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Monday, Jun 15
IIHS: Small car bumpers cost big bucks to repair
The Free Lance-Star CA The Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit, Hyundai Accent, and Mini Cooper also earn poor ratings for bumper performance (see table below). The Smart Fortwo is best overall, with $3281 total damage in 4 tests. Costs are relatively low for this microcar because its ...
Wednesday, May 27
Honda lanzaría la versión híbrida del Fit/Jazz el año que viene
Lo del Honda Jazz/Fit híbrido ya es un caso aparte. Los rumores sobre una versión asistida por baterías de este monovolumen compacto lo situaban como alternativa al Prius antes incluso de que comenzara a dibujarse la tercera generación del modelo de ...
Tuesday, Apr 14
El IIHS realiza el test definitivo: sedanes medianos contra ...
Univisión CA Los modelos empleados para realizar los tests fueron un Toyota Camry, un Toyota Yaris Sedán, un Honda Accord, un Honda Fit, un Mercedes Clase C y un Smart ForTwo. En todos los casos los coches de menor tamaño salieron perdiendo con mucha diferencia, ...
Thursday, Mar 26
Chile: Llega la segunda generación del Honda Fit
CA Empezemos por el precio, que si bien ofrece un buen equipamiento, la versión mas cara llega a valer prácticamente lo mismo que el Civic más básico, el Tiida y el Focus II. En cuanto a diseño exterior, es horrendo. Los faros traseros son lindos, ...
Monday, Mar 16
El Polo vendido en EEUU será más grande (y se ofrecerá en dos ...
CA En cuanto al Polo de cinco puertas, dispondrá de una carrocería descrita como "un cruce entre una minivan compacta y un hatchback", apuntando más al Honda Fit (Jazz) que al Ford Fiesta. Una estrategia un poco extraña, pero que se enmarca dentro de los ...
REPORT: Volkswagen to sell two versions of Polo in US in 2011
CA The sedan variant will be smaller than the current Jetta, while the four-door wagon will take aim at the Honda Fit. According to Jacoby, "It's more like a cross between a compact minivan and a hatchback." Sounds like a Fit competitor to us. ...
Monday, Mar 9
Review: 2009 Honda Fit Sport is still frugal, slightly less fun
CA easily putting the Toyota Yaris, Nissan Versa and Chevrolet Aveo to shame. Factor in the $18000 sticker our tester carried, and the only question left is whether or not the slightly devolved 2009 Honda Fit Sport is a natural selection for you.
Tuesday, Mar 3
Geneva 2009: 2010 Volkswagen Polo
CA 42.8 mpg (US) combined. That's a 19% jump over the equivalently powered previous-gen. model. The gearboxes for the Polo include a new seven-speed DSG which could make this handsome little hatch a very serious competitor to the Honda Fit in the fun ...
Monday, Mar 2
Pre-Salón de Ginebra: Volkswagen Polo 2009
CA The new model is also slightly bigger than the current version, helping to it compete with the recently updated Ford Fiesta and Honda Fit – both of which have grown in size. A high-performance GTI model is also in the works but it’s still unknown if ...
Tuesday, Feb 24
Kia Nº 3, un invitado sorpresa para Ginebra
CA Pocos detalles podemos facilitarte por el momento, salvo que con 4.045 mm de largo, se encontraría más o en las dimensiones del Honda Fit/Jazz (3.900 mm). Cabe destacar su enorme techo acristalado con montante superior diagonal (de difícil réplica en ...
Tuesday, Feb 3
Honda Fit dominates Consumer Reports subcompact test
The world's largest independent consumer product testing organization, who don't claim to be enthusiasts, ran the small Honda against the Suzuki SX4, Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris, and Chevrolet Aveo. Compared to the rest of the group, the Honda Fit Sport ...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Automobile Magazine Announces 2009 All-Stars
CA - Dec 17, 2008 Honda Fit - More than three decades after the original Honda Civic gave Americans a whole new notion of space utilization, the Honda Fit has come along to ...
Tuesday, Dec 9
In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 MINI Clubman John Cooper Works
CA - Dec 9, 2008 Unlike so many cars with electric power steering, the MINI is one of the only examples, along with the Honda Fit, that actually allows you to sense what is ...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year
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Wednesday, Nov 12
Second Aston Martin One-77 teaser video rises from the mist - Autoblog
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Tuesday, Nov 4
SEMA 2008: Mugen kits the Honda Fit Sport
The 2009 Honda Fit Sport will soon be able to shop at the Mugen outlet store thanks to a host of Mugen accessories that were announced today at SEMA. They include a front grille and spoiler, side skirts and rear spoiler, new wheels, and inside you can have Mugen-branded mats and rearview mirr...
