Honda Jazz – Spacious and safe

The classy and spacious subcompact car Honda jazz was produced since 1984 and available in the current version as a 4-door with either a 78 or 83 hp motor. Both versions are very efficient and only consume 5.5 and 5.8 liters per 100 km. The top speed is 170 km / h, for the acceleration to 100 km / h in the Honda Jazz, depending on motor 13.7 or 12.9 seconds.

 honda fitThe Honda Jazz is considered very safe car, also because it is the EURO-NCAP performed well in safety tests. The boot capacity of 380 liters falls for a small car from quite generous; three large suitcases should fit comfortably into it. Outside Europe, the Honda Jazz is offered as Honda City. Opel had at the same time the model Kadett City brought onto the market and was able to successfully suit the change of name of Honda obtain in the European market.

The outer dimensions of the small car have changed compared to the previous model, so the new 95 millimeters longer than its predecessor. The wheelbase has grown in the third generation by three centimeters to 2.53 meters. The optics peps Honda with narrower headlights and distinctive beads in the flanks. In Japan, the third generation of the Jazz is on the market in Europe in the summer of 2015.

Honda puts particular emphasis on the variability and the space of the Jazz. Thanks to the new platform on which even Honda HR-V SUV is, the interior of the Jazz to be more spacious. The rear bench seat with the so-called "Magic Seats" has three settings: flipped and sunk (Utility mode), folded-up seats for storage space from floor to headliner (Tall Mode), and additionally folded to rear seat passenger seat for transporting long objects (long mode). The boot capacity of 354 liters (predecessor: 335 liter) increases with folded second row to 884 liters, the loading area is flat.

For the cockpit announcing Honda, depending on the equipment, a 5-inch information display or a new infotainment system with 7-inch touch screen on which retrieves traffic information in real time. It has the driver support along with the exception of the basic variant "Trend" - an intelligent cruise control, a collision warning system, traffic sign detection and a high-beam assistant. By default, the classy Honda Jazz is equipped with City Emergency Braking. The driver assistance systems in use, according to Honda Jazz, the combination of camera and laser distance measurement. Under the hood of the little Japanese, a new 1.3-liter VTEC engine works with 102 hp. Upon request on the Honda stepless CVT transmission or the standard, manual six-speed gearbox, that replaces the five-speed manual transmission of its predecessor. The reliability and manageability of this car made it a popular companion.

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