Honda Jazz Crosstar: hybrid efficiency and SUV styling in practical supermini package

Honda’s Jazz Crosstar blends hybrid efficiency, clever packaging and subtle SUV styling in a versatile supermini package

Aside altogether from its potential appeal, the Honda Jazz and the Jazz Crosstar are very notable for the unique hybrid-engined system they both utilise. Honda, of course, has a unique place in automotive history for its innovation led engineering – as testified by its exemplary history in Formula One

HONDA JAZZ CROSSTAR
Rating	★★★★☆
Price	€34,950
Engine	a unique and exceptionally economic 1.5 litre hybrid
The Spec	only one spec on offer and it is very thorough
Verdict	a new take on the Jazz model and a good one at that

ALTHOUGH it certainly might not be a manufacturer of the knee-jerk variety — you know, one which introduces a two-tone paint job on their cars a fortnight after their most hated rival did — Honda is occasionally prone to a little bit of copycatting.