Honda Fit Hybrid

Too small for my taste...some people are gpoing to love it like my wife cause she is 5.2'..hahaha

Hi!
I "fit" just fine in the Honda Fit, and I am 6'5". I have PLENTY of headroom and legroom in both the front and rear seats. It will fit four large adults no problem.
With the rear seats folded down, there is a LOT of storage room.
On the outside it is small, and some people don't like that it "looks" small.
cliff
Nairobi

Definitely its going to do well when its released. There's alot of ignorance about the size of the fit inside. Its surprisingly large inside. Fred should test drive one.

We are in exactly the same situation as ChicagoGal. We're going to hang on to the old car I'm driving until the hybred Fit is available! I'm 6'3", so it sounds as if I would be comfortable in it. Guess I should really try the conventional Fit on for size.

DenisSan - If you are only getting 20 mpg around town, I would be inclined to get your dealership to take a look at your car. I have been driving a 2008 Fit Sport manual for nearly 2 years and routinely get close to 40 mpg on local trips. My mileage actually suffers a little when I do any high-speed highway driving. For my purposes, this car is all I could ask for and more!

I agree with Bootponder, get that car looked at. The Fit gets extremely high gas mileage, I can at time get 44MPG when careful.
The Fit hybrid should be a perfect fit for a lot of people. When non Fit owners see how versatile the car is they are amazed. I think in price, usability, MPG this would be the best hybrid so far.

We will need a new car in the near future and want to "go Hybrid". So we went to the Honda dealer to see the Insight. Although we are both under 170cm., we felt enclosed, especially when trying the rear seats. But we felt at home at once in the Fit (called the Honda Jazz over here).
We too can hardly wait for the Jazz Hybrid to come out and we too will be in line to get ours. If our current car won't last that long, we may even consider getting an older Jazz temporarily...

Actually, I have seen a Jazz in Croatia.. but not too sure if it's hybrid though! I'd love to see one in the US!

I own a 2003 Jazz and it's great.

My only concern would be that when they do release a Hybrid version, the battery will have to go somewhere, most likely under the rear seats, therefore we would loose the magic seats feature.

Although the Honda design engineers will surely come out with a magical way to maintain the current high practicality.

I can't wait to see how they do it!!

@Mark_80

I wouldn't expect honda to rid the fit/jazz of the magic seat. It is the main selling feature of that car... seriously. My thinking is that they may have run-flats installed and place the battery where the spare tire is. Or they may make the fit a 4-seater placing the battery between the rear two passengers. I'm guessing the rear of the fit hybrid will be a "40-20-40" with a missing "20" section. The two outboard sections could still use the whole magic seat feature and the cargo area could still be absolutely flat when the outboard sections fold down. I think honda will do this because just look at how they treated the first 2 generation Honda Civic GX's (natural gas civics). Even though they were sedans they were "4-seat-ers." Honda could market it as a more luxurious rear seating area for carpooling. I think that is how they marketed the GX's rear seats... Anyway. No matter how honda does it, the Fit Hybrid is going to be one hot seller.

When the Honda Insight hybrid arrived, my wife and I took a look. However The rear seat headroom was way too low for both of us. I'm 6'-2 and my head was touching the liner! Imagine if the car hit a bump! So we tried out the Fit and it had plenty of rear seat headroom. I decided not to buy the Insight and will wait for a Fit hybrid instead.

I am wondering if anyone driving the auto version of the fit gets anywhere north of 26mpg in the city. I have had mine for 3 years and have never topped 30 combined. I took it to the dealer and they said it was running normally. Do I need a different dealer to look at it or does the auto make that much difference in mg?

Michael
(2006 Fit Sport Auto)

Gotta disagree with you about "generational thing," Ken. At 51, I suspect that you'd consider me an "older driver," but for 22+ years I've driven just two cars, both of which got 30 - 35 (real world) mpg. Virtually all the folks in my circle -- you might call us veterans of the "old era" of energy responsibility -- drive modest cars with good mpg. I live in the Washington, D.C., area; almost all of the Fits I've seen on the road have had middle-aged and older drivers. I'm just hoping to keep my now 12-year-old Prizm/Corolla going until the hybrid Fit arrives.

At present, I am driving honda 1991cr-x which has 300,100 miles and I love it but I am eagerly waiting for the honda fit hybrid.t When is it going to be in the market in the USA?

how much is it for this hybird

Shines,
We updated the article today, but decided to leave the original comments, which have great info about the Honda Fit's size and other features.

