Does hybrid really make a difference?
You could call it a wallflower, the Honda Jazz. A forgotten model is by no means, because every year about 500 copies of this practical mini-MPV find their way to a Dutch driveway. Blame the buyers. The Jazz may not be a budget car, but it is spacious, practical and proves itself as a reliable companion. But is he frugal? We compare the practical consumption of the 1.3 (2015-2020) with that of the new Honda Jazz 1.5 Hybrid.
The Honda Jazz is a bit of an odd man out, as an MPV-like in the B segment. Other manufacturers have renounced this type of car and are fully committed to SUV models and crossovers. In all cases these are higher models with a larger frontal area, not necessarily the formula for favorable fuel consumption.
Consumption Honda Jazz 1.3
Despite the somewhat higher body, owners of a Honda Jazz 1.3 manage to achieve an average consumption of 5.5 liters per 100 km, the equivalent of 1 in 18.3. The most economical driver dives far below that with 1 in 21.7 and has been doing so for over 38,000 km. With 1 in 16.6, the owner of a 2016 Jazz is still not doing it wrong at all, while still marking the upper limit of fuel consumption. Or the lower limit, depending on how you look at it.
Hybrid really makes a difference
Since 2020, the Honda Jazz is available again as a hybrid, just like the penultimate generation. The owners who keep track of fuel consumption in the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor note an average fuel consumption of 4.5 l/100 km, which corresponds to 1 in 22.2. This makes the new hybrid Jazz more than 20 percent more economical than the outgoing model in practice. The most economical driver even achieves 4.1 l / 100 km, so 1 in 24.5. In the worst case, this Jazz Crossstar still ‘does’ 1 in 19.8.
In practice, the Honda Jazz Hybrid proves to be significantly more economical than its predecessor, the Jazz 1.3. But this MPV-like hatchback also shows a more than acceptable practical consumption. Its fuel consumption is neatly in line with, for example, the Opel Corsa and Volkswagen Polo. Its consumption is also on average more favorable than that of the Citroën C4 Cactus.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl