Honda Fit
The Honda Jazz is the Japanese manufacturer Honda, a small car for the European market. International carry the models since the end of 2001 the name Honda Fit.
Model history
City / Jazz (AA, 1983-1986)
Honda Jazz (1983-1986)
A first Honda Jazz was introduced in the autumn of 1983 in Europe. International was the name of these cars Honda City, which in Europe has not been possible but due to a lawsuit by the vehicle manufacturer Opel, who saw a trademark infringement because the name Kadett City used in the 1970s by Opel.
Outside Europe, especially in Japan, where the launch took place in 1981, there was also a convertible as well as a five-door version of the car. Within Europe, the first generation Honda Jazz was only offered as a two-door. Fitted was the small car with a 1.2 - liter engine with 33 kW ( 45 hp ), or alternatively with a 1.2 liter with 41 kW (56 hp).
End of 1986, the model was discontinued and only ten years later replaced by the Honda Logo.
Work codes
- Type Code: AA ( two-door )
- Engine Code: ER
Specifications
SUVs
In 1993, the collaboration with Isuzu to the fact that the Honda Isuzu Wizard sales under the name Honda Jazz.
Jazz (GD, 2001-2008 )
Honda Jazz (2001-2005)
In autumn 2001, a new small car by Honda as Honda Fit was introduced in Japan. The same name was the vehicle in China and America.
In Europe, however, he appeared in the spring of 2002 as the Honda Jazz. The car was offered there as a five-door hatchback sedan. In Germany the car with a 1.2 - liter engine with 55 kW ( 78 hp ) and a 1.4 - liter engine with 61 kW ( 83 hp ) was available. Both engines work on the principle of sequential dual ignition (i- DSI, Dual & Sequential Ignition). This means that each cylinder is provided with two spark plugs, which fire sequentially.
For the models with 1.4 -liter engine surcharge Honda 's own ESP was available under the name VSA ( Vehicle Stability Assist ).
In autumn 2005, a facelift was held in which, among other things, the outside mirrors were equipped with the LS, ES and Sport variant with flashing lights.
Rear view
Work codes
- Type Code: GD ( 1.2 l ), ( 1.4 L)
- Engine Code: L12A1 (1.2 L ) | L13A1 ( 1.4 L)
Specifications
Jazz ( GE, since 2008)
Honda Jazz (2008-2011)
On 22 November 2008, the third generation of Honda Jazz arrived in Germany on the market. In Japan, this was already offered under the name Honda Fit since October 2007.
The third generation of Honda Jazz models include 3.90 meters 55 millimeters longer and with 1.70 meters two inches wider than those of the second generation. The amount remained unchanged at 1.53 meters. Visually, the Jazz was only slightly revised, but is the model with lower fuel consumption offer more power than the previous generation.
The vehicle is offered with three engine options: a 1.2 - liter gasoline engine with 90 hp, a 1.4 - liter gasoline engine with 100 hp and a 1.3 - liter gasoline engine with 88 hp which with a 10.3- kW electric motor is combined. At the 1.3-liter hybrid continuously variable transmission (CVT ) is standard equipment. In the 1.4 -liter version of this is offered as an option (until the 2011 facelift was the " I-Shift " said automatic transmission are installed in 1.4 - liter petrol engine ). All models are equipped with a gear change indicator.
Cockpit
On 16 April 2011, a revised version of the Jazz appeared. This facelift involves only minor changes to the bumpers, headlights, taillights, as well as the chassis. Since then, even the hybrid model Jazz Hybrid IMA ( Integrated Motor Assist ), which combines a 1.3 - liter gasoline engine with 88 hp and a 10.3 kW electric motor offered. The boot of the hybrid model reduced compared to that of the gasoline engine from 379 liters to 303 liters, as the battery and the power electronics are housed in the compartment under the trunk floor. A result, the hybrid model has increased by 70 kg to 1234 kg. The electric motor rotates the hybrid model in a position to fully electric drive for a short distance. Required for this are a sufficiently charged battery and a steady speed in the range between 35 and 50 km / h Mostly, however, the electric motor is used to assist the gasoline engine. The Jazz Hybrid is so like the Insight, of which the drive system was adopted, with a parallel hybrid, which was realized as a mild hybrid.
Rear view
In Japan, the car is still sold as a Honda Fit.
Specifications
Values in square brackets are for the automatic transmission.
Trivia
In Scandinavia, the Honda Jazz was originally intended to carry the name Fitta, but this was withdrawn when it was discovered that the word Fitta in Scandinavian languages an extremely vulgar term for the female genital region is ( cunt ).