HR-V Sport vs Jazz Sport

[Wilmo]

Having had the 2020 HR-V Sport for nearly 2 months I thought I would post some thoughts on it.

We px'd a 2018 Jazz Sport to buy it and the HR-V seems to be better built, although both are Japan built I believe.
The Jazz had a lot of squeaks & rattles plus an annoying wind whistle by the drivers door at 60mph+.
The HR-V has none of this except a noise from the centre arm rest when leaning on it, cured with some carefully placed furry side velcro.
The interior seems of a higher quality fit & feel overall.

 

The handling is very close to the 2011 TypeR I also sold to fund the HR-V and it's performance with the turbo is not far behind, certainly not enough to notice in real world road driving.

The fuel consumption beats the TypeR by around 10mpg and is very close to the Jazz at a consistent 40+, even 47 on a long run.
Probably the effect of the turbo offsetting the extra weight vs the Jazz.

 

The only criticism so far is the flimsy & soft feel to the gloss black trim, bumpers etc. Definitely not as robust as the TypeR or the Jazz. It is very easy to mark it.

At least with the pearl white paint the dirt doesn't show so quickly.