Sensors - not sure how much difference that will make if the car has a good reverse camera unit. Never used a car with reverse camera - so I am not sure. In our Dzire without the camera - we have the sensors and in that case it is a very important feature. Probably Honda could have given them in the SV variant alone.
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Telescopic steering - never used this feature in any of the cars I drove and never missed the absence. Probably, I can live without it.
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Cooled glove box - again, never felt this as a very useful feature, I always thought it as a gimmick to be added in the list of features. Cannot be a differentiation between premium and non-premium for me.
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Pure Keyless entry and go - will not miss this feature. But yes, it would be a very nice to have feature.
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Auto headlamps and wipers - I have the controls so easily accessible in my hands and I do not wish to depend on the technology to calculate the amount of light and switch on / off the headlight with a lag of 3 seconds. I can do it in half a second myself. As a driver, I know the how and when to use the wipers and I do not need technology to assist me with this.
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Auto folding ORVMs and MID indicating steering position - I mean, if I need technology to help me understand that the steering is not straight, I better not drive a car. Electric folding ORVM is convenience and Auto-folding is over indulgent. No thanks, I do not need them.
Give me convenience features - I will accept them, please do not spoon-feed me.
A few additional features in Jazz vs i20.
- i20 is missing a lot of useful features like instantaneous and average FE, speed sensing auto-locking doors present in Jazz
- Both Jazz and i20 does not get height adjustable seat-belts - come on even my Dzire has them.
- Jazz misses an important safety feature seat belts with pre-tensioners and load-limiting.
- i20 offers R14 tires in all variants up to Sportz (same with Polo, except HL), but Jazz offers R15 in all variants except E. I think Honda deserves some appreciation here.
- What is with Honda skipping some features in the VX which is available in V. e.g. Speed based Volume compensation, Multi-view rear camera display, Separate microphone for blue-tooth calls, dedicated slots under ACC for USB and Aux. Very lazy and shoddy work there.
For me, Jazz is premium enough with the useful features, space, quality and all that it offers in terms of comfort, ride, handling, steering quality, safety, flexibility, etc. However, the amount they charge for these is not justifiable. 60k over i20 is really pathetic from Honda.
All my research over the last 1 year is down the drains and my wait for the perfect car continues. Thank you Honda!!!
After all the cribbing, if I go by my heart and buy the Jazz, that is definitely for what it will offer but I will always have this small pinch inside which will tell me - You paid at least 50k more than what your drive deserved.
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Originally Posted by RavenAvi - The spare wheel of the Jazz is a 14-incher. Very odd when you don't get a full-size spare in your car.
- The Jazz CVT V doesn't get even a single "AT" or "Automatic" badging anywhere on the car. Only the factory sticker on the rear window glass (showing the VIN) confirms the CVT status. I double checked.
- The SV variant gets buttons on the steering as well.
- Head Unit of the SV variant is the same as the City's SV variant. I suspect it has the mic on the Head Unit as well (same as City SV).
- Aircon of the E MT resembles large circular knobs of ceiling fans for the manual AC controls. |
Hi RavenAvi,
- Spare wheel being a R14 is in my opinion the worst cost cutting bit in the Jazz. This will make it similar to the donut tires we get in the US cars. The spare cannot be used in tire rotation and forces one to fix the puncture and replace the tire ASAP - the spare will ALWAYS be a spare.
To that, I will also add the unpainted bonnet interiors and fuel lid. Too bad Honda.
- Even City does not get any sort of badge indicating it is an automatic. It is good and bad. Good in the way that Auto boxes are becoming mainstream and does not need an additional highlighting - if we visit the history, stickers like "AC - No hand signal" "ABS" were very common when they were not mainstream. Now we hardly see them. Bad in the way that a status conscious buyer spending over a lakh in premium for the auto box might want a badge to show-off.
- Even the S variant gets steering mounted audio-controls. Same is the case with City.
- Head Unit in Jazz SV is same as the one in City V and VX - the 5" one. Only S gets the 3.5" HU from City SV.
- Isn't the manual AC unit in Jazz similar to the manual AC unit in City and the US Fit?