Stumpy wrote:

"My thinking is that they may have run-flats installed and place the battery where the spare tire is."

I don't know about run-flats since I've never driven with them, but the reason why the Accord Hybrid and the Malibu Hybrid a couple years later were taken off my list of cars to consider was that neither had a spare tire, and had instead a "tire repair kit." I don't think I'd ever buy a car with such a thing instead of a spare, and I don't think I'd ever recommend one to anyone.

I bought a Jazz/Fit in Thailand about 4 years ago for my wife. The size in comfortable for my American size and her Thai size. It has an amazing amount of storage if y9ou remember all the tricks the seats do. I also bought the Fit version in the USA and I will buy the hybrid when it comes out. I am just very satisfied with this vehicle and it does all me and my family require of it.

Have you ridden in a Fit ? This thing has a cathedral ceiling ! I would say that if your wife was 6'7" she would still fit - - - in a Fit !

Can anyone explain why the Japanese non-hybrid version gets 56 mpg (70 mpg expected for the hybrid), while the US non-hybrid version gets 31 mpg (50 mpg expected for the hybrid)?

That's a shocking difference in fuel efficiency between the two non-hybrid versions. A Japanese non-hybrid version would get better fuel efficiency than the US hybrid version of the same car?

Mostly testing differences I believe. JC08 testing goes to 100kph (~61mph), while the new EPA highway runs all the way to 80mph and with harder acceleration and A/C use. Honda hybrids also have not gotten the benefit of running the EPA test in Eco mode... not sure if JC08 uses this.

I'm eager to buy a Honda Fit Hybrid once it is on the market.

Please keep us posted on the Honda Fit Hybrid.

Is there any tax incentive for Honda Fit Hybrid when it is on sale, please?

Thanks.

It is great post. hybrid cars has awesome features.I think honda will do this because just look at how they treated the first 2 generation Honda Civic GX's (natural gas civics). Even though they were sedans they were "4-seat-ers." Honda could market it as a more luxurious rear seating area for carpooling.I think Hyundai just spilled the beans on the Elantra grille, the Veloster Grille, and possible Accent Sedan Grille.

I am still driving my 1997 Civic with 254,00 miles on it waiting for the Fit Hybrid to come to the U.S. Come on, Honda!!

The honda fit is one of the nicest cars I have ever owned, and we have 3 of them. I am 6'5" and easily get in. The civic is impossible for me to get in. The car has great leg room, front and rear, and the ride is good. The car has great acceleration, and my mileage is always over 40. There are only two things that I dont like. First you cant tow a trailer with it, and second up here in wisconsin the ice buildup in the wheel wells can be bad. The inside rear wheel well has a little metal edge that ice and snow collect in. I just drove a mercury marquee, and believe it or not, it didnt have either the leg room or the head room that the Fit offers. GREAT CAR.

Well, if the U.S. Honda execs don't want to let the car in and have it stand on it's own merit... then I say the execs have no merit. In a world where Honda is increasingly pressured on margins, you would think that bringing in the Fit Hybrid would be a no brainer. Heck, charge $18-19K instead, people would still buy it.

Fit Hybrid vs Insight: Fit looks better, Fit is roomier, Fit holds more, Fit drives better, Fit is cheaper... just put in a internal gas lid release and I'd be a happy.

Honda is also bringing back accord hybrid, but don't know if they learned lesson before and will focus on fuel economy this time....

Honda basically forced me to switch by not having any real hybrid...IMA stands for 'assist' not actual driving on elec...will wait for leaf OR another option is awd subaru hybrid and it is on the drawing board, borrowing toyota technology...

hyundai also might have sonata hybrid...these will be typical in future..and elec. will be the prius of today w/in a couple years.

but who will pay for more for a hybrid with only 2 or 3 mpg improvement; that doesn't make sense and WON'T save the planet or you any $$$ at the pump.

I have a 2010 Insight with over 11,000 miles and drive mostly freeway/hiway miles near Portland, Oregon. I get over 50 MPG with the Econ button in.
I was told that EPA mileage is only for regular (no button) driving.
I have got as high as 60 MPG. I assume the Fit hybrid should be better.

I have driven Honda for many years -- in 1999, when the Insight first came out, it was too small and no cargo space -- I asked then why Honda could not make a car like my 1989 hatchback (which was my favortie car ever). I have been driving the Honda Civic Hybrid since IT came out, and keep looking for that hatchback -- Why has it taken Honda so long to listen to us (LOYAL honda owners). If they bring it to the US, I will be first in line for the Fit Hybrid.. My problem with the new insight and the CRZ is that the back window slants down so far that I cannot see out of it -- I am 5 feet tall, so the Fit Hybrid is my hope.... Cannot come soon enough. (BTW, my 6 foot son in law fits well into a FIT.... (front or back seat with lots of legroom)

I drive a Honda 1996 manual hatch and get 38-40 mpg. I'm not interested in anything but the Fit Hybrid. Why do we here in the USA get the horse's tail when it comes to any car that has lots of room to carry stuff and gets great gas mileage? Come on, Honda, get off your butt and bring the Hybrid Fit over to the USA.

Speaking of getting it all right, my wife's 2005 Civic Hybrid with the CVT automatic transmission (43+ miles per gallon average for 120,000 miles) consistently got 4 miles per gallon better than our 2005 Toyota Prius (39+ miles per gallon average for the 27,000 miles we had it). The Prius only comes with automatic. Of course my 2004 Civic hybrid with five-speed manual transmission averaged 50+ miles per gallon for 204,000 miles (It just dropped to 49.9 mpg.) This was consistently 11 miles per gallon better than the Prius and 7 miles per gallon better than the Civic with CVT. Honda sales people will tell you the CVT gets better mileage than the manual. It is unclear whether this is ignorance or a lie, but it is one or the other because it is untrue...by a wide margin. Honda's goofy plan of placing the Hybrid technology in a V6 Accord in order to make it blazingly fast in stop light drag racing, rather than extraordinarily economical, was admittedly doomed from the beginning. It was the answer to a question that nobody asked. Honda got it right with the Civic but since it wasn't grotesque looking in order to proclaim its greenness, it didn't get the press or the following among Hollywood's intellectual elite who would ride in refrigerator crates if it became trendy.

what is the mileage of that car

Completely wrong. I'm 6'2" and love my Fit. Bought it from a guy who's 6'8". It's shockingly big inside.

I have been driving Honda Civic wagons for over 17 years, and I considered them the best cars on the market. I am desperate to get a FIT Hybrid, as this will obviously be the replacement car that is actually an improvement...it gets BETTER mileage than my Civic, which the conventional FIT doesn't get! If Honda is too dumb to bring the Fit Hybrid into the USA, I will go to Europe, buy a Jazz hybrid (the European version), drive it a few weeks and bring it home. I go to Italy once a year for business anyway, so it won't be that big a deal. However, I'd much rather do without the extra expense and hassle, and just buy the thing from my local Honda dealer....

I've owned a burnt orange honda fit since May of 2007. It's awesome and deceivingly roomy is a huge understatement IMO. Once you put the seats down you have a huge bay back there to transport your gear. seats that fold up to allow tall items is a great perk as well. I don't think I'd ever move toward a mini van or suv.

My 6'5 husband fits just fine in one! Just because it is small doesn't mean there's no leg or headroom!

The first company that put out a good mpg hybrid will have a lot of customers. Honda is sitting on their butt and someone will give us a car we all waiting for. 60-75 mpg it can be possible, that is what we need. COME ON HONDA!!!!!!!!! I am waiting but cant wait too long.

if ford brig a hybrid fiesta, sorry honda, you had your chances......

I have a '96 Honda Civic Hatch and am currently hoping I can keep it running until the Fit Hybrid makes it to the USA. Come on, Honda, what're you waiting for?????? You have customers for this car!

freddo - not everyone has a fat ass like you

MPG(U.S.) - MPG (U.K. gallons)
2.00 - 2.40
7.00 - 8.41
12.00 - 14.41
17.00 - 20.42
22.00 - 26.42
27.00 - 32.43
32.00 - 38.43
37.00 - 44.44
42.00 - 50.44
47.00 - 56.45

The gallon is a diffrent size

We own a 2007 Honda Fit. We LOVE it! Our kids are tall, our son is 6'2" and growing...only 15...and he has plenty of room! Amazing because it doesn't look like it's that big inside.
The only thing we have noticed is that a/c is not quite adequate for everyone when we travel...then again, we are in Arizona!