Honda Jazz 1.5 Sport

Writer John Floyd

Honda has been involved in many forms of motorsport on both two and four wheels and a considerable amount of the performance technology has filtered through to production models. The motorcycle division has certainly benefitted from its racing department as MotoGP and WSBK results confirm.

In the four wheeled department the company produced amongst other derivatives the diminutive S800, theS2000, the NSX R and the iconic Civic Type R. The latter is probably the finest example, its latest version with a 2.0-litre VTEC turbo four cylinder engine producing an extremely healthy 228kW and 400 Nm a superb 6 speed, short shift manual transmission coupled to an excellent chassis it truly is one of the best of Honda’s very rapid offerings. So when I received news that I was to receive the new Honda Jazz Sport I was quivering with anticipation.

It certainly looked the part standing in the driveway from the large chrome Honda emblem on a black grille that blends into the LED headlight clusters featuring daytime LED running lights all this above an aggressive deep front spoiler with a large air dam flanked by fog lights.

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