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  • 2016 Honda Fit And the Success Story. Will it Continue?

    2016 Honda Fit is ready to get on the road stage and continue the affair, that the previous generation started. As you know, the Fit lineup is one of the best, that Honda has ever created. Since the last lineup, there is incredible positive feedback both from customers and critics. Now, more confident than ever, 2016 Honda Fit will meet its owners with the best-in-class cargo space, 41 mpg on the highway. This combined with sporty, but still comfortable dynamics. Brace yourselves! The latest Fit comes in July 1st worldwide!

    And now the 2016 Honda Fit offers a 6-speed manual transmission, roofline spoiler, LED taillights, Bluetooth connectivity and rear camera. Goodies, goodies and more goodies. The 2016 Mazda Fit also includes the fresh and responsive direct-injection 1.5-liter i-VTEC powerplant, that produces 130 hp (95 kW) and 114 pound feet of torque.

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    2016 Honda Fit and its versatility

    With its class-leading interior space and the wonderful flexibility the vehicle offers both comfort and reliability. In fact, the 2016 Honda Fit has that wonderful sporty touch, and even more feature. For example, the vehicle offers a really sophisticated ride, thanks to the next-gen Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body design. In this way, the 2016 Honda Fit gets better handling, safety features and some boost, when it comes to fuel economy. In fact, the vehicle went through some serious crash tests and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gave the highest rating available. This doesn’t mean you have to try out all the safety features with the highest speed available, though!

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    Drivetrain system details

    The 2016 Honda Fit also features the special Earth Dreams Technology, which is tuned for some improved balance between power, torque and response. This improved powerplant will be matched to two optional transmissions: a slick-shift 6-speed manual and the special CVT with G-Shift Control.

    Exterior

    2016 Honda Fit comes with fresh and dynamic exterior vision, that includes the well-known Honda confident presence, but with some slight changes. The headlights, along with the redesigned grille really make that front looks more confident and massive, while the side tweaks match the wheel design.

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    Interior

    The inside of the 2016 Honda Fit is spacious and comfortable . Furthermore, everyone will feel even more comfortable with the soft and nice-to-touch materials. There is also a special Display Audio multimedia touch screen, and additional leather seating for the EX-L models. Furthermore, all the three trims, the LX, EX and EX-L offer high standard levels. They will feature auto on-off headlights, LED brake lights, Bluetooth HandsFreeLink and an especially designed central console. Optional upgrades include Smart Entry Push Button Start, one-touch operated moonroof, 7-inch touch screen Display Audio 7 with next-gen HondaLink and heated leather seats.

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    But this is not all, so don’t worry about the technology gadgets, fitted into the 2016 Honda Fit. Only some of the standard equipment includes: Vehicle Stability AssistTM, Electronic Brake Distribution, Brake Assist, Advanced Compatibiliity Engineering body structure.

    It looks like the Honda team really went for that latest addition to the family. 2016 Honda Fit does look promising and we all expect, that it will not only continue the glorious affair of its predecessor, but it will also set higher standards in the motorsport industry. So, stay with us for further information!

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    Source: Honda

  • Six Customized 2015 Honda Fit to be on Display at SEMA

    2015-Honda-Fit-THUMBSix build teams will each customize 2015 Honda Fit, which later will be on display at the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. In this way, the company will showcase the great personalization potential of the new model via an ambitious project vehicle program and interactive Tumblr experience, which starts today. To go further into details, Honda has selected six build teams: Bisimoto Engineering, Kontrabrands, MAD Industries, Spoon Sports USA, Tjin Edition and Kenny Vinces.

    Each team will customize a 2015 Honda Fit which will later be displayed at the SEMA Show. Every single personalized Fit is expected to receive modifications such as aerodynamic body kits, wheels, custom paint jobs and much more.

    To support this Fit project, Honda is starting the Fit Performance Project (#ProjectFit) on its official Tumblr page. In this way fans will have the opportunity to follow teams’ progress with each vehicle.

    #ProjectFit starts from today and will continue through 22nd of October. It will feature many photos, animated GIFs and videos. On Tumblr people can vote for their favorite customized Fit by liking and reblogging posts tagged with #ProjectFit. The shop which will gather the highest total likes and reblogs will win and receive an award from Honda.

    The last to be mentioned is that the Fit Performance Project posts will include several themes. For instance, “Preview” will reveal the design illustrations or renderings of the cars, the “Show Us Your Mods” will display five modifications made to the vehicle, while “In Progress” will reveal headway on the design.

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    2015 Honda Fit
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    Source: Honda

  • 2015 Honda Fit Goes On Sale

    2015-Honda-Fit-THUMB2015 Honda Fit is bigger, more powerful and fuel efficient and goes on sale in less then a week. The car also features more refined and sporty dynamics, roofline spoiler, LED taillights, Bluetooth connectivity and rearview camera. All Fit models will feature the new 1.5-liter engine which generates 130 horsepower (96 kW) and 155 Nm (114 lb-ft) of torque. The estimated EPA fuel-economy rating of the new Fit is 33/41/36 (city/highway/combined).

