We are contracting from (at one time recently) FOUR cars down to just one - an ultra sensible Honda Jazz automatic 1.5e HEV Mark V. Our motoring these days is mainly to Booths supermarket (1/2 mile ish) and Airedale Hospital. Essentially we needed a shopping trolley of enough capacity to do tip (1/2 mile +) runs too. We have had a Jazz in the past and liked it a lot but my word, they have progressed since then. I think it was a Mk1. All the very latest gadgetry - GPS driven this and that, a numeric (large) speedo which flashes the instant you exceed the local limit, corner parking sensors, rear view camera to a huge screen and a heated steering wheel. The one previous owner had opted for all the extras. Very low mileage too.
Best of all, it is a hybrid. That means it does regenerative braking to a Lion battery in the boot. That powers three electric motors - one for each front wheel plus one other for the rears. The computer decides which to use - the petrol engine or the electric ones. Changes between the two are undetectable apart from an icon on the screen in front of you A trip to Booths and back could be all electric!
The handbook is nearly 300 pages long and it jolly well needs to be. There are features yet to be discovered.
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