There Is A Non-Hybrid Honda Jazz Later On All

Honda shocked the public inwards announcing that the all-new Jazz/Fit volition live on available alone inwards a gasoline-electric hybrid set-up. True enough, when it was unveiled globally at the Tokyo Motor Show concluding year, it debuted a novel 2-motor hybrid organisation that’s role of Honda’s e:HEV build push.

But immediately that it’s officially gone on sale inwards Japan, we’ve simply learned that’s non completely true. See, piece the star of the Jazz line-up is nevertheless the 2-motor e:HEV (it makes a stonking 253 Nm of torque in addition to a reasonable 109 horsepower), Honda’s nevertheless selling a version that doesn’t accept an electrical motor or batteries attached to the drivetrain.

Scrolling through the information canvass reveals that, at to the lowest degree for the Nihon market, the all-new Jazz/Fit tin nevertheless live on had amongst a 1.3-liter DOHC i-VTEC engine. It’s truly the L13B1—a carryover engine from the electrical flow Jazz GK model; for that, it makes a reasonable 98 horsepower in addition to 118 Nm of torque. The sole transmission attached to the engine is an public Dreams CVT.

According to Honda’s internal tests, the Jazz 1.3 non-hybrid does 20.4 km/L (combined WLTP). It’s great, but it’s every bit good significantly lower than the Jazz e:HEV that does 28.8 km/L on the same testing cycle.

The kicker though comes to the price. The non-hybrid Jazz is priced from 1,718,200 yen ( P 789,000) to 2,186,800 yen ( P 1.004 million) compared to the e:HEV’s 1,997,600 yen ( P 918,000) to 2,536,600 yen ( P 1.164 million)—a fifteen per centum premium. This meaning cost unlike may truly run across to a greater extent than buyers opting for the non-hybrid model.

Now what does this accept to usage amongst the Philippines, you lot ask? Well, if Honda opted to continue its Jazz/Fit purely a hybrid model that would significantly cut its chances of making it here. But immediately that nosotros know that there’s a conventional powertrain option, in addition to that the electrical flow 1.3-liter i-VTEC engine nevertheless fits inwards the bay, it could hateful that the all-new Jazz/Fit mightiness build it hither later all. It mightiness sport a carryover powertrain from the electrical flow GK Jazz or mightiness fifty-fifty accept the all-new City’s 1.0-liter 3-cylinder turbo.