    The new Fit is more spacious and offers comfortable seating for five persons and the ability to carry voluminous cargo. The cabin interior features a 4.9 cubic feet increase in passenger volume and a 4.8-inch increase in rear seat leg room.

    In addition, the car offers new chassis with longer wheelbase and numerous improvements to front and rear suspension and steering systems. The adoption of a new frame structure includes company’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) front body structure, which also delivers more safety performance.

    2015 Fit also benefits from the included Earth Dreams Technology engine. It significantly increases power, torque and throttle response. In addition, it also supports two newly developed transmissions: the 6-speed manual and the CVT with G-Shift Control.

    Under the hood the car is fitted with the 1.5L DOHC 4-cylinder engine with i-VTEC+VTC valve and timing control. It features direct fuel injection, reduced weight and friction, increased compression ratio. This results not only in the increase of horsepower, but also in the fuel efficiency ratings, which are listed in details below.

    Inside, one can see a rich and sophisticated black with silver accented interior surfaces and controls, and blue backlit instrument dials. As an option, Honda offers Display Audio touchscreen interface and leather seating.

    2015 Fit boasts wide range of technologies. For instance, standard features include auto on-off headlights, LED brake lights, Bluetooth 6HandsFreeLink and a center storage console with armrest. On the other hand, the available features offered here are the Smart Entry Push Button Start, aone-touch operated moonroof, 7-inch touchscreen Display Audio7 with next-generation HondaLink and heated leather seats.

    Next, standard safety features include Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) with traction control, side curtain airbags with rollover sensor, Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist, and Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure. The standard drive-assistive technologies are multi-angle rearview camera with guidelines and expanded view driver’s mirror.

    2015 Honda Fit goes on sale at Honda dealerships on 14th of April. Detailed pricing is listed below.

    TRIM MSRP EPA Fuel Economy Ratings
    (city/highway/combined)
    Fit LX 6MT $15,525 29/37/32
    Fit LX CVT $16,325 33/41/36
    Fit EX 6MT $17,435 29/37/32
    Fit EX CVT $18,235 32/38/35
    Fit EX-L CVT $19,800 32/38/35
    Fit EX-L CVT with Navi $20,800 32/38/35
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    Source: Honda

  • TEASER: 2015 Honda Fit To Debut at NAIAS

    2015_Fit_Teaser_Image-THUMBThe brand new 2015 Honda Fit will make its first official appearance at next year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The exact date of the reveal was also announced ad it will be on 13th of January.

    At the show the brand will showcase significant advancements in terms of model’s design and technologies included. 2015 Fit will be based on the current vehicle but will offer more spacious and refined interior, increased cargo capacity and leading-edge connected car technologies.

    Furthermore, the third generation Fit will also deliver improved fuel efficiency due to its new platform and Earth Dreams Technology powertrain. It is equipped with the Honda-exclusive next-generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure, which in turn will contribute towards good safety ratings.

    All in all, the 2015 Fit will obviously get a major upgrade from the ground up. We are impatiently expecting to see some new and aggressive design and styling as well as improved fun-to-drive spirit. Stay tuned for more details before the general public!

    Source: Honda

  • 2014 Honda Fit Hybrid – 2.7 liters / 100

    Honda has announced that the 2014 Fit/Jazz Hybrid is going to achieve a fuel economy of 2.7 liters / 100 km (102.8 mpg UK or 85.6 mpg US). The all-new Fit Hybrid is scheduled to be introduced and go on sale in Japan this September.

    The all-new Fit Hybrid will be the first model to be equipped with the SPORT HYBRID*3 Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive (i-DCD), Honda’s lightweight and compact one-motor hybrid system suited for small-sized vehicles. Although this is a one motor hybrid system, this system realized the EV drive by disengaging the engine and motor. The SPORT HYBRID i-DCD is one of the Earth Dreams Technology, Honda’s new-generation powertrain technologies which realize both the fun of driving and excellent fuel economy at a high level.

    It offers three driving modes: EV, Hybrid and Engine, meaning it can run as a zero-emission electric car, as a hybrid or as a conventionally-powered vehicle.

    Featuring the highest fuel economy among all hybrid models in Japan, acceleration g-force more powerful than conventional models and rhythmic and linear acceleration feel, the SPORT HYBRID i-DCD realizes fun driving.

    Source: Honda

  • 2013 Honda Fit EV takes part in smarter charging project

    2013-Honda-Fit-EV-THUMBHonda brand today announced that it is going to collaborate with Pacific Gas and Electric Company. They are going to launch a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles and the power grid.

