The Honda Jazz has only been part of the last 11 years of Honda's long and illustrious history, but already it's become a staple of the company's product range as well as an important contributor to the company's bottom line. Worldwide sales of the little runabout have already passed the four-million-unit mark.

Look closely at the past two generations of the Jazz and it's not hard to see why, with friendly good looks, solid reliability, great manoeuvrability around town and, of course, that ridiculously practical and versatile cabin. Like it or not, critics and consumers alike have rated the Jazz highly over the years despite the appearance of fresher, more dynamic competition.

But this year, there's a new Honda Jazz, with an aggressive, angular new look both inside and out that seems to signify a big change for the B-segment hatch. Has the house that Soichiro built messed too much with a winning formula? We trek to Hua Hin to find out.

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