Archive for the ‘Fit’ Category

Few subjects are as snooze-inducing as macroeconomics, especially when talking about transnational manufacturing decisions, but oddly enough, the lively little Honda Fit has the ability to breathe life into the topic. A report breaking today reveals the strong yen against the relatively weak dollar could bring production of the cute-as-a-button Fit to the U.S.

The move is under consideration according to Honda president Takanobu Ito. Building the Fit in Japan with the tough exchange rate is making it almost impossible to clear the profits they need from the small car. Sales are down, too, but the Fit is doing better than the rest of ...

Honda has put out the first word on its 2010 Fit, and it appears that there are few, if any changes to the hatchback model for the new model year.

The Fit comes only as a five-door hatchback, and it remains one of TheCarConnection.com's top-rated vehicles (an 8.2 overall). The Fit's 117-horsepower, 1.5-liter i-VTEC in-line four-cylinder engine delivers downright peppy performance with the five-speed manual and is still quite good with the available five-speed automatic. Overall, Honda just gets it—achieving a very responsive, tossable feel that makes the Fit feel almost sports-car nimble yet also quiet and refined enough for an...

Talking the "green" talk is easy: toss out enough words like "recyclable" and "zero-emissions" and "carbon footprint", and even the crustiest oil baron can come out looking like Al Gore. Getting folks to walk the "green" walk, however, is a different matter altogether--as a new report from Nielsen reveals.

America's favorite poll-dancers looked at ownership rates of high-mileage vehicles like the Honda Fit and the Toyota Prius in markets across the U.S. The company then took those ownership stats and weighed them against auto registrations so they could determine the percentage of green vehicles in each locale.

No prizes for guessing which...