help! Jazz 1.3 AT or Swift AT?

[Type 100]

* Type 100 - thank you for your input. My nose bled! joke I don't really need the speed however, the 1.5L variant will the added HP and "hatak & hataw" feature will come into good use when I drive it to Baguio or whenever I come across steep slopes and climbs.

The L13A 1.3L engine is actually a fine motor, especially now with VTEC in the Jazz - just not at its best mated to the automatic and its economy-biased programming. It's too eager to upshift to the next higher gear.

It's not all about speed either. When you have to overtake a slower car on a two-way road (and trust me, you will have to do this at some point), you'll want to minimize your "time exposed to danger" (i.e. to oncoming traffic) by performing the maneuver as quickly and as safely as possible, holding on to the acceleration as long as you can. In this circumstance, the last thing you want is a transmission that's overly eager to upshift.

You can learn to adapt and make the Jazz 1.3L A/T obey your will, but it's a little bit harder than it needs to be.