Honda Jazz Life vs Suzuki Swift RS vs Mazda 2 GSX

[@buddini2648]

Man you are super underrated , you defenitely deserve more subs. Keep up the good work!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks so much man!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Suzuki Car Soccer Club

[@christopherjohnston6343]

Good work. This sort of content will probably push you more mainstream which could be good for growing your channel. Always nice to have an enthusiasts perspective on these cars too as many mainstream reviews don't cover fun-to-drive factor

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah hopefully! Thanks man

[@Sizan0071]

Good comparison vid mate. Enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next one.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man, this Sundays one will be wild!

[@Sizan0071]

@@KiwiCarLife Awesome mate. Looking forward to it.

[@adrianafigueroa1087]

Well, thanks for the review!! I am exactly in between Swift and Jazz...although I'll still do the test drive next week. This video gave me a lot of info!!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Best of luck with the search!

[@stephenleach3110]

What did you finally buy, and what made you decide?

[@Khg72]

As a mazda 2 owner, you nailed it about the harsh suspension, I did want to buy the jazz but mazda bodystyle got my attention. Overall it's a gamble to choose one. All of them have some good features. But for me I would be scratching my head to choose between the honda or mazda.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Agree

[@NZGlenn]

Great review! Drove the Honda and the Suzuki today, the Suzuki and that turbo charged 1L wins it for me. Whilst the Honda interior was nice, I couldn’t forgive the plastic steering wheel.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Fair enough

[@nathanknight8022]

I agree with you man, Honda for the win

[@KiwiCarLife]

They're all good cars in their own right and none is really the best in every area, but the Honda I think (provided you don't care too much about active safety features or "fun to drive" aspects) is the best overall car that you can use as your only car

[@abaj006]

The Jazz with a K24 swap and a 6 speed manual would be fun to drive!

[@KiwiCarLife]

Funny you say that...

[@The_Noticer.]

A jazz with a K24 put in the front will understeer into every corner because of the weight imbalance. I would say take the previous generation Jazz with the 1.5, and turbocharge that if you desperately want a novelty Jazz that goes fast. Or buy a Civic FN2, which is basically a K-powered Honda Jazz (same shitty suspension setup, strut front/torsion rear).

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@The_Noticer. I drove one and it handles like a go kart. All Hondas have more weight at the front and the k24 only weighs about 30kg more than the 1.5. Turbo the 1.5 and you'll be basically at the same weight but having spent way more

[@abaj006]

@@The_Noticer. I prefer a naturally aspirated engine with both intake and exhaust valve lift. I honestly don't care much for going fast. I used to have an FN2 and it sounded like it had 400HP, and put a smile on my face every time I drove it. A V6 Camry could easily go faster, but if you go down that route, there is always something that is faster, but there aren't many cars that put a smile on your face.

[@The_Noticer.]

@@abaj006 Oh I agree, but swapping isn't cheap, and if you then create an unbalanced car for novelty sake, I would just opt to buy the car that already has that engine. Like a CL9 or CM2. Which in turn have much better suspension geometry (Double wishbone) for further tuning potential. Whereas a Jazz has strut front, torsion rear. It might be a "go-kart", but anyone driving those around knows why their surfaces need to be perfectly level, because any bump and it skids off to the side. Making a car stiff isn't really nice if you're planning to take them out on b-roads, it's downright dangerous. And you would have to make the Jazz stiff not only because of the added weight on the front struts, but also because it has a lot of camber gain when you load them up.

[@jrhpng]

Loved the last gen RS 6 speed Jazz, have had a few from GD1,GD3 and GE8, great little cars. This new model seems to have abandoned the sportiness and gone back to its roots.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah it has, still great to drive though. Needs a manual or a type r model for sure

[@neon_man9099]

Suzuki swifts will forever have my heart ❤️

[@KiwiCarLife]

Lovely vehicles

[@B18CdelSol96]

Dropping comment for KZbin algorithm

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha thanks man

[@petert9224]

Im in the UK . I had my Honda in for its annual service and had the new Jazz for the day while my car was in for a service . Ok its a Jazz but its fun to drive and its practical and reliable . However ive got a ten year old mark two Jazz and here’s the rub with 72k on the clock its good for another 70k . PCP deals mean sooner or later there will be some coming back to dealers with 5-10k on the clock at about 1-2 years old . Thats the time to pick one up at a decent price .

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yesthat

[@robynjefferson4779]

My Jazz gears needed replacing after about three years but replacement meant hauling out the engine and cost half the price of a new car.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Aye? These cars don’t have gears and I’ve never heard of one needing a transmission rebuild after 3 years

[@muthukumaranc]

Great review. Small suggestion, it would be nice if you include bhp!

[@KiwiCarLife]

They all make about 120

[@letni9506]

The Jazz seems like the car i should buy but I'm struggling with the looks. Its just a bit boring looking for me. I was going to get the 1.5 sport which has a pretty good 0-60. But then I found out the swift, which i prefer the look of, is pretty nippy its self. So I'm torn between them still.

[@KiwiCarLife]

How about the new Jazz RS? Looks a lot more sporty

[@The_Noticer.]

Hm, I would say the last generation Swift with the M16A and 6SPD manual will be a lot more fun to toot around in.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah probably but I wanted to compare the latest cars

[@oreokat]

This is amazing work! Thank you

[@KiwiCarLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jdmsnowmonkey7913]

I am quite bummed out that the latest Jazz is only offered as a hybrid in the UK - it robs a little bit of boot-space thanks to the batteries making a rising hump in the boot floor, and I do worry about the complexity of the hybrid system affecting its long-term durability, but those niggles aside it seems like a gargantuan step up in quality and comfort from the previous gen model; I'd have one in a heartbeat if money was no object.

[@The_Noticer.]

Honda is dead in Europe, yeah. The drivetrains they bring here are not interesting. Same with the new 2022 civic's. They dont even bother releasing the Accord anymore for years.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah it's disappointing... I feel the same way. Honda has nothing exciting anymore and doesn't seem to realise it yet

[@The_Noticer.]

@@KiwiCarLife even the new civic si is a boring 1.5T

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@The_Noticer. ehh, at least it's something. I'd totally buy one but it's not available outside the us. Dream for me would be a TL Type S

[@The_Noticer.]

@@KiwiCarLife You'd think after Max won the F1 championship for Honda, they would launch some sort of anniversery car here in Holland. But i'm not keeping my hopes up seeing as the FK8 retails for >60K euro due to our tax system.

[@RNWLL]

Great comparison! I have a mazda CX-30 but I'm looking for a smaller car for next year. The Honda Jazz is an amazing small car but I'm a bit doubtful for the exterior design (the previous model looked better in my opinion).

[@KiwiCarLife]

Fair enough

[@katrienremory5721]

I was thinking about the Jazz. Now I am more convinced. The price is high and I have to see if it can be converted easily for my handicap.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Well worth the extra though as it's more practical and will hold its value better

[@rajakillamsetti6314]

Ver nice work. Thank you🎉

[@KiwiCarLife]

All good!

[@montyspearo]

Not sure what your issue is with Swift cruise control in heavy traffic. On Vitara (assume its same system) will work down to crawlly speeds. Once disabled when you've stop need to be doing 40kmhr to engage which has been case in other cars I've driven.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Not this one, it cuts off at 25kmh

[@judet8290]

where did you get the big Honda type r poster ? Would love to get one myself.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Can’t remember I think someone gave it to me

[@moch.a.chusenchusen3349]

Apik Kabeh 👍

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yes

[@oscarkabowski8413]

Why in the f*ck is the new Jazz not sold in Australia? It looks unreal and goes pretty well compared to the competition.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Dunno mate...

[@rodcoates7941]

I'm with you on this, a huge mistake for Honda Australia to drop Jazz as the entry model. I'd buy one

[@richardsmith579]

Honda seems to be giving up on selling cars worldwide.

[@richardseeto5410]

Honda Jazz ...a good small car..not available in Australia. BIG MISTAKE Honda!!

[@Bambotb]

The look of the jazzz is its only problem… if given a chance which would touch choose Swift ( normal not sport) or i20 ( normal not N ) ? We don’t have mazda 2 in my country so…also rank the 3 i mentionned last please ? Thanks

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yes

[@Bambotb]

@@KiwiCarLife you didn’t answer my 2 questions please do

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Bambotb the jazz is the best car, if you get one of the new RS ones it solves the looks probpem

[@Bambotb]

@@KiwiCarLife ok can you rank : swift,i20, mazda 2, clio please ? Thanks

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@Bambotb mate go and drive them yourself please. Half those cars I haven’t even driven. You have to come to your own conclusion rather than asking a total stranger on the internet as everyone is different. Personally I wouldn’t even buy any of those! I’d get an M135i if I wanted a modern hatch haha

[@tirolekubu8578]

Awesome video man

[@KiwiCarLife]

Thanks man!

[@ayushmechanic3545]

My Mazda demio I have to keep changing the Seat position because my sister can’t reach the gas pedal and I get sick of that so much than god I have got ride for that car I am still thinking what car I should purchase next

[@KiwiCarLife]

Purchase a Honda Accord CL9 or E46 316d

[@neon_man9099]

@@KiwiCarLife 2006 toyota corolla GL silver type R?