    The aim of this project is to show practically and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state.

    In short, all these efforts will allow the customers, through the visibility into charging patterns, to more effectively manage charging during peak hours. In addition to that the companies hope that this will create consumer-friendly programs which will encourage electric vehicle adoption.

    In fact, this project aims to ease the infrastructure and consumer concerns related with the mass adoption of EVs. It will do this with the addition of other layer of agility to the EV charging process. What this level of intelligence will do is to help making charging seamless for consumers. On the other hand, at the same time will ensuring that the electricity source is reliable and the infrastructure is stable.

    This demonstration will be made with the help of one of the most popular EV’s – 2013 Honda Fit EV. It will collect grid and vehicle data and then create an individualized charging plan for Honda’s Fit EV battery electric vehicles.

    In particular, by using the existing in-vehicle communications system in the Honda Fit EV, the electric vehicle can interact with utilities and the grid, thus creating a channel for sending and receiving utilized information that could improve grid management.

    When the 2013 Honda Fit EV is plugged into a charge post, it initiates a charge request through the vehicles telematics system. This system is an integrated telecommunication application, which is mainly used for navigation.

    What happens next is that this request is sent to IBM’s Electric Vehicle Enablement Platform. There the vehicle data, such as battery state and grid data received from PG&E, is collected and mixed to create an optimized charge schedule. Of course, the next step is to communicate back the processed data to the vehicle. And all this happens in several seconds.

    Next, with the help of the aggregated data, the vehicle becomes able to charge to the level that is needed while factoring any current grid constraints.

    2013 Honda Fit EV
    2013 Honda Fit EV

    What is very specific here is that the system utilizes real time and simulated data, thank to which will test and demonstrate the ability to alter, as well as to adapt charging patterns based on grid conditions.

    And all this is called simply: smart charging capability. It will enable energy providers to manage the power used by EVs during peak times by instructing vehicles to regulate charging when required.

    Furthermore, this new smart charging will have the ability to collate historical EV charging data, thus creating a profile, which can predict the location and duration of EV charge loads.

    Through communicating the important information directly to the vehicle, the companies assume that this will crucially enhance driver services.

    For instance, the IBM’s cloud based platform will be able to provide charge post location information and availability and send it directly to the vehicle, and then with the help and utilization of the telematics and Satellite-Linked Navigation it will guide the driver to the nearest place to charge.

    Source: Honda

  • 2012 Honda Fit

    2012 Honda Fit comes with redesigned exterior, some interior upgrades and a lot of extras.

    The exterior includes a new front bumper, a new grille, darkened headlights and an interesting finish for the alloy wheels, which replaces the normal paint finish.

    The interior boasts dark metallic dashboard elements, new chrome accents and of course console-mounted center beverage holders, because this is “the most” important in the car.

    2012 Fit is available with two new colors – Blue Raspberry Metallic and Orangeburst Metallic.

    The engine is 1.5 liter i-Vtec with 117PS (86 kW) at 6600RPM and 143Nm (106 lb-ft) at 4800RPM. It returns 31 mpg on combined cycle, when is paired to automatic gearbox. The manual version has slightly lower result – 29 mpg.

    2012 Honda Fit comes with Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA), the Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE), ABS (anti-lock brakes), dual-stage multiple-threshold front airbags, front-side airbags with passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) and side-curtain airbags.

    The standard equipment includes air conditioning, cruise control, remote entry, a 160 Watt AM/FM/CD audio system with 4 speakers, a USB audio interface4, an AUX audio input jack, MP3/WMA playback capability, Radio Data System (RDS), power windows, power mirrors, power door locks and a security system.

    2012 Fit Sport comes with alloy wheels, an underbody aero kit, rear roofline spoiler, fog lights, illuminated steering wheel mounted audio controls and upgraded seat fabric.

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  • 2011 Honda Fit gets more value and extras

    Honda has announced the details on its freshened and fitted with even more value for 2011 model year Honda Fit five-door hatchback subcompact ride. Exclusively for 2011, all Fit models will benefit from a Vehicle Stability Assist feature as standard, and will boast more comfort and convenience extras. (more…)

  • 2010 Honda Fit – fits everything

    2010 Honda Fit, the five door fuel-efficient and fun-to-drive small sporty car. Compact on the outside and yet spacious inside, the Fit really fits anything. With its multifunctional interior and high levels of refinement 2010 Honda Fit offers multiple seating and cargo-carrying configurations. (more…)

  • All-New 2009 Honda Fit Big on Style and Refinement, Small on Price and Fuel Consumption

    2009 Honda FitThe completely-redesigned 2009 Honda Fit is set to go on sale August 26 with a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) starting at $14,550, plus a destination and handling charge of $670, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. The Fit Sport, equipped with additional premium features, is also set to debut with a starting MSRP2 of $16,060, plus destination and handling. (more…)