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21/09/2008 07:19. Every so often a new car appears that makes you realise all the other contenders have been getting it wrong for years, and one such car was the original Honda Jazz.

Launched in 2002, it was a little car with an implausibly spacious interior, ultra-frugal engines, unrivalled build quality and nimble handling, and it set a standard the rest have spent the past six years trying (and failing) to meet.

In that time it has won more than 30 awards, has been ranked number one in its category in the JD Power customer satisfaction survey since 2004, has the highest residual values of any car in its class and has been in the top three bestselling cars in its sector for the past four years. Some act to follow, then.

The question is this: is Honda about to replace a world-beater with a less... // Times Online