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**AUTOMATIC** **POWER STEERING** **ALLOY WHEEL** Trademark versatility: In a certain sense, the Jazz was half hatchback, half mini-MPV. Boasting a 35 mm longer wheelbase (at 2 530 mm) than its predecessor, the 3rd-gen Jazz was certainly the most practical B-segment hatch of its era, chiefly thanks to Honda’s so-called “Magic Seat” system. Smart packaging (the low-profile fuel tank was again centrally sited) allowed the Jazz to incorporate a highly configurable seating arrangement – the bases of the 60:40 split rear seats could independently tip up against their backrests, for instance. That facilitated the transport of all sorts of items that would usually be deemed too tall or bulky to shoehorn into such a compact car. Courtesy of its updated design, the 3rd-gen Jazz offered notably more rear legroom than its forebear, while its load-bay capacity grew by 26 litres to 363 litres (despite the presence of a full-size spare wheel in all variants except the Jazz Sport). Folding the rear bench flat would free up 881 litres of utility space.