2007 Honda Fit Sport from North America - Comments

"Oh, then you'll have to explain how the "lowly" Fit beat a Ferrari through Car and Driver's slalom test."

Yes car and driver the same magazine that once advertised that the Ferrari f430 had bad understeer and only pulled.95 g's on the skid pad. Then 3 issues later said it's steering was almost perfectly neutral and pulled 1.3!! g's on the skidpad. Yes car and driver is an excellent source of information indeed.

Pros: Price, Features, Comfort, Magic seats, peddle shifters, Gas mileage, Fog lights, huge Space (folding the seats), enough power to run smooth, steering control, six airbags, ABS on four wheels.

Cons: Absence of armrest, gas-tank lock. Eats torque when you speed up (initially)

I had a '99 Ford Escort running on 96K miles and wanted to go for a new/used car. My first choice was Honda Civic. Suddenly, my eyes fell upon the Fit and the price at which I would get the Sport version, is almost similar or less than an used '05/'06 Civic EX!

The orange metallic Fit (sport) immediately drew my attention and in no time I was test driving it. To my utter disbelief this car performed so well in city as well as freeway. Accepted the torque goes high if you want to speed up (initially from stop), but that can be solved by using the 'manual' mode and paddle shifters.

How many cars have this feature in sub-compact economy class? Forget economy, even Camrys and Accords don't have it.

In features they have provided MP3 player with 200 W system + ipod connector (plug and play). Also, I very much love the automatic volume feature, the speedier you drive, the volume increases accordingly.

Inside it's awesome, with huge space (magic seats are awesome), nice dash board, easy maneuvering.

I dunno why people say it looks ugly, it looks quite nice and Honda has put every thing it can in such a small space. Six airbags, ABS on all four wheels, fog lights, halogen head lights, back wipers and the design (hatch back style) is worth the penny.

I drove 900 miles in 4 days on different terrains, in storm, you can't beat this FIT! I drove it in lanes between two huge semis, not a drag or jolt, quite surprising from a light weight vehicle. Even at higher speeds (80mph), the FIT runs smooth.

I would suggest people to drive it using peddle-shifters initially so that you can run it on low torques, especially when you're trying to speed up (entering freeways or start driving from stop).

0-30mph (Auto) : 3200 revs

0-30mph (Auto-Paddle shifters: 3rd gear) : 1900

at 70mph (Auto) : 2800

at 70mph (Auto-Paddle shifters: 5th gear) : 2600

at 80mph (Auto) : 3100

at 80mph (Auto-Paddle shifters: 5th gear) : 2900.

How much do you expect from a small sub-compact economy car? I am right now getting a gas mileage of 36.6 mpg, hope to get it better after 4K miles.

All in all, I am a proud owner of this vehicle and extremely happy about my decision.

I would highly rate it to anyone who's planning to buy a new car. To be honest, you don't drive a FIT, the FIT drives you, listens to your commands and makes you sit there and enjoy.

You might also be interested in these reviews (compares 7 different cars in the same segment) :

1. http://tinyurl.com/ze7bx

2. http://tinyurl.com/2c9xvq

My only complain though is, my vehicle is drawing unwarranted attention from strangers who are befriending me for free rides. LOL..

"Wow, for a poster who claims Car and Driver is a horrible source of automotive information you sure read a lot of issues.

Please tell us all how many Chevy Cobalts or Dodge Calibers beat Ferraris at anything."

Yeah I have read a lot of issues of car and driver. That's how I've come to the conclusion that they're full of hot garbage. They contradict themselves every other issue. And no chevy cobalts or dodge calibers ever did beat a ferrari at anything, but neither did any honda or toyota of similar vintage.

Are people really paying up to $3,000 over MSRP for this car?. I should have bought a Honda dealership if I had known there were this many people out there with money to throw away. No car is worth paying 25% over retail. You can get a 4cyl Accord or Camry for about the same and still get over 30mpg on the highway. Is the Fit a decent car?..most likely the majority will be better than average. Is it worth getting gouged at Honda for it.. absolutely not.