Honda Fit | |
---|---|
Overview | |
Manufacturer | Honda |
Also called | Honda Jazz |
Production | 2001–present |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Subcompact car (B) |
Body style | 5-door hatchback |
Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive (Japan) |
Platform | Honda Global Small Car |
Chronology | |
Predecessor |
Honda Logo Honda Capa Honda Civic (hatchback only, North America until 2016) Honda S-MX |
First generation | |
---|---|
Overview | |
Production | 2001–08 |
Assembly |
Suzuka, Japan Ayutthaya, Thailand Karawang, Indonesia Santa Rosa, Philippines Guangzhou, China (Guangqi Honda) Sumaré, Brazil (Honda Brazil) |
Body and chassis | |
Related |
Honda Airwave Honda City/Fit Aria |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.2 L L12A I4 (petrol) 1.3 L L13A I4 (petrol) 1.5 L L15A I4 (petrol) |
Transmission | 5-speed manual 5-speed automatic CVT automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,450 mm (96.5 in) |
Length | 3,845 mm (151.4 in) (Worldwide) 4,000 mm (157.4 in) (U.S. & Canada) |
Width | 1,675 mm (65.9 in) |
Height | 1,525 mm (60.0 in) |
Curb weight | 1,084 kg (2,390 lb) |
Second generation (GE8) | |
---|---|
Overview | |
Also called | Honda Jazz |
Production | 2007–14 |
Assembly |
Suzuka, Mie, Japan Ayutthaya, Thailand Karawang, Indonesia Pingtung, Taiwan Guangzhou, China (Guangqi Honda) Greater Noida, India (Honda India) Swindon, England (Honda UK) Sumaré, Brazil (Honda Brazil) |
Body and chassis | |
Related |
Honda City Honda Insight Honda Freed Honda Brio |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.2 L L12A I4 (petrol) 1.3 L L13A I4 (petrol) 1.5 L L15A I4 (petrol) |
Transmission | 5-speed manual 6-speed manual 5-speed automatic CVT automatic (Japan) |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,500 mm (98.4 in) |
Length | 3,985 mm (156.9 in) (2009–11) 4,100 mm (161.4 in) (2012–13) 4,410 mm (173.6 in) (Fit Shuttle) |
Width | 1,695 mm (66.7 in) |
Height | 1,525 mm (60.0 in) 1,540 mm (60.6 in) (Fit Shuttle) |
Curb weight | 1,070 kg (2,359 lb) |
Third generation (GK5) | |
---|---|
Overview | |
Production | 2013–present |
Model years | 2014-present |
Assembly |
Yorii, Japan Sumaré, Brazil Ayutthaya, Thailand Pingtung, Taiwan Karawang, Indonesia (from 2014) Malacca, Malaysia Guangzhou, China (Guangqi Honda) Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico (from Feb 2014) Rajasthan, India (from Jan 2015) |
Body and chassis | |
Related |
Honda City Honda HR-V Honda Freed Honda Brio Honda Mobilio Honda Shuttle Honda XR-V Honda BR-V Honda WR-V |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.2 L L12B i-VTEC I4 petrol 1.3 L L13B Earth Dreams i-DTEC I4 1.5 L L15A I4 (petrol) 1.5 L L15B7 I4 (petrol) 1.5 L L15B Earth Dreams i-DTEC I4 1.5 L i-DTEC diesel |
Transmission | 6-speed manual 7-speed semi-automatic (DCT) CVT automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,530 mm (99.6 in) |
Length | 3,955 mm (155.7 in) |
Width | 1,695 mm (66.7 in) |
Height | 1,525–1,550 mm (60.0–61.0 in) |
Curb weight | 1,020–1,080 kg (2,249–2,381 lb) 1,080–1,170 kg (2,381–2,579 lb) (Hybrid) |
The Honda Fit, also marketed as the Honda Jazz, is a five-door, front-engine, front-wheel drive B-segment Mini MPV manufactured and marketed by Honda since 2001 and now in its third generation. Marketed worldwide and manufactured at ten plants in eight countries, sales have reached almost 5 million by mid-2013.
Sharing Honda's global small-car platform with the City, Airwave, Mobilio, Mobilio Spike, Freed and Freed Spike, the Fit is noted for its one-box or monospace with an interior design concept that uses a re-configurable cargo volume to compete with larger vehicles.
Honda released hybrid gasoline-electric versions of the Fit in Japan in October 2010 and in Europe in early 2011. Honda released the Fit EV, a limited production all-electric version, in the United States in July 2012 and in Japan the following month. As of 2012, Honda Fit is produced in 12 countries, including Japan, Brazil, China, India and Indonesia.
Honda uses the nameplate "Jazz" in Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and most parts of Asia. It used the name "Fit" in Japan, China, and the Americas.
The Honda Fit debuted in June 2001 in Japan and immediately became a big hit. At its introduction in 2001, it won the Car of the Year Japan Award. By December 2001, it had outsold the Toyota Corolla, and ranked first in sales for nine out of twelve months in 2002. It subsequently was introduced in Europe (early 2002), Australia (late 2002), South America (early 2003), South Africa and South-East Asia (2003), China (Sep 2004), and Mexico (late 2005).
The Fit's fuel tank under the front seat and compact rear suspension have enabled the rear seats to fold especially low, creating a flexible and regularized cargo volume that is large for its class.
A production model for the United States and Canada debuted on January 8, 2006 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The car was released in Canada on April 3, 2006, and in the U.S. on April 20, 2006 as a 2007 model year car. In the North American markets, the first generation Fit was replaced after only two model years by a new 2009 model, which was released for Japan in November 2007 as a 2008 model. Subsequent iterations will maintain the same platforms worldwide.