The fourth-generation Honda Jazz has made its debut in China, with pre-sales set to begin in July before arriving at dealerships in August. The B-segment model was first revealed at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show and has already gone on sale in its home country of Japan as well as in Europe.
For the Chinese market, the Jazz will be offered in two variants – Sport and Crosstar – both powered by a 1.5 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine said to provide around 131 PS (129 hp), which is paired with a CVT driving the front wheels.
Styling-wise, the crossover-esque Crosstar is identical to the one available in Japan and Europe, with highlights being an increased ride height, wheel-arch cladding, integrated roof rails as well as a model-specific front grille and 16-inch wheels.
The more interesting of the two is the Sport, as it gets a different front end from the Basic, Home, Ness, Luxe variants of the Jazz sold in other markets. The China-specific face features a more pronounced front grille rather than a largely covered-off one, and is complemented by a pointier and more aggressive bumper.
As you can see in these live photos from Autohome, the grille is rather striking to look at and it also comes complete with a honeycomb-pattern mesh insert. Compared to the optional Modulo grille available for the JDM Jazz (pictured below), this one certainly makes the Jazz stand out more for better or worse.
Another difference, albeit less subtle, is seen at the rear, where the slightly tweaked bumper has protruding ends at its edges that extend into housings for the repositioned reflectors.
Beyond these changes, the rest of the China-market Sport appears pretty much unchanged from a regular Jazz. This includes its left-hand drive cabin layout that mimics the European version, although there is a regular handbrake instead of an electronic one.
Customers in the country will have benefit from a market-specific a touchscreen infotainment system, a digital instrument cluster, Honda Sensing, a two-spoke steering wheel and a two-tone colour scheme to jazz up the interior.
GALLERY: 2020 Honda Jazz (Japan-spec)
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present Jazz is better than this
Change badge to citroen, this could be picasso.
This is how the latest jazz should be look
Rear look a bit like yaris.
What, a Pokemon character?
China spec car is using manual handbrake unlike JDM using electronic?
Why only China always gets or change the front of Honda cars design
Why only China market gets or change the front design of Honda’s cars
There is a parking hand brake on Fit/Jazz in China but in Japan model, the parking brake appears to be in button form…. on contrary, the made in China motorcar always give us the same thing like Proton/Geely x70.
It’s hideous, my god it doesn’t even matches the design language that the newest honda cars that are on sales now….
Still ugly though
Bet you we will get the regular handbrake version instead of the E-park brake. We always get the lower spec trash from these brands.
Like old renault megane scenic design last time…or like a smaller citroen xsara picasso
Girlish looking..