Honda Jazz Hatchback 1.5 i-MMD Hybrid EX eCVT auto 5d Owner Review

If you buy this car (or any current Honda) you will more than likely need to replace BOTH tyres on an axle if you get a puncture in one tyre. The TPMS is so poorly designed that you will need to buy 2 BRAND NEW tyres unless you can find identical part-worn tyres with no more than 2mm difference in tread depth! If you want to fit any tyres other than Yokohama BlueEarth A (at least £200 for the pair), you will also need to have an adjustment made at the dealer to allow non-OEM tyres. I was not charged for this but it did take time out of my day which meant I lost money. So if you intend to buy part-worn or budget tyres, or just need to replace one tyre, you will be left with a massive orange warning light dominating your dashboard and your TPMS will no longer function. Other manufacturers are perfectly able to make a TPMS that will work with any tyres so why can't Honda? This is a huge disappointment which will cost me a 4 figure sum if I keep this car for 4 years and is hardly good for the environment. For me, this ruins an otherwise decent (though not perfect) car. It has some cool features, though the driver assist features need further development (eg the adaptive cruise control brakes harshly if you go anywhere near a parked car whereas you would brake later and more smoothly (if at all) because you know that you'll be steering around the parked car before you get to it. There appears to be no way to switch off the adaptive cruise and just have a "normal" cruise control). The engine and gearbox are super smooth and the transition from electric power to petrol engine is almost undetectable. I love the fact that I get almost 60mpg (mostly urban driving), but ultimately any hybrid should deliver similar mpg and drive smoothly with only 40k miles on the clock, and if others can do it without the tyre issue then I won't be buying a Honda again.