Honda Jazz for sale in the Philippines January 2019

The Best Entry Level Hatchback from Honda

PROS

• It has a powerful engine
• Has an amazing aesthetic design
• Quality fit and finish inside the cabin
• Spacious legroom

CONS

• It only offers two airbags for the base variant
• It is more expensive than its competitors

The Honda Jazz is without a doubt one of the best choices for a city car. This hot hatch is the entry to the growing subcompact hatchback market in the Philippines, evoking an energetic and upbeat aura that represents today's lively and practical lifestyle. Honda managed to keep the design of this quirky little hatchback intact ever since it first made an appearance since 2001. Despite not being the successful model for the company in the Philippines, the Honda Jazz keeps a lot of motorists and car enthusiasts interested in everything that was offered. One cool hatchback that has carved a place in the Philippines, through its high reliability, accessible cabin, and excellent-performing tranny.

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The Honda Jazz is up against several competitors, but it still manages to keep the buyers attracted to itself without a fuss. When it comes to its size and the wheelbase, the cabin is extremely spacious and generous on the legroom as well as the cargo space. It has the 384-liter boot space that seems to be enough to carry almost all the luggage you may want to take in for any long road trips. The Honda Jazz base variant gets a 2-DIN audio system with AUX, USB, and Bluetooth connectivity. On the hand, the 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system is offered for the Honda Jazz top variants. The hands-free audio streaming of calls from mobiles is given as a standard feature for the Honda Jazz. It may not have any leather upholstery in any of the trims but still manages to be comfortable and likable with the black fabric. For its base trim, all the other variants have speed-sensing door lock. The power windows are given as a standard fitment, along with auto up and down for the driver. The Honda Jazz has an unmatched styling, up at the front, it has a set of sleek headlamps that continue up to the opening of the grille. The grille has chrome outlining which sets it apart from most of the cars in this range. For the lower lip of the bumper, it has an excessive black plastic cladding and blacked out mesh design on the air intakes. Its fog lamps are also set on the pool of black surrounds.

There are two-character lines from the side of the car, this makes it look muscular despite the wheel arches not being so prominent. For the low variants of the car, it has 15-inch wheels with 175-section tires. The top variant models have 16-inch units with 185-section tires. Even for the alloy wheels, it has different color tones with the most attractive one being the Gloss Black of the RS variant. It has halogen headlamps that are standard in all the trims except for the RS trim, which has LED lighting. It has the side turn indicators which are built on the fenders in the low trims while on the higher trims, they are added to the ORVMs.

The engine used for the Honda Jazz is a Euro-4 compliant unit and does not gobble up much of the fuel due to the Programmed Fuel Injection delivery system and the "Earth Dreams" CVT gearbox. The paddle shifter makes it sure for a smooth ride in all conditions. It also lets the driver take over, in case it senses some latency on roads that are a little too congested. It also added a cruise control which gives convenience when driving on the freeways. One of the main highlights of the car is the addition of an "ECON" button. It activates the economical side of the Honda Jazz which greatly helps the driver save a lot on the fuel consumption by trimming down the throttle response, air conditioning and the transmission.

The Honda Jazz is offered in just one engine trim for all the variants, this includes the RS-badged model. It has the 1.5-litre, naturally-aspirated, four-cylinder engine can make a good power of 120 PS along with a peak torque of 145 Nm, which comes at 4,800 rpm. The power is sent down to the wheels using a 5-speed manual gearbox for the base model and a CVT for the rest of the variants. A paddle shifter is added to the top-spec model and the RS version. It may be a big part to add it did not compromise on the performance and the auto gear shifting prowess of the Jazz.

The Honda Jazz also has ventilated brakes for the front wheels while the rear wheels have drums. It comes with an anti-lock braking system (ABS) and electronic brakeforce distribution which are all given as standard in all the variants. Safety electronics like the Vehicle Stability Control and Hill Start Assist, which prevents the hatch from rolling back when starting on an incline. These two features are only available in the top variants, including the reverse parking camera with guidelines. One of the most important safety additions in the Honda Jazz is the generosity of the airbags. Honda has been generous in adding dual front airbags as standard. Although, if you want more airbags on the vehicle, the RS version has up to six airbags, which includes side and curtain airbags as well. Honda Jazz is available in 5 different colors. It has modern Steel Metallic, Taffeta White, Lunar Silver Metallic, Rallye Red and Phoenix Orange.