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Suzuki Baleno vs Honda Jazz

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Suzuki Baleno
Suzuki Baleno

$14,965 - $21,990

2020 price

Honda Jazz
Honda Jazz

$12,995 - $23,888

2018 price

Summary

2020 Suzuki Baleno
2018 Honda Jazz
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 1.4L

Inline 4, 1.5L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
5.1L/100km (combined)

5.8L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Expensive servicing
  • Cheap interior
  • Dull

  • No Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
  • VTi-S very pricey
  • Lack of advanced safety features
2020 Suzuki Baleno Summary

The fact of the Suzuki Baleno's existence is one of the more puzzling features on the automotive landscape. It's a car that pits itself against all manner of worthy competition - some of it exceedingly so - in the small hatch segment.

People still buy what the industry calls light cars (in ever-diminishing numbers) so perhaps Suzuki thought offering two would be a good idea, as its Swift occupies the same patch of sales ground in this city-sized segment.

In this part of the market, you've really, really got to want it. You need to be stylish, sophisticated and packed with tons of safety gear if you've any hope of so much as laying a fingernail on the Mazda2. Or, let's face it, be dirt cheap to counter Yaris and (the soon to depart) Accent.

It's all the more puzzling because Suzuki does interesting cars like the Jimny, Swift, Vitara and Ignis. And the oddball S-Cross (RIP).

The Baleno seems far too tame, timid and, well, blergh. But according to VFacts, Suzuki shifts at least a hundred of these per month, sometimes over 200.

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2018 Honda Jazz Summary

Honda's Jazz is like the little engine that could.

It occupies a shrinking part of the market but has seen off a bevy of once-were competitors (most notably the Hyundai i20) and continues to battle gamely with the Mazda2.

Honda gave the range a little tweak in late 2017 to hand us the MY18 Honda Jazz. Some features were lost, and a few gained in an effort to keep up with Mazda's finest.

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