Saturday, February 12, 2011

Honda Jazz Hybrid: high-tech multi-role

The Jazz MY2011 is recognized by the new cut of the bumpers and graphics projectors ridisegnat a. Inside you can see the new fabrics and colors. From a technical point out the suspension settings modified to further enhance driving comfort, especially in cities with funds uneven. The Hybrid departs from the rest of the range for some aerodynamic refinements that have helped lower the Cd from 0.336 to 0.330 (front bezel specific wheels "green" by Michelin, with the engine intake duct revisited), for the most hi-tech dashboard and for purely aesthetic details like the style of headlights and taillights and rear fascia on the aluminum door.

It also has an exclusive range of colors in the green "Fresh lime metallic". To underline that the nickel metal hydride battery pack, placed under the load floor, does not mean sacrificing important with regard to the minimum load capacity (303 liter i against the 399 of 1.4), while the maximum remains unchanged (1,320 l) Green eco-driving, blue normal; the dashboard of Jazz Hybrid changes color based on driving style.

Stay on the green and see the leaves grow on the display panel is not difficult to start & stop by and support the IMA electric motor. At the end of our brief journey in the trafficking of Verona, we are surprised to read on-board computer 19.2 km / liter, not far from the 21.7 reported.

By activating the eco-driving (the button is on the left of the steering column), the Jazz do not lose muscle but gains in savings through improved management of the air conditioner to a different response than the opening of the butterfly throttle pressure and a different management of CVT.

Love the look crisp and fast speeds? Eco exchange of fe on sports: the Jazz also knows how to be assertive. Pending the submission of the Yaris HSD, scheduled for Geneva Motor Show, the Jazz is the first and only hybrid B-segment. According to Honda's sales figures in the automotive world are the men to be more sensitive to environmental issues, the Hybrid, then, should move toward the "stronger sex" the share of sales of this model, much loved by women.

The prices are not low: € 18,550 to 19,990 for the IMA and the IMA Comfort and Elegance, but the endowments and rich ecological and hybrid fuel plus justify thousand euro to spend more than the gasoline version 1.4 the same power.

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