Honda Jazz (2008 - 2015) 1.4 i-VTEC ES 5d Owner Review

This is my third Jazz, and I bought it for just under £7,000 in 2018 at 5 years old with 28,000 miles on the clock. It was missing a back parcel shelf and spare wheel, and my mechanic told me it had never been properly serviced, judging by the oil. The original battery also died within two days of buying it.

Since then it has been totally reliable, and has done around 15,000 miles including a lot of motorway work, rural runs, and daily town driving duties. For such a small car, it will carry stuff that defeats much larger vehicles - for that reason I call it the TARDIS.

It's a doddle to park, the manual gearbox is very smooth and it drives with a lovely fluidity that belies its rather staid image.

Since I've retired I've been slowly looking for my retirement car, but the Jazz just keeps on going, and doing everything I've asked of it and more -- including moving heavy duty building materials, transporting mountain bikes and carrying passengers long distances (300 mile + runs), with no issues at all.

Brilliant car.