“ign: I will say one thing for the looks: In the engineers' desire to give the Fit "Man-Maximum" ergonomics — their phrase — they have expanded the”

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Japan's second- largest carmaker, topped the country's passenger-car sales ranking for the tenth straight month with its Fit compact. Fit sales rose 84 percent in August from a year earlier to 11,770 units, the Japan Au...

Honda's 2009 Honda Fit will go on sale across Canada on Sept. 15 with a suggested retail price of $14,980, Honda announced recently. A new, more powerful 117-horsepower, 1.5-litre i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine will be available, offering improved fuel economy over ...

“l, Honda's bringing out two hybrids next year, one a Toyota Prius fighter, the other a sporty little coupe. They'll have the parts, so maybe.”

LOS ANGELES -- The Honda Fit is a big hit, what with fuel prices near all-time highs. And company executives expect the redesigned 2009 version, which arrives in dealerships this week, to be just as hot.

Automotive News reports that the 2009 Honda Fit is scheduled to start arriving in showrooms as you read this, more than a month earlier than the planned October 1 arrival. Why the rush.

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“dlund predicts Fit competitors will triple over the next three years, including new entries from the Ford, Chevrolet, Hyundai and Kia bran”

The '09 Fit seems so right that we should cool our collective jets by looking first at the bad things: •Ride. Stiff to the point of teeth-jarring on some bumps. Clearly a suspension designed by a dentist.

It's a funny thing about little cars like the Honda Fit: the higher gas prices go, the bigger they look. And the better they look. At $6 a gallon a Fit probably could pass for a stretch limo.

New Fit further refines interior functionality, enhances increases safety leadership TORONTO, Aug. 20 /CNW/ - The all-new 2009 Honda Fit, set to go across Canada on September 15 with a Manufacturer's Suggested $14,980, is designed to further its leadership in ...

Toronto, Ontario - Honda Canada has announced the all-new 2009 Fit will go on sale across Canada on September 15 with a base MSRP of $14,980. “The new Fit is designed to raise the bar in the Canadian subcompact market by taking what is already great about th...

Honda recently announced pricing for the 2009 Fit set to hit our shores at a base price of $14,550 and topping out at a Civic LX sedan-like $18,760 for the Sport model with navigation.

According to Automotive New's Craig Trudell, the on-sale date of the redesigned Honda Fit subcompact will be more than a month sooner than originally planned. The 2009 Fit will arrive in dealerships Tuesday, Aug.

Drivetrain: 1.5-liter, 117-hp, 106-lb-ft I4; FWD, five-speed manual.

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug 19, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The completely-redesigned 2009 Honda Fit is set to go on sale August 26 with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price(2) (MSRP) starting at $14,550, plus a destination and handling charge of $670, Ameri...

The all-new 2009 Honda Fit goes on sale in the next few weeks, and we have a full price breakdown below. The base Fit with a five-speed manual will start at $14,550, excluding a $670 destination charge.

“ike the Acura TL and TSX, which had inconsistent weighting and poor feedback from their electrically assisted systems, the Fit's system felt great.”

Honda's original Fit was unlike any subcompact in the class. Here was a sprightly little hatchback with moves so deft it made every drive to work an adventure. The steering was quick and accurate, the shifter was sublimely precise, and the suspension rode as i...

What is it. Honda introduced the second-generation Fit at the New York auto show, months after it had gone on sale in other, international markets. True to the original model, the new Fit addresses several weaknesses and adds features seldom seen in this car c...

The 2009 Honda Ridgeline gets a fancy grille reminiscent of Honda's 2009 Pilot, plus a raft of other upgrades and tweaks, the Japanese automaker says. The "bolder" look outside will no doubt be controversial, as it's been on the big Honda crossover vehicle tha...

When the First Gulf War kicked off in 1991, thinking that fuel costs would skyrocket, driving consumers into subcompact cars, the carmakers populated their press fleets with every buzz-bomb econobox in their respective arsenals.

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co., encouraged by U.S. demand for Fit subcompacts, is reviewing its Japanese lineup for other possible imports as near-record fuel prices spark interest in cars once viewed as too small or quirky.

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Japan's second- largest carmaker, topped the country's passenger-car sales ranking for the ninth straight month with its Fit compact. Fit sales more than doubled in July from a year earlier to 16,293 units, the Japan Aut...

( Reuters )—Honda Motor said on Monday its output of passenger cars would fall short of demand at least through the rest of the business year to next March as fuel prices force customers to look for smaller cars.

The current generation subcompact Fit has taken top honors in our 2007 small car face-off, where it competed with the Toyota Yaris and Hyundai Accent. The Fit also was named 2008âs Best Deal for First-Time Drivers in Cars.

Honda (link will open in a new window) reported strong first-quarter results Friday, but did lower its operating income forecast for fiscal 2009 by JPY 20 billion, or about $187 million.

“e been informed through the Honda Dealerships that there are no more Honda Fit Lx versions in Nova Scotia and there will not be until October 2008,”

“vehicle with the highest percentage of men buyers (93 percent) is the Chevrolet Silverado (pick-up truck). luxury cars purchased by women and women and”

BEIJING, Jul 08, 2008 (SinoCast China Transportation Watch via COMTEX) -- HMC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., a China venture of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co.