Greetings from Japan, where Honda has officially unveiled its all-new Jazz at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. The fourth-gen hatchback, which is sold as the Fit in Japan and the US, is scheduled to go on sale from February 2020.
The automaker says that the new car has been developed with more “emotional value” than numerical absolutes, with comfort and engagement taking precedence. Design-wise, the new car has a softer, more-rounded look, less rakish than the third-gen GK it replaces.
The front end features larger, less geometric headlamps that include square projectors and U-shaped LED daytime running lights within the clusters, and while the company’s Solid Wing Face grille is still around, but the design has been simplified.
Natural, crisp lines run horizontally along the sides of the car, and sharper, more vertical shoulder lines emphasise the rear fender and wheel arches, reinforcing the car’s broader stance. The rear design of the car echoes the clean lines at the front, with a sleek new horizontal light cluster layout and discrete roof spoiler.
Other design elements include a thinner A-pillar, which is half the width of that on the current car. This doesn’t just improve frontal visibility but also ensures a safer structure by enabling impact energy to flow to the front quarter light pillars in the event of a collision. The frontal visibility is also enhanced by relocated windshield wipers, which are now positioned to be barely visible.
Variety is the name of the game, with the Jazz being presented in a diverse range of styles – five are available for the car, namely Basic, Home, Ness, Luxe and Crosstar, as already revealed in the leaked image set earlier in the week.
The Basic is the entry-level model, featuring a simple and endearing design, while the Home presents the car with coordinated colours and materials, including natural looking fabric seats, a genuine leather wrapped steering wheel and Prime Smooth soft padding.
The Ness, meanwhile, sports up the car by ramping up the colour presentation. The variant also adopts water repellent materials for the seat surfaces and soft padding on the instrument panel.
The Crosstar is the most rugged version of the car, presenting it in a crossover fashion much like the Perodua Axia Style, but with increased ride height. Exclusive exterior design elements include a unique front grille, wheel-arch cladding and model-specific 16-inch aluminium wheels as well as integrated roof rails. Inside, the Crosstar also gets water repellent materials for the seat surfaces as well as soft padding on the instrument panel.
The Luxe, as its moniker suggests, is the most posh of the lot. The exterior features platinum chrome plated elements and 16-inch wheels, while interior fitment includes leather seats as standard, the idea being to create an elegant and comfortable space for occupants.
No details on specific powertrains were revealed today at the launch, but the automaker says that its new dual-motor i-MMD hybrid powertrain – which replaces the current Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive (i-DCD) system – designed for the car is set to feature prominently, the unit very much a key element in the company’s push in its new e:HEV direction, with the car set to be the first model in Honda’s line-up in Europe to wear the new “e:HEV” powertrain badging.
In Europe, the car will only be sold with the hybrid system, but the Jazz will be available with the usual range of petrol engines in other markets.
Inside, new design cues include a two-spoke steering reminiscent of that from the Honda e and an instrument panel with a flat-topped design that emphasises horizontal and straight lines. The front seats are a new generation body-stabilising design, which feature mat-structure support in place of the previous spring set-up, offering less fatigue to occupants over longer drives.
As for the rear seats, the Magic Seats continue on, with the same seat arrangements as seen previously, but the units now come with a larger and thicker seat pad to improve comfort.
Infotainment-wise, there’s a new LCD touchscreen interface with swipe controls to browse recently used applications and media lists. Other items include a WiFi hotspot as well as Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support, available via wireless connection on the Jazz for the first time.
Safety and driver-assistance tech for the new Jazz will include a front wide view camera on top of the automaker’s Sensing suite, which will come standard on the car across the entire model range. The Jazz will also be the first model equipped with the Honda CONNECT onboard board communication module that has been developed exclusively for Honda vehicles.
GALLERY: 2020 Honda Jazz Basic
GALLERY: 2020 Honda Jazz Home
GALLERY: 2020 Honda Jazz Ness
GALLERY: 2020 Honda Jazz Crosstar
GALLERY: 2020 Honda Jazz Luxe
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Brio face. Look like myvi is much better.
Errr my bestie Jazz, here’s a mirror… Lolz !
Unless this new Jazz makes a huge leap in improved ride quality and refinement, it doesn’t look like any progress to me.
Really cute. Ladies car.
Very big windscreen like Lorry style. Dashboard also flat. Macam can put alot filing temporarily when drive to construction site.. aircon position like pickup
Integrating Lorry/Van into a Jazz. make a Jazz-Ute truck then it’s nice.
make steel panel window good for DHL/FedEX.
flat panel dashboard can put paper tray too.
