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Honda HR-V vs Suzuki Jimny

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Honda HR-V
Honda HR-V

$26,999 - $44,990

2024 price

Suzuki Jimny
Suzuki Jimny

$31,888 - $54,990

2024 price

Summary

2024 Honda HR-V
2024 Suzuki Jimny
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 1.5L

Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
4.3L/100km (combined)

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Seating
4

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Dislikes
  • Missing features you'd expect for top model
  • Safety could and should be better
  • Engine gets whiny on open roads

  • Would get tiring on a long trip
  • Quite spartan in terms of features
  • Low power, surprisingly high fuel use
2024 Honda HR-V Summary

Like many car brands, Honda is storming the hybrid field. The new HR-V brings with it a hybrid powertrain and external facelift but is it enough to keep it competitive in the small SUV segment?

As with any cosmetic surgery you may wonder whether the facelift has been successful.

No tricks – I’ll tell you straight up the new external design might be what you’re looking for if you’re on the hunt for a small SUV that doesn’t look like it moonlights as an Uber for Mr Big Ears (a Noddy reference for any youngsters out there).

We're testing out the top hybrid model, the L, to see what else this urban dweller gets right and what it sometimes gets wrong.

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2024 Suzuki Jimny Summary

You really can’t please everyone, can you?

It seems like just about every example of the wildly, ridiculously, immensely popular Suzuki Jimny barely had time for the suspension to settle as it parked in the showroom before it was being snapped up and rolled out for a customer - in fact plenty of Jimnys probably never saw a showroom floor, such was the length of the waiting list.

But even then, you all wanted a bigger version of the Jimny. It’s never enough is it? 

Fine, says Suzuki, here’s an even more easy-to-live-with version of the adorable 4X4 that everyone wants, and these examples will probably continue to fly off the shelves too.

But is the XL just that - a Jimny with two extra doors? Or is there more to it than that?

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