Wednesday, Oct 1
Motor Trend reveals COTY contenders
Motor Trend says on its blog that they are busily putting 17 new or newly redesigned cars through an "exhaustive evaluation process" that will result in 10 finalists for their Car of the Year award. With cars like the BMW 1 Series, Nissan GT-R, Audi A4, Acura TSX and Pontiac G8, we'd have a har...
Wednesday, Jul 25
AutoblogGreen for 07.26.07
Speaking of about not us, AutoblogGreen had one post yesterday that was totally given over to the readers: answers to a series of questions you had about the Chevy Volt. Answering readers questions on the VoltMüller will produce ethanol the milky wayAltairnano and AES collaborating on h...
Tuesday, Jul 24
By Jove, they've done it! Honda adds a few more MPGs to Canadian Fit
Honda threw a fit at what it saw as a federal endorsement of fuel economy over safety, as well as the unfair advantage it gave to competitors like the Toyota Yaris, which did qualify for the rebate but performed less well in crash tests. Honda even went so far as to offer its own $1,000 rebate on...
Wednesday, Jul 18
Honda confirms new Fit will arrive in Fall, at least in Japan
We've talked about how this next gen hatch will be a "relaxed" Fit version, with just a bit more room in the seat. Just like the European Honda Jazz variant, the new Fit will get an extra 20mm of girth and 50mm in length. That should mean even more room in the Fit/Jazz's already class-leading int...
Honda: 2,000,000 Fits sold worldwide
We've only had it here in the US since April of 2006, but the plucky little Honda Fit has been on sale in Japan and other markets since as far back as 2001. Suffice to say that the subcompact found an audience, as Honda has formally announced that as of the end of June, over 2 million Fits (includi...
Monday, Jul 9
Mazda still mulling over Mazda2, while Honda dealers clamor for more Fits
But Mazda (and Ford's) delay is causing buyers to head on down to their local Honda dealer to place an order for a Fit. The only rub: they still can't keep enough in stock. Honda's production plans for the Japanese-manufactured Fit is only 54,000 units per year, and both Honda bigwigs and U.S.-b...
Thursday, Jul 5
Honda JDM navi warns of heavy rain ... and earthquakes
Looking for a restaurant, a gas station, a hotel, or directions? There's an in-car navigation system that can help you. If you want to know what the weather ahead is like, or exactly which lane is closed in an accident, or where the earth has a tendency to split in two, then you need to buy a Hond...
Wednesday, Jun 6
Hyundai tops in Strategic Vision Total Quality Awards, Toyota a no show
We like the Strategic Vision Total Quality Awards because they attempt to measure more than just the number of problems per vehicle. Vehicles that are more likely to make emotional connections with their owners tend to earn better TQI scores, for instance. That's why, according to the rep...
Tuesday, May 22
AutoblogGreen for 05.22.07
Well, chopping your car in half certainly is one way to reduce weight. And lightweight cars usually get better gas mileage than heavier cars, but I'm not sure if these will overcome the increased friction. Still, kinda fun to tool around in for a minute, no?
Friday, May 18
Nasty Fit: Honda calls out Ottawa government over federal rebate
One of the Fit's direct competitors, the Toyota Yaris, consumes 6.4 liters/100km, and is thus eligible for the rebate. As such, according to this report, Toyota is practically the only automaker in Canada not upset about the federal rebate program that officially began on March 19th. Perh...
Friday, Apr 27
Next-gen Ford Fiesta will arrive in U.S. by late 2009
Though the profit potential of selling the Fiesta in the U.S. is likely very weak, the arrival of a small car fills a gaping hole in Ford's lineup. The Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, Chevy Aveo and more are competing fiercely right now in our domestic small car market. To say the arrival of a European-b...
Tuesday, Apr 24
Spy Shots: Ford Verisa on U.S. soil?
Filed under: Spy Photos, Economy, Japan, Ford, Mazda Could this be the B segment car that Alan Mulally obliquely referred to between Shrub jokes during his NYIAS keynote? What we have here is a Mazda Versia, a JDM car that Ford may be considering bringing to the US. That'd explain it tooling...
Sunday, Jan 14
Detroit Auto Show: A conversation with Jill Lajdziak
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, GM, Saturn Jill Lajdziak -- Division General Manager, Saturn North American International Auto Show January 8, 2007 Continue reading Detroit Auto Show: A conversation with Jill Lajdziak Permalink | Email this | Comments