A mix of the current generation and the one before it.
The interior is way outdated compared to current generation, and the 2 spoke steering felt like something from the 1950’s.
5 variants?
1. Jazz
2. Classic
3. Pop
4. Rock
5. Dangdut
In Japan Honda Fit (Jazz) was supposed to be a daily town car, in Malaysia they become super high performance racing car. Expectations vs reality.
In Mesia, AhBengs can turn Myvis into racing cars before turning turtle and burning to death. Jazz is like a higher class racing car that still turns turtle.
In this country, big wheel and loud exhaust pipe is more important than safety and practicality
In Malaysia, many BMWs and Civics also turn into Lambo before crashing and dies.
dunno what to feel. looks really ugly to me. interior also seems uncomfortable, as if honda has created too much space in it that it becomes so bland and trippy (not sure the right word to use). since new city also coming soon, expect it to look like this too? if true, i think honda dealers will have no problem clearing their old stock.
Superb! Finally a Honda Jazz whc is based on pure Japanese pop culture. Honda Sensing standard across the range, fuuuyoh!
Die die must buy lah
camera based sensing.. perodua pun ada ASA 2.0..
no need Van look Honda Jazz..
Very plain, Honda go and learn from Mazda how to design cars, even the new Accord looks cheapo compared to the old one. Sorry to say our boys designed the Myvi and Iriz better. Hope next month’s 2020 Honda City has a better interior.
lol at all the myvi fanboys here
Quoting Arnold Schwarzenegger from Predator, “You’re one ugly motherf***er…”
Exterior & Interior, thought this is a pure JDM
Looks cute. Not to keen on the two spoke steering wheel though. But, overall looks beautiful.
I hope that Honda can priced it well considering our exchange rate is very bad since Malaysia Baru with that lousy finance minister on the helm.
What shit design is this… Yaris going to make a huge victory soon.
Not everyone around the world like the Ahbeng Yaris front.
Best angle is the rear 3/4 , front wise, a lil simplistic but futuristic. Interior is best in class no doubt with lots of of practical ideas.
Lets hope that malaysia will get the luxe model….
Something that the myvi can learn as well, is to introduce a luxe model line too, with exclusive exterior and interior colours, and rims , climate control , better sound systems and soft touch materials all around, who knows , you might get a few more buyers
Back looks good… front looks a bit weird.
design ok, not like Ah beng feel Yaris here
Yaris looks like a hatchback, this looks like an MPV, each got their own market
I’d buy it. Think it looks great compared to the edgy look of the current Jazz. Toyota could never design a car like this.
honda really needs an overhaul to its design team, accord, civic…now this……i’ve totally given up on honda
Luxe, Home and Ness. That will be the lineup here for Honda Malaysia. Will reserve my judgement for the interior quality once it’s launched over here. Overall I think the Yaris looks better.
One interesting feature that I spy which will be trickling down to next gen City is the electronic parking brake & brake hold from current Civic.
A lot of Ah Beng’s (or MyVi fanboys crossovers) are going to get turned off with this gen’s Jazz, which is a good thing.
It now looks like a practical town/city car, which it’s supposed to be. I’d buy one if it is priced well.
does that rear end side view looks like an iriz? OMG…
The rear plastic bumper is not protrude enough to. avoid a rear accident eating into the rear door opening .
When you repair or replace the rear bumper, you also need to panel beat back the rear section door.
What a unimaginative rear bumper design to cushion rear collision
Cleaner design, minimalistic, abit futuristic, very Jdm styling. The looks grow on me the more i look at it. Better than the fussy 3rd gen, and yaris.
Who tf cares whether it looks or doesn’t look like a Myvi, Iriz, etc. One thing’s for sure, it is way and beyond above the ah-beng Yaris in terms of futuristic looks and practicality.
I will be first in line to book the hell out of this cute car when it comes to our shores.
I am not confident that all variants shown in Japan will be available here though. At most probably Home and Luxe. Ness does not seem like something that will sell well here.
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Ooo like thisss
The present Jazz looks better in all areas. The front grill of the new Jazz needs to re-done to make the car looks more catchy.
Front fascia looks like a very ‘kind’ face..like vw beetle kind,sincere and cute face. No more aggresive look. I think they just meant to design a softer look and be ahead from other company in term of futuristic design along with JDM DNA. But for now its fugly.
OMG..Honda Designer suffering from brain dead symptoms! 2013 Models still looks better.