Picked up the latest copy of TG magazine in Whsmith and the review of the Jazz i-Shift fairly lept off the page. The overall rating - 7/20. With the reviewer saying that a manual Jazz is a 16/20 car, but the i-Shift is one of the worst gearboxes on sale today
Honda pride themselves on listening to customers. I wonder how if they'll respond to this from a big-selling magazine?
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The truth is all automated manuals vary widely from car to car.
But Honda already has the engine and transmission to solve this little problem - just as it did with the Civic:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/road_tests/index.htm?id=363
If it can't get the I-Shift under 121g/km and into the £35 a year bracket then most potential customers would rather sacrifice two or three mpg to get a proper auto.
I still can't understand why it hasn't got the I-Shift under 121g/km. If Toyota can with the Yaris, why can't Honda?
It would not surprise me if one or both of these issues were resolved when the Swindon built Jazz goes on sale.
HJ
Edited by Honestjohn on 21/08/2009 at 09:45
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If it can't get the I-Shift under 121g/km and into the £35 a year bracket then most potential customers would rather sacrifice two or three mpg to get a proper auto.
..but then does Honda run into trouble with EU corporate emission targets?
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Based on a corporate average.
But if Honda isn't selling enough Jazz, it won't make that corporate average anyway.
I think they'll get the Jazz I-Shift recertificated, as they should have done in the first place, using the same techniques as BMW, Toyota, Ford, Volvo and VAG.
Then also introduce a 5-speed auto, probably at about 125 - 127g/km.
HJ
Edited by Honestjohn on 21/08/2009 at 16:05
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But aren't the divisions for emissions and VED pretty much arbitrary anyway?
In the same way as the received wisdom on units of alcohol per week until someone said fairly recently that those recommendations were no more than a rule of thumb?
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I do hope they listen, that i-shift box in the Jazz is a big mistake.
How anyone can defend it (and there are a few on here) as being OK I'll never know!
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