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New 2015 Honda Jazz petrol / diesel India review : Canny Jazz

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Goa gets beautiful by this time of the year, with the scattered rainfall keeping the leeching tourists at bay. As sun and rain played hide and seek, we sampled Honda India’s latest offering in the premium hatchback segment – the new Jazz.

Internationally, the name Jazz has been borne by about 5.5 million units by Honda, since it was introduced in 2001. Out of 75 countries it did business in, the Jazz ran out of luck of India after a good run, for being too overconfidently priced for its own good.

The abrupt and significant reduction in the prices of the car towards the end of its life cycle also irked some of the buyers who felt shortchanged witnessing other buyers getting the car for almost INR 1.5 lakh less.

Since then the game has changed. Led by the Hyundai’s Elite i20 and VW’s Polo, Indians are slowly warming up to premium hatchbacks. So, in times like these, Honda thought fit to have another crack at segment. In comes the all-new, second generation Jazz.

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The Jazz elevates its contemporary self further with this generation, and adds a wealth of updates to its traditionally good competency. While the petrol engine, now shared with the Brio and Amaze, carries on, a much needed diesel engine option has been included this time around, borrowed from the City. Also, the former can now be had with an automatic transmission.

Funk, space and versatility gets duly updated too, with the new Jazz being longer and more spacious than its predecessor. Based on Honda’s new B-segment platform, the new Jazz shares its underpinnings with the HR-V, as well as the City.

Style

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The new Jazz looks well-proportioned and smart, with its mono-volume mass (“Crossfade Monoform” in Honda speak), which aims to maximize interior space.The design follows an evolutionary approach, with Honda’s new styling philosophy embracing the Jazz.

Like on most modern, family hauling Hondas, headlamps and grille are now fused into one single design element.Elements on the grille are region specific, and the Indian version gets a meaty, black, Honda logo bearing rib running across.

New 2015 Honda Jazz front (13)

A streak of chrome at the bottom of the grille expresses things more sparklingly. Slim headlamps look good and taper inwards when they hit the grille. The front bumper is well sculpted, and features a massive intake in its midst, with large, deep recesses for the fog lamps on either sides.

Giving company to the round fog lamps are blanked out spaces for DRL strips, something that the European Jazz has to offer. The top and mid variants of the Jazz ride on 15 inch, five spoke alloy wheels with a twin spoke design.Wrapped around them are a set of 175/65 tires, while the lower variants get to do with 175/70 tires and 14 inch steel rims.

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The sides are visually heavy, and the girth is broken by a deep gash of a character line which subtly starts from the front wheel arch, and ends in a flourish, merging into the blocky, 3D effect, LED tail lamps. The rear bumper mirrors that of the front, with a couple of large, faux intakes at either ends.

A thick slice of chrome bridges the tail lamps, while the prominent, high mounted roof mounted spoiler on the highest variant sticks out by a fair bit. The rear screen is flanked by a couple of slim reflectors, and reminds one of contemporary Volvo crossovers and SUVs.

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At 3955 mm long, 1694 mm wide and 1544 mm high, the new Jazz is 55 mm longer than its predecessor, but has identical width and height. Wheelbase gets stretched to 2530 mm, an increase of 30 mm over the last generation Jazz.

The new Jazz is available in 7 colors in total; 5 basic and 2 character colors; Sunset Orange being the halo shade.

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6 thoughts on “New 2015 Honda Jazz petrol / diesel India review : Canny Jazz”

  1. Guys may i know which colour vehicle we have in the picture gallery is it metallic golden brown or Urban Titanium Metallic ??

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