[@KiwiCarLife]

good quality vehicle

[@prateeksrivastava386]

honda jazz ( winner ) ..... suzuki swift ( 1st runner up ) ..... mazda 2 gsx ( 2nd runner up ) .... my words ... its closer contest between honda jazz and suzuki swift

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah agree

[@judet8290]

Nice posters on your wall

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha yeah they’re cool aye

[@marianodecanha822]

Just a bit confused as to why the suzuki labeled that car as an "RS"

[@KiwiCarLife]

That’s like asking why your parents named you Mariano

[@marianodecanha822]

@KiwiCarLife huh? We name cars to their attributes, performance etc, why would naming a child contribute to their performance, attributes etc, I never knew naming a child "kyle" meant you need to be fast and agile, logic right here

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@marianodecanha822 is the Suzuki swift, swift? Is the Honda Jazz, Jazzy? Is the Mazda2, twoey? Cars are quite often named pretty arbitrarily. RS is just simply our market’s model name for the 1.0L turbo model

[@marianodecanha822]

@KiwiCarLife rs models throughput the car industry and history have been denoted to exhibit rally sport heritage, imagine telling Audi that the RS model series has a 1.0l 3 cylinder 82kw engine...also yes the suzuki swift is named swift because it's nippy and small and easy for city living, and the jazz styling does exhibit some jazzy styling. But the real question why name a car a RS model when it exhibits no rally sport heritage

[@marianodecanha822]

@KiwiCarLife with this logic anyone can name a car a RS, imagine calling the new Renault kwid a RS or most other cars that have no performance orientated attributes a RS, the previous gen swift sport was a 1.6 na with more power and a faster 0-100 time than the so called RS, so you basically buying a rs badged swift not worth the money or even clout disappointing really considering how the so called sport had more performance and purpose than the 1.0l 3 cyl RS

[@wooky11]

what model of jazz did you have?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Honda Jazz Life

[@xiaozhang6056]

Thanks mate

[@KiwiCarLife]

All good

[@randomchannel2780]

Wow did I watch this right? Mazda didn't have a single win in any category? Yea I get it Mazda is a little outdated now, but come on

[@KiwiCarLife]

What would it win in? I didn't have a category for transmission performance and in every other area the others are better

[@randomchannel2780]

@@KiwiCarLife Then why bother putting it in? just put Jazz and Swift exclusively or take Yaris instead. You only make Mazda look bad

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@randomchannel2780 oh for Petes sake we can't be positive all the time now can we... I get sick of car reviews that are overly positive. The Mazda is a great, but the others are better... The Mazda is 7 years old now so what do you expect?

[@randomchannel2780]

@@KiwiCarLife 👍

[@DavidHughes-op6zl]

Some say that the Jazz can be run on 'elder'berry wine.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Ah yes

[@JoePeddie]

Honda Jazz does not have a CVT, it is direct Drive

[@KiwiCarLife]

This a 1.5L cvt 1.5 non hybrid my friend. In europe you guys have a very different drivetrain. Even our jazz eHEV is just cvt. Yours is different

[@JoePeddie]

@@KiwiCarLife Me bad

[@l4ndz3r]

i think this is the 2020 mazda 2.. my wife m2 got 110 hp and the front design looks so old and different in this video

[@KiwiCarLife]

Maybe our nz new ones look different, or maybe your market got the facelift ones later

[@luisledon28]

In Mexico the Mazda 2 front looks like a mini Mazda 3. Some countries for that facelift

[@wax333]

I simply can’t fit in the Mazda 2 I bash my head on the pillar at 5ft11 getting in isn’t the Mazda 2 sharing the Yaris platform

[@KiwiCarLife]

Ahh u must be from the states. Our Mazda 2 is completely different. But yes the Yaris is definitely much smaller and harder to get in and out of than these three

[@alwaysenkeilover]

we have nothing but that Mazda named as a toyota

[@KiwiCarLife]

Yeah so I've heard! How odd

[@alwaysenkeilover]

@@KiwiCarLife no isn't Toyota just doesn't like us in north America

[@sunilayya8948]

If you can digest the honda's styling , or the lack of it, it is the better car. So it should be, since its more expensive , larger and newer . But i could never live with its shockingly dreary styling.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Fair enough

[@sunilayya8948]

@@KiwiCarLife your review was really great. I like the format and the brief and to the pont comparisons. Thankfully you didnt waste time on trivial things like cup holders. Good luck. Subscribed.

[@belairstarcraft]

You are to lazy to drive a shifter? The Mazda 2 90 hp needs barely 10 sec to 100. The automatic is 2 sec slower sadly... how is that on the other cars?

