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2009 honda fit
2009 Honda Fit Going On Sale Today, A Month Earlier Than Expected
Automotive News reports that the 2009 Honda Fit is scheduled to start arriving in showrooms as you read this, more than a month earlier than the planned October 1 arrival. Why the rush? Fit sales are up more than 70% this year in light of high gas prices and positive press; Honda has done everything possible to increase production, but dealers were still going to be sold out of Fits for most of September. Rather than lose sales, Honda sped up its product plans, getting the new Fit to market seven weeks ahead of schedule. This being Honda, we don't expect there to be "some assembly required," but even the best automaker can get in trouble when they're pushing too hard.
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2009 Honda Fit, First Drive, Part Two
As we told you yesterday, we asked our many-layered friend John Krewson to take a spin in the new 2009 Honda Fit. After yesterday's taste of the new-and-now-priced-to-move-starting-at-$14,550 Honda Fit, he's brought us the whole red pepper of a review today. — Ed.
It's always been hard for me to find someone who doesn't like the Honda Fit. And what's not to like? It's earned a reputation for being nimble, thrifty, capable, and perhaps most importantly, charismatic. It might not be all that muscular, and it might be just the slightest bit IKEAesque inside, but for about fifteen grand it's hard to think of another subcompact that's quite as, well, friendly to live with. If the Fit were a transformer, it would fold out into a cheerful, helpful little brother with freckles and a turned-up nose.
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2:15 PM on Wed Aug 20 2008
By John Krewson
16,862 views, 80 commentsMost discussed Dr. Winston O'Boogie aka MonkeySeeMonkeyDo: Man, that thing is ugly. Wow. I'll take my little Scion xD over this mini-minivan any day. more »
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jalopnik reviews
2009 Honda Fit, First Drive
We've asked our many-layered friend John Krewson to take a spin in the new 2009 Honda Fit. He'll have the full first drive for us tomorrow. In the meantime, here's a taste. — Ed.
It's always been hard for me to find someone who doesn't like the Honda Fit. And what's not to like? It's earned a reputation for being nimble, thrifty, capable, and perhaps most importantly, charismatic. It might not be all that muscular, and it might be just the slightest bit IKEAesque inside, but for about fifteen grand it's hard to think of another subcompact that's quite as, well, friendly to live with. If the Fit were a transformer, it would fold out into a cheerful, helpful little brother with freckles and a turned-up nose.
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6:01 PM on Tue Aug 19 2008
By John Krewson
23,030 views, 58 commentsLatest by brandegee: @mechimike: Unfortunately, the Matrix handles like a top-heavy truck, at least compared to the Subaru Outback Sport I compared it more »
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honda fit hybrid
Honda Fit Hybrid In The Works, Fit Is Go...ing Green
As if the Honda Fit didn't already sip gas like fuel is approaching stratospheric prices, which it is, Honda is working on sticking a version of their hybrid system in the little city cruiser. The company had originally expressed some reluctance to increase the price of small cars by dropping in the expensive hybrid parts, but President Takeo Fukui explains that with the price of crude oil going up "a Fit hybrid is starting to make sense." The plan is to make the switch in the early 2010, which means that it would likely launch on platform similar to the 2009 Honda Fit that debuted in New York this year, depending on where exactly in the development range this falls.
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new york auto show
2009 Honda Fit Is Go, Again
The 2009 Honda Fit has just been launched at the New York Auto Show. Aside from the irritatingly average, Gap-clad models cheerily driving it on stage, notable features are the 1.5-liter i-VTEC engine mated to either a 5-speed manual or automatic transmission - the Fit Sport comes with paddle shifter - the six airbags that come as standard, the ACE body structure - it's strong and light to boost safety - and the one-touch fold rear seats. The full press release follows the jump.
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1:14 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Wes Siler
38,492 views, 37 commentsLatest by daimlerz: This is nice, practical and snazzy. I made a few observations, perhaps others have noticed it too. It's interesting to more »
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new york auto show
2009 Honda Fit Is Go For New York Auto Show
Yeah, that's pretty much all we got. The new 2009 Honda Fit is expected to debut at the New York Auto Show at the end of next month. Yes, we'll be there to cover it live. We're also expecting Honda to take the front end of the new 2009 Honda Pilot unveiled in Detroit this year and figure out some way to cram all that chrome in the Pilot's grille area into the grille area of the new Fit recently launched in Japan. Voila, new 2009 Honda Fit.
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7:30 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Ray Wert
3,414 views, 15 commentsLatest by cap2501: I think its a step backwards. I dont know what it is exactly about the current one but it is more »
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industry news
Honda Fit Japanese Car of The Year
The second-generation Honda Fit may not be Godzilla, but it's at least a Gamera. The beloved little Honda beat out both the Nissan Skyline and Subaru Impreza for the coveted Japanese Car of The Year award. This is quite the turn around from last year, when the large, Mothra-like Lexus LS was given the award.
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tokyo auto show
Mugen Makes Fit Fitter
The new Fit's just been revealed, but Mugen have already had time to tweak it. Featuring the usual assortment of GRP body addenda, annoying exhausts and big wheels, the official Honda tuning partner has also added useful features like upgraded suspension and brakes and a short throw shifter. The Fit's possibly our favorite small car so the idea of speccing the performance upgrades without the visual silliness really appeals to us. [Via Carscoop]
12:30 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Wes Siler
1,299 views, 8 commentsLatest by crevans: My only gripes with my Fit are are that it needs another 20hp or so without hurting the economy, and more »
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new cars
Honda Launches New Fit/Jazz for Japan
The next incarnation of Honda's subcompact Fit (Jazz for you continental types) is going on sale in Japan this week. You've already seen the new design, by way of a recent anticlimax. Now the details on Honda's next-generation fit come on the heels of news the company's sales are off dramatically in Japan, giving the new Fit that much more pressure. A newly tweaked 1.3-liter four and CVT transaxle provide go to the base model, while a new Road Sailing (RS) version gets a 1.5-liter producing 20 extra horses (120 total). As for utility, it gets a novel utility function, "Ultra Seat!" (exclamation ours) that allows rear seating to dive and release in one motion. We'll get our shot in the US by 2009. More »
