WHAT CAR?
BEST REGULAR HYBRIDS
These models can nip along for a while on pure electric power, with no need to ever be plugged in
10 Honda Jazz
Our pick 1.5 e:HEV Elegance List price £27,395 Target Price £25,040 0-62mph 9.4sec Top speed 108mph MPG 62.8 CO2 102g/km
No other small car is as practical as the Honda Jazz. As well as being really spacious inside, its boot is huge and its rear seats have versatile flip-up bases.
The Jazz’s 1.5-litre petrol engine is supplemented by two electric motors that do much of the legwork around town, the result being impressive official fuel economy of 62.8mpg. True, the rival Toyota Yaris is even more frugal, but that car is nowhere near as roomy inside.
The Jazz holds its value well, helping to keep ownership costs down, and it comes verywell equipped. But that’s just as well, because it’s very pricey to buy by small car standards. Plenty of rivals are more fun to drive, too.
9 Toyota Yaris
Our pick 1.5 Hybrid Icon List price £23,140 Target Price £21,864 0-62mph 9.7sec Top speed 108mph MPG 70.6 CO2 92g/km
Officially, the Toyota Yaris is the most efficient car in this top 10, with an average of 70.6mpg. And our tests show that this small hatchback is capable of returning around 60mpg in real-world use, so it’ll cost less to run than most of the other models here.