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The highly anticipated all-new Honda Jazz Hybrid is here! However, we are disheartened at beginning with now the official price of RM94,800 instead of RM85k OTR with insurance after the full exemption of import duty and excise duty for hybrid models. Yet, it is still the most affordable hybrid vehicle in Malaysia. So, it is still a good option to consider over Honda Insight and Toyota Prius C.

On 15 March 2012, Honda Malaysia added the all-new Honda Jazz Hybrid into Honda’s family of hybrid cars in Malaysia. The Jazz Hybrid comes with a 1.3L i-VTEC engine + IMA hybrid system while retaining the key features of the standard Jazz such as Ultra Seat, Paddle Shift and a large boot space that emphasizes great practicality and space. It is a car that is small on the outside and big on the inside that maximises the joy of driving for the owners.

Speaking at the launch of the All-New Jazz Hybrid, Mr. Yoichiro Ueno, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Honda Malaysia said, “The All-New Honda Jazz Hybrid was developed with the concept of ‘Enhancing the fundamental qualities of the vehicle’. With its unique driving characteristics and practical features, the All-New Jazz Hybrid is targeted at eco-conscious individuals who are interested in a compact hybrid that caters to their fun driving and active lifestyle. It is also targeted at independent young professionals who recognize the value of advanced technologies packaged in a clean design. It allows them to strike a balance between fuel efficiency and an enjoyable driving experience.” 

Practically, the new Jazz Hybrid is having the shell of Jazz and heart of the Insight. The IMA battery pack and Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) have been integrated under the boot floor area, keeping the normal boot (above floor) area of 300 litres and allowing the Ultra Seat to fold in the same manner as the non-hybrid versions.

According to Honda Malaysia, the Honda IMA system has proven itself to be a flexible and dependable system with almost 20 years of development and 10 years of sales. Till date, close to 800,000 Honda hybrid cars are on the road all over the world.

Safety aspect, the all-new Jazz Hybrid comes with 6 airbags and intelligent Hill-Start Assist function. The Hill-Start Assist function is a confidence-enhancing feature that helps prevent roll back when starting from a stop on a hill.

Because it is a hybrid vehicle, the Jazz Hybrid got a ‘green’ makeover. The car comes with a glove box cooler, chrome grille with blue reflector, chrome rear garnish, rear LED lights with blue highlight, 15-inch Alloy Wheels, Multi Information Display (MID) and Charge Assist Indicator.

Honda Malaysia offers this model with 5 colour choices – Fresh Lime Metallic, Alabaster Silver, Milano Red, Crystal Black Pearl and Taffeta White. The All-New Jazz Hybrid comes with a 5-year or 140,000km warranty for IMA battery which is the same with the Insight and CR-Z. Plus, standard 3 years or 100,000km warranty apart from the IMA battery.

Lastly, Honda Malaysia targets to sell 3,000 units of the All-New Jazz Hybrid by the end of this year and will continue to introduce more new hybrid models to excite Malaysians. The target for the total hybrid series is 10,000 units for year 2012.

Price List for Honda Jazz Hybrid for Peninsular Malaysia

Photo Gallery: Honda Jazz Hybrid Malaysia Launch

Photo Gallery: 2011 Honda Jazz/Fit Hybrid

Honda Jazz Hybrid will be launching here in Malaysia on next month. According to our insider, it will be in March 2012 and will be priced around RM85,000. Last year we test drove the Honda Jazz 1.5 i-Vtec, our review article ended with a note suggesting Honda Malaysia should bring in the hybrid version of the Honda Jazz and Honda Malaysia listened to the market. The outlook of the Honda Jazz hybrid differs from the normal petrol version of Jazz. The Jazz Hybrid features a transparent like grille and a more unique design on the rear head lights.

Honda claims the Jazz Hybrid is the first B-segment petrol car fitted with along with and electric motor. The plus point to this is actually, Honda does it without sacrificing the cabin and luggage space. The electronic components are mounted below the boot floor. 

The engine used in the Jazz Hybrid is the same engine that can be found in the Honda Insight, which is 1.3-litre engine with IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) technology that produces 102HP with the help of the electric motor. Same as the Insight it is mated with a CVT gearbox to provide better fuel efficiency and smoother drive. 0-100km/h sprint in 12.6 second and a max speed of 177km/h. Fuel economy wise, it is only consuming 4.5 litre of unleaded fuel per 100 km.

Coincidently we are looking to purchase another hybrid vehicle within this price range. Hopefully the specification for the pricing won’t disappoint us to purchase the Honda Jazz Hybrid.

Honda has released a huge gallery of photos of its the new Honda Jazz facelift as well as the Honda Jazz Hybrid carrying this facelift model. Although it is said that this would be only reflect for the European-Spec Jazz. We strongly believe that, the JDM ( Japanese Domestic Model) that we get usually will be likely to look similar as we reported earlier that the JDM Honda Jazz will be released in March 2011.

At first glance is hard to catch the differences when compare to the current model this is because the facelift Honda Jazz has implemented the design cue from the Honda City at the front bumper. When you compare 2 Jazz side by side, you will see the differences. The front grille also has been updated following the new Honda theme design. The roof of the new Honda Jazz has been painted in black as well.

From the rear, there some updates on the lower part of the rear bumper. Another changes would the rear lights following the similar design of the New Honda Civic for the U.S that we reported earlier. Depending on the variant of the Honda Jazz, there could be some of the accessories differences such as the chrome side mirror, rims and etc might be different.

Another highlight to this report would the the Honda Jazz Hybrid going on sale. Honda claims the Jazz Hybrid is the first B-segment petrol car fitted with along with and electric motor. The plus point to this is actually, Honda does it without sacrificing the cabin and luggage space. The electronic components are mounted below the boot floor. The engine used in the Jazz Hybrid is the same engine that can be found in the Honda Insight which is 1.3 liter engine with IMA ( Integrated Motor Assist) technology that produces 102HP with the help of the electric motor. Same as the Insight it is mated with a CVT gearbox to provide better fuel efficiency and smoother drive. 0-100 times in 12.6 second and a max speed of 177km/h. Fuel economy wise, it is only consuming 4.5 liter per 100 km.

The outlook of the Honda Jazz hybrid differs from the normal petrol version of Jazz. The Jazz Hybrid features a transparent like grille and a more unique design on the rear head lights.

Inside, the new Honda Jazz ( whether is normal or hybrid) is updated with a darker colour theme to contrast blue lighting of the instrument panel and center console. Currently for the European Spec Honda Jazz, the CVT gearbox is available again for the automatic transmission and the suspension has been updated as well.

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