Review: 2nd-gen Honda Jazz

bijujj · 28th August 2009, 09:33

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Originally Posted by cpyder

Anyways, i have already booked my Honda Jazz. I see that major (and perhaps only) gripe about Jazz is its price.

Would you say that this factor is taken care of if I could get it at around 6.5 Lakhs On Road???

Two points I can think of are
1. back seat comfort. Back seats are upright. Some do not like that.
2. Low end torque is less. You need to change gears to get the max out
of the car.

Other than these I find the car excellent. You are going to like all other aspects like fit and finish, smoothness of the engine, space and fuel efficiency.

cpyder · 28th August 2009, 12:00

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Originally Posted by JVH

LOL, how would you get one at that price? Many here would lap it up in no time if that were the on road price

But you are right. It's a great hatch if we can ignore the price.

Getting it through CSD, so the ex-showroom price is 6.2 in Chennai.

Thereafter registration etc at my hometown in UP. OTR it would be 6.65 to be precise.

JVH · 28th August 2009, 12:14

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Originally Posted by cpyder

Getting it through CSD, so the ex-showroom price is 6.2 in Chennai.

Thereafter registration etc at my hometown in UP. OTR it would be 6.65 to be precise.

Never thought of it this way!

A great buy my friend. Do post your ownership review. Now, you can really ask ' Why so serious?'

cpyder · 28th August 2009, 12:14

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Originally Posted by bijujj

Two points I can think of are
1. back seat comfort. Back seats are upright. Some do not like that.
2. Low end torque is less. You need to change gears to get the max out
of the car.

Other than these I find the car excellent. You are going to like all other aspects like fit and finish, smoothness of the engine, space and fuel efficiency.

I think I can live with that. We are a family of two plus a toddler. So, not much use of rear seats unless we have some friends/relatives travelling with us.

Low end torque problem I noticed in my test drive. I felt it was worse than my 10 year old M800 std even. However, i had driven a one year old SX4 before that. Didnt find much difference at low end.

Fuel efficiency is what I am looking for. Glad to hear that part is good.

@bijujj, Would you share how exactly did you go about 'running in' your car?

pusako · 28th August 2009, 12:25

Guys, I'm sorry but what is this csd? Pardon my lack of knowledge!

cpyder · 28th August 2009, 12:38

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Originally Posted by pusako

Guys, I'm sorry but what is this csd? Pardon my lack of knowledge!

CSD = Canteen Stores Department. One of the few perks for being in defence services.

bijujj · 28th August 2009, 13:32

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Originally Posted by cpyder

Fuel efficiency is what I am looking for. Glad to hear that part is good.

@bijujj, Would you share how exactly did you go about 'running in' your car?

Fuel efficiency is very good. After running in period I am getting 13-14 in the city and 18+ in highways. For comparison I was getting 8-9 in city and 13-14 in highways for my corsa 1.6 in identical driving conditions.

I didn't take anything specifically during running-in period other than avoiding sudden accelerations and keeping the RPM generally below 2500.

cpyder · 29th August 2009, 01:51

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Originally Posted by JVH

Never thought of it this way!

A great buy my friend. Do post your ownership review. Now, you can really ask ' Why so serious?'

Thanks JVH. I would surely put up my views on the vehicles here.

@bijujj, its giving 18+ kmpl?? Thats amazing.

And as you say, you did not care much about running in (except keeping rpm below 2500), I guess running in does not matter much. At least for Jazz. Or, Could it stretch to beyond 20-25 kmpl,if properly run-in? I seriously doubt

. Anyway, i am shortly planning a 'Great Indian Road Trip' covering about 3000km+, on my new space-ship called jazz, wherein highway fuel efficiency is going to be thoroughly tested.

Mevtec · 31st August 2009, 23:05

Hi cpyder based on initial impressions the fuel efficiency of my ANHC seems to be better than our NHC.It is amazing to find this powerful engine is more fuel efficient than some small cars.My ANHC has done 5000 km. Approximate 16km with AC in highway ( at speeds 70 - 100 km/hr) .Combined highway ( 70 %) and city ( 30%) 14 km/L.I think 18 km/l is achievable on the highway if I am bit more conservative.So dont worry about fuel efficiency of JAZZ.

Friends I am preparing my initial impressions report of ANHC.Please wait till ONAM is over.

hpzone · 16th October 2009, 17:01

Still cant understand why dont HONDA think about diesel. the whole world is changing to diesel as it is cleaner and efficient. A diesel Jazz could have been a threat to even innvova

COSY RAJA · 26th October 2009, 15:56

Team BHP

Need a feedback on Honda Jazz. Saw the car. Its cute. Test drive was pretty good. Found it to be a good city use car. Planning to buy one. Please post your experiences, views, suggestions, tips and the works.

GTO · 27th October 2009, 16:36

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Originally Posted by COSY RAJA

Team BHP

Need a feedback on Honda Jazz. Saw the car. Its cute. Test drive was pretty good. Found it to be a good city use car. Planning to buy one. Please post your experiences, views, suggestions, tips and the works.

Hi Raja, please look up the first post of this thread and also perform a forum search. We have quite a few Jazz threads running on Team-BHP.

COSY RAJA · 28th October 2009, 12:17

Thanks GTO. Will follow the thread. Will post on the developments.

shadow · 25th January 2010, 15:28

Heard there are price cuts on the Jazz in the offing. Hope its a big one.

GTO · 26th January 2010, 10:02

Yup, been hearing of 50,000 discount straight up on the Jazz. If Honda can officially correct the price by 1.0 - 1.5 lakhs, that's more like it.

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Mevtec BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 210 Thanked: 143 Times	Hi cpyder based on initial impressions the fuel efficiency of my ANHC seems to be better than our NHC.It is amazing to find this powerful engine is more fuel efficient than some small cars.My ANHC has done 5000 km. Approximate 16km with AC in highway ( at speeds 70 - 100 km/hr) .Combined highway ( 70 %) and city ( 30%) 14 km/L.I think 18 km/l is achievable on the highway if I am bit more conservative.So dont worry about fuel efficiency of JAZZ. Friends I am preparing my initial impressions report of ANHC.Please wait till ONAM is over.
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hpzone BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 142 Thanked: 2 Times	Still cant understand why dont HONDA think about diesel. the whole world is changing to diesel as it is cleaner and efficient. A diesel Jazz could have been a threat to even innvova
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COSY RAJA BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 28 Thanked: 0 Times	Team BHP Need a feedback on Honda Jazz. Saw the car. Its cute. Test drive was pretty good. Found it to be a good city use car. Planning to buy one. Please post your experiences, views, suggestions, tips and the works.
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COSY RAJA BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 28 Thanked: 0 Times	Thanks GTO. Will follow the thread. Will post on the developments.
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shadow BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 94 Thanked: 14 Times	Heard there are price cuts on the Jazz in the offing. Hope its a big one.
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GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,740 Thanked: 302,855 Times View My Garage	Yup, been hearing of 50,000 discount straight up on the Jazz. If Honda can officially correct the price by 1.0 - 1.5 lakhs, that's more like it.
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