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Honda's totally-redesigned Fit (Jazz to the rest of the world) is set to debut at the 2008 New York International Auto Show. "The current Fit has been a tremendous success for Honda," U.S. exec veep Dick Colliver boasts [via PRNewswire] "The all-new Honda Fit will reconfirm that small can in fact be big." Yes, well the old Civic did that and look how that thing porked-up. Anyway, Honda will also be showing (in the pregnancy sense of the word) a prototype Pilot that "emphasizes authentic SUV styling." NYIAS is going down at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from March 21st through the 30th (full schedule here). TTAC's Robert Farago and Justin Berkowtiz will be confronting the suits on your behalf, only earlier.
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The redesigned Fit is a pretty cool vehicle; albeit more mini-minivan-like than the present one. If they address the wacky driving position, no dead-pedal and other minor issues, I might drop by the Honda Store for a look-see.
The new Fit really is a nice looking little car. I’ve never driven one though. Are they fun to drive around squirting through traffic?
The new Fit really is a nice looking little car. I’ve never driven one though. Are they fun to drive around squirting through traffic?
I’ve heard they’re fun to drive, period. I’m wary of that torsion beam rear suspension though.
I just hope that Honda fixes the front end of the production Pilot…
The Fit is an agreeable little car. It basically reinvents the formula of the early-90s Civic Si. It handles and rides pretty well. Even the base model really doesn’t feel cheap, except for the dinky tires. The engine has a surprising amount of grunt; you don’t have to thrash it to death for respectable progress. It’s not quiet, though, and it’s buzzy at higher speeds.
A torsion-beam rear suspension is not ideal for balancing ride and handling, but that doesn’t mean a torsion-beam car can’t handle well — there are plenty of torsion-beam European hot hatches that are exceptionally sharp, going back to the original Alfasud. The problem is that because it’s not truly independent, if you set it up stiffly enough to good body control, it will tend to be less than supple and far less composed on broken pavement.
I couldn’t define authentic SUV styling, but I know it when I see it.
The new pilot is pretty close to it.
I used a Fit from Zipcar yesterday and it was a blast. I was in a hurry to get somewhere and back to work and it was like being back in my old Fiat Spider. Great acceleration, solid feel, great steering. You just wonder why Americans can’t make cars like these. I think if someone started a rental company that promised only to rent fun cars like these, they could make a fortune.
Sure hope somebody in the design department remebers “legroom” for the new Pilot. It was a stong contender on paper until I sat in it. No need for a test drive.
I still think the 2003-2005 Pilot has the best looking schnoz…when they grafted the taller, bulkier front on the 2006 model in the name of…”authentic SUV styling” (I guess?), it suffered a bit, at least in my eyes.
I tried to buy once twice, but the blandness lost the sale. Hey, wait…maybe THAT’S why they try to overstylize the thing…
I’m getting a Fit this summer. I emailed my Honda dealership to get the release date. Told them to call me as soon as they get them.
I’d love to get the final MPG estimates. i heard 46mpg somewhere.
I’ve had way too much fun driving my ’07 Fit in the Santa Cruz mountains. It may not have the biggest engine, but like any Honda, it loves to rev high.
The new fit looks good to me.
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2007/10/all-new-honda-f.html#more
If you think the Honda Pilot has terrible front seat legroom, wait’ll you try sitting in a Nissan Frontier or Xterra.
38.5 inches of legroom, the lowest amount of any vehicle sold in the US. The flat floor doesn’t help matters, either.
For me at 6-5, 335, fitting in a: Xterra, CRV, RAV4, Frontier or Pilot is nigh on impossible. Compared to those, the Saturn VUE I just bought is swimming with legroom.
The new Rogue has more legroom than any of them. But after trying to get a deal on one from the three local Nissan dealers, and what they offered for my trade-in (another Nissan) for a run-around puddle jumper, to save wear and tear on my collector cars…they can shove that Rogue up their collective …..!
Besides me, is anyone getting a little tired of the “Pokemon on ‘roids” design language in the current gen of Nipponese whips?
My only problem with the new Fit is that the interior looks really whacked out and cheap. The current model looks so much classier. They went crazy with the Civic’s interior too, but at least it didn’t seem so cheap. At least the new Fit wont have the godawful two tier gauges.
Terrible Front Leg Room = Jeep Liberty. One of the worst and most difficult SUVs to get into the drivers seat if you are > 6′ tall. Plus it hardly has any room inside. Just a complete failure on Chrysler / Jeeps part. I wonder if the Nitro has the same problem – I won’t go near it for fear of it’s dog electrocutions.
Well, was the initial naming of this car, “the Honda Fitta“, one of the first viral marketing campaigns?
The tagline
“Small on the outside but large on the inside”
made the name even more fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Fit#Europe
10 Most Unfortunate Car Names
http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx
an aborted Dodge Journey fetus, perhaps?
Ugggggly!