[@KiwiCarLife]

Mate over 3/4 of the cars I've owned have been manual lol - but 90% of people who buy these get autos. All these do 0-100 somewhere in the 10s mark. Don't believe for a second a 1.3L mazda2 does 0-100 in 10 secs. Try 13

[@Anisky123]

So it’s good the Jazz has no ‘active safety features’..TY! I road in a taxi that drove me bananas it beeped all the time.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Haha yep agree, although the Honda ones tend to be quite unobtrusive

[@josesnjoroge919]

Suzuki best

[@KiwiCarLife]

Is it

[@butterz3488]

Anyone would think you work for Honda 😁😉=p

[@KiwiCarLife]

mmmmmmmm oopsie

[@SurvivorIce]

Honda is the best pick but most expensive. So go figure.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Nah they're all the same price new - about 28k

[@SurvivorIce]

Wel in my country, Mazda 2 cosmo cost $ 3.000 cheaper than Honda basic model or trend.

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@SurvivorIce well then get that then if price is your only worry

[@bludclone]

GIVE ME THE HONDA JAZZ PLZ I CANT GET IT HERE

[@KiwiCarLife]

Good strong car

[@Matowix]

U think it's true 2nd hand cars are going up due to covid etc ?

[@KiwiCarLife]

They were, but they've stayed pretty stagnant for a while. There's only so long the heat will last before it either crashes or people just stop paying silly money and people have to drop their prices. We're seeing the latter start to happen now

[@d15z1sux]

That was the best drag race 😂

[@KiwiCarLife]

Hahahah

[@SIPEROTH]

All this auto-locking and LED features are thought as an advantage until you need to make a new key or change a light and then you realize how auto-makers F you up in the ass.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Solution, don't lose your key, and don't crash so you don't need a new light

[@SIPEROTH]

@@KiwiCarLife That is like stop producing an effective cheap medicine for one that has 100x the value for more profits and then saying to people "Well don't get sick so you won't need therapy". Normal yellow lights are very cheap and easy to replace, they do the job just fine, they are less piercing and hurtful to the eyes and they cost a fraction of a fraction of LED. Of course LED lights don't costs that much ether and nether there is any reason for them to be that hard to replace. They just made them like that by using the excuse of "new tech" for profits. And don't let me get started on keys. The damn thing broke and the car manufacturer wanted me to pay the price of an expensive smartphone to replace it. Sorry but your key just has a little easy to make chip in it. Not a powerful APU, cameras, speakers and an OLED screen. After that it somehow got unsynchronized and had to pay again to get it synchronized other than of course leaving me without a way to go to work for the day. My old car never troubled me like that. Just took the key to a locksmith made a few copies. SAFE. Easy and cheap. Technology is suppose to make things easier and they just make everything worse trying to get money out of us. All those info systems. Stupid!! They never get prober updates and are just a bunch of extra electronics to go wrong that you have to pay to fix along with making the car more expensive. Not to mention the silliness of looking threw menus to just do simple things i used to do with the push of a button before without getting my attention away from the road. We all have smartphones with relatively big screens. What do we need all that bull for? All the cars should have in an empty adjustable place to connect our smartphone with the car and BAM. There you have it! GPS and music etc ready. For other things? Buttons worked just fine without making drivers more prone to accidents by looking threw menus while driving.

[@KiwiCarLife]

@@SIPEROTH ok mate... LED lights don't need replacing, and in many cases the bulbs cost less than halogens. People wouldn't use them if they were worse. Halogens are dim, wear out quickly, are energy inefficient and require big ugly bulb housings. No one thinks about how much a jolly LED bulbs costs when they buy a car for Pete's sake

[@SIPEROTH]

@@KiwiCarLife They don't because they don't think ahead or imagine it. They only realize what mess they are in when something goes wrong. And although LEd lights should normally last longer than the car itself they are prone to liquid damage with water getting in them or hurting their electronics etc. My friend had them damaged like that. He went to change them but discovered that they are like one with the whole thing so he couldn't change just the leds inside the headlight structure and had to change the whole headlight. Talk about getting screwed. It doesn't matter if normal lamps wear out quickly(not really that quickly considering how many drive their old cars without changing them for many many years) because they are stupid cheap and replaceable. And who cares about energy efficient? They run from the car battery. Is not like they raise your power bill. Also you ignore how car light Leds are eye piercing and blind you every time a car comes the opposite direction. They literally make your eyes hurt. I am not against LEDS in general though. I am against their way of being implemented. There is no reason why they can't be cheap and easy to replace while making them less piercing. Is easy to do. Car makers just don't want to.

[@ln5747]

@@SIPEROTH you sound very boring.

[@soundknight]

My uncle knows cats better than any of you. He races and wins vintage targa, he reckons that Mazda 2 is just a "Pregnant Egg"... 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I'd rather have a normal egg thanks! Such a shame Honda stopped selling the jazz in Australia. Such a shame they no longer sell a true wagon. Such a shame on the Australian distributors.

[@KiwiCarLife]

Ah yes

[@lb6513]

Good work. Merci.

[@KiwiCarLife]

All good!