The Honda Jazz Review

Honda Jazz has finally launched and has put to rest the speculation on its pricing. Jazz is offered with a price tag of Rs 7 lakh, the same as the price quoted when Honda Motors announced that a small car for India was on the anvil.

Honda Jazz is set to redefine the small cars segment in India. It is the first of the super hatchbacks to be launched in India this year. Honda Jazz, is marketed in 130 countries across the world and has arrived in India eight year after it was first launched in Japan. Honda has sold more than 25 lakh units of the cars on the globe.

When Honda decided to bring the car to India, it made sure that car has a new engine that delivered higher fuel economy and better performance. They called it the "Made for India Engine". What is significant about Honda Jazz is that it is venturing into a segment that has strongly support cars with value. Earlier, when Skoda launched their small car Fabia with a price of Rs 7 lakh onwards it received a limited response. Now Honda brings in Jazz with the same price tag. It was called the superhatch due to its pricing which is second most expensive after the costliest Fiat 500.

After Honda Jazz, four other super hatchbacks - Volkswagen Polo, Hyundai i30 and Renault Sandero are set to roll into the country. Fiat Grande Punto will hit the stands next week. All these cars are priced between Rs 6 to Rs 8 lakh bracket, these are larger, more spacious and offer typical hatchback comfort. However, these super hatches are promise multi-airbags, anti-lock brake system, climate controls, high quality audio system and sunroof options. These features were only seen on luxury cars like the Hyundai Sonata, Toyota Corolla Altis and Skoda Octavia.

The car manufacturers are looking to aggressively market their products by showcasing their features and technology. Honda has given Jazz a 1.2litre i-VTEC engine which will be widely publicized in India. Volkswagen too has given the Indian bound Polo a 1.2 litre petrol powertrain and a 1.6 litre diesel engine to make it appealing to a wider section of society. Volkswagen promises more fun and more style with the Polo.

The car manufacturers are expecting small car owners upgrade to premium hatchbacks segment. Most of these are expected to be owners of Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai small car owners. They are also targeting people who would mind the cost of its ownership.

In the last fiscal year only 10,000 units of the premium hatchbacks including Skoda Fabia, Ford Fusion and Chevrolet SR-V were sold. The new superhatch launches are expected to push the sales to 40,000 to 50,000 units annually. A large portion of these sales will be Honda Jazz.

Honda has a reputation for comfort and performance through its sedans. This is likely to play a key role in the sale of Jazz.

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Lamborghini Gallardo Or Ford Focus?

Every single driver will obviously have differing categories and stipulations regarding what makes the perfect car. Some will be of the opinion that power, speed and performance are the mark of a truly great car and suggest that the Bugatti Veyron or something similar is the perfect car. Others will hold esteem in a more aesthetic nature and put forward cars such as the Bentley Continental and the Aston Martin Vanquish as the real purveyors of automotive perfection. I have always held the opinion that the truly great cars don't focus on one thing, but try to encapsulate the needs and desires of everyone into their designs and engineering. This is precisely why my favourite car is the brand new Ford Focus.

Now you may be laughing or deriding me for saying that I would rather own a Ford Focus than a Pagani Zonda or a Koenigsegg, but that simply isn't true. I would love to own one of the many supercars or hypercars that are available on the market and if you gave me £1 Million to spend on a car I wouldn't disappoint you. All I am trying to say that in a practical world the new Ford Focus is a lot less likely to frustrate you than a supercar. Let me explain.

First of all you have fuel efficiency to take into consideration. Ford have become synonymous with engineering which seems to sip very frugally at the fuel reserves and the Focus is no different. With economical driving disciplines in place it is possible to get supermini standard fuel economy from a Ford Focus. This leaves you with more money in your wallet and having to spend less time stood at the pumps, refilling every few hours.

Secondly the issue of practicality has to be addressed. Everybody has to do a weekly shop, or pick up comestible goods from town. In a Ford Focus this is a relatively painless task. Parking is very easy, boot space is magnificent and thanks to the Ford Focus' 'understated' beauty, it won't attract vandals to pull it to bits. Adversely, if you choose to do your food shopping in your new Ferrari 599, you are going to find parking excruciatingly difficult, discover you only have the luggage space to fit a small punnet of Satsumas and the vandals will tear your Ferrari badge and wing mirrors off before you can even say "hands off my car!"

I will admit, owning a supercar would be a dream come true, I have a very soft spot for the Lamborghini Gallardo myself, but in an increasingly practical world, it becomes almost impossible to think of an apt time to use one. With the cost of petrol, the congestion on the roads and the increasing number of uninsured drivers on the road, why would any drive for pleasure?

Take my advice and get the best practical car money can buy; the brand new Ford Focus. You will get great performance and fantastic economy, just don't expect 0-60 in under three and a half seconds.

Pete Ridgard has been a writer and a car enthusiast for many years. Here he discusses the competition between the Ford Focus and Supercars, with unexpected results.

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