Honda Fit

This article is about Fit-based Honda Jazz. For other uses, see Honda Jazz.

Honda Fit
Overview
ManufacturerHonda
Also calledHonda Jazz
Honda Life (China, Dongfeng Honda, 2020–present)[1]
ProductionJune 2001 – present
Body and chassis
ClassSubcompact car (B)
Body style5-door hatchback
LayoutFront-engine, front-wheel-drive
Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (Japan)
PlatformHonda Global Small Car
Chronology
PredecessorHonda Logo
SuccessorHonda City Hatchback (GN) (Southeast Asia and South America)[2]

The Honda Fit (Japanese: ホンダ・フィット, Hepburn: Honda Fitto) or Honda Jazz is a small car manufactured and marketed by Honda since 2001 over four generations. It has a five-door hatchback body style and is considered a supermini in the United Kingdom, a subcompact car in the United States, and a light car in Australia.[3] Marketed worldwide and manufactured at ten plants in eight countries,[4] sales reached almost 5 million by mid-2013.[5] Honda uses the "Jazz" nameplate in Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia and India; and "Fit" in Japan, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan and the Americas.

Sharing Honda's global small car platform with the City, Airwave, first-generation Mobilio, Freed and HR-V/Vezel, the Fit is noted for its one-box or monospace design; forward-located fuel tank; configurable seats that fold in several ways to accommodate cargo in varying shapes and sizes— and cargo volume competitive to larger vehicles.[6][7][8][9]

Honda released hybrid petrol-electric versions of the Fit in Japan in October 2010 and in Europe in early 2011.[10][11] In 2012, Honda released the Fit EV, a limited-production all-electric version based on the second-generation model in the United States and Japan, and was widely regarded as a compliance car.[12][13][14]

The fourth-generation model released in 2019 is currently sold in Japan, Europe, China, Taiwan, South Africa, Brunei and Singapore. Starting from 2020, the model was phased out in most Southeast Asian and Latin American countries to be replaced by the larger City Hatchback, while it was withdrawn entirely from the North American market due to falling demand within the subcompact segment.[15]

  1. ^ "飞度姊妹车 东风本田LIFE申报图曝光_ 新闻-亚讯车网" [Fit sister car, Dongfeng-Honda LIFE exposed]. www.yescar.cn. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "2021 Honda City Hatchback Revealed As Regional Fit / Jazz Replacement". Motor1.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ See Talk:Honda Fit for a breakdown of terms used by different sources.
  4. ^ "Honda Begins Sales of All-New Fit and Fit Hybrid in Japan". Honda Motor (Press release). 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014.
  5. ^ Yoshio, Takahashi (6 September 2013). "Honda Fit to Break Civic Record?". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ Lim, Anthony (18 July 2012). "Nissan Note – second-gen mini MPV debuts". paultan.org. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Nissan has announced the arrival of an all-new Note, and the second-generation mini MPV will take the fight to the likes of Honda Jazz in Japan, beginning early September.
  7. ^ Torr, Feann (7 July 2005). "Road Test: Mitsubishi Colt". Web Wombat. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Its main competitors are the more upmarket Honda Jazz and Mazda2 models [...]
  8. ^ Lyon, Peter (12 November 2002). "Mitsubishi Colt". Auto Express. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Outside, the Colt is slightly bigger than key rival the Honda Jazz in virtually every department. Crucially, though, it still fails to outclass the Honda in terms of cabin space.
  9. ^ "Honda Fit Prices, Reviews, and Pictures | Edmunds". Edmunds.com. 24 January 2020.
  10. ^ Eric Loveday (8 October 2010). "Honda prices 2011 Fit Hybrid at $19,310; cheapest gas-electric in Japan". Autoblog Green.
  11. ^ Williams, Stephen (25 August 2010). "Honda Jazz Hybrid Will Get Paris Premiere". New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  12. ^ Zach McDonald (20 July 2012). "Honda Registers First Fit EV Delivery". Plugincars.com. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  13. ^ Honda News (31 August 2012). "Honda begins lease sales of Fit EV in Japan". Green Car Congress. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  14. ^ Voelcker, John (29 June 2012). "2013 Honda Fit EV: First Drive Of Honda's All-Electric Car". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  15. ^ Capparella, Joey (17 July 2020). "Honda Fit Discontinued for the U.S., Despite New Global Model". Car and Driver. Retrieved 4 October 2021.