Honda Jazz X Design and Style
The Jazz isn’t exactly a sensational head turner, but it looks nice and sporty with its balanced proportions and handsome lines. The Jazz is the epitome of practicality and space enhancement where every bit on the car has been designed to augment comfort and maximize cabin space. Be it the big windows to allow the maximum amount of light in, or the rear window quarter panel adding its own bit to the cause – the Jazz reeks function. Even the front window is extender towards the bonnet with a glass quarter panel to let that extra light come in and enhance the airy feel within.
The stubby nose is accentuated by a bulge on the bonnet, and is flanked by two large triangular headlamps. The cute grille has a smiley face. The body colour slat carrying the Honda emblem used to be a mesh earlier, and the inclusion is exclusive to the Jazz X variant only. The pair of fog lamps below the front grille, flanking the air dam is also a new inclusion on the Jazz X. There are no offensive or loud lines on the profile as well, with only a subtle crease running across the two doors via the handles. The area around the rear wheel arches is rather beefy, with a straight-ish line emerging out from there and going halfway into the front door. All this to lend some athleticism to the huge surface area in profile, which otherwise may have looked a tad too lardy and boring. The newly incorporated 5-spoke titanium finish alloy wheels (only on Jazz X) further add to the sporty and agile look of the car.
The rear windscreen doesn’t bend forwards like a conventional hatch – again a trick to enhance cabin space. The tail-lamps are rather simplistic, and flank a black slat holding the Honda badge at the rear. The tail gate has complex, angular creases emanating from around the number plate bay area, and extending into the bumper and towards the tail-lights. The rear end of the Jazz, as compared with the rest of the car is more complex, yet manages to looks sophisticated and neat.
Overall, the Jazz is a very evolved design, implying improvisation to accommodate function. It’s got a sophisticated, European feel to it. It isn’t overly snazzy like the Chevrolet Beat (although that sort of a treatment would have gone very well with the name), but has its own flavor of vibrancy. It’s lively, but without crossing the borders of subtlety.