What if you have two bicycles to carry? By folding the rear seat forward, a true-flat floor unfolds before your eyes. The floor is low and so height is not affected, and both bikes can fit in, one on top of the other. There are multiple configurations possible, and this is without a doubt one of the car's strongest selling points.
I have evaluated all of the previously enumerated cars and none of them, zilch, zero, come close to offering the type of versatility that the Fit can bring to the table.
Top tier
The Fit has a few more tricks up its short sleeves. One of them is its zippy 1.5L 4-cylinder engine, good for 117 hp. Mated to either 5-speed auto or manual gearboxes, the Fit won't rip your wig off under hard acceleration but it will reach the ton in just over 9 seconds. Like I said, not lightning fast, but this is more than respectable and somewhere under the average time that a subcompact would take to attain 100 km/h.
What you will have to live with if you like to push the car is a very noisy powertrain. The limited sound-deadening materials and rev-happy nature of the engine are responsible for this irritant. This is, however, a small annoyance if you tend to drive within reasonable limits. As far as I'm concerned, I just can't...
This car is loads of fun to toss around as its chassis, suspension setup and lightweight make it infinitely tossable and manoeuvrable. The electric assist steering communicates little in terms of what the rubber is doing with the tarmac, but the layering between the driver and the road is thin that you can actually feel what is going on.
Fiesta vs Fit
Now here is where the true battle will take place. I was able to compare both cars around a slalom course and although the Fiesta was a little faster, the Fit performed admirably well. The Ford is snappier looking, tauter and a more involving car to drive near the edge than the Honda, but hands down again, the Fit's cabin makes a huge argument in its favour. We'll have to wait and see what the consumers will prefer. Most definitely, the Fiesta will take off at first given its shinny newness, but time will tell.
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| The Fit has a zippy 1.5L 4-cylinder engine, good for 117 hp. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |
I have evaluated all of the previously enumerated cars and none of them, zilch, zero, come close to offering the type of versatility that the Fit can bring to the table.
Top tier
The Fit has a few more tricks up its short sleeves. One of them is its zippy 1.5L 4-cylinder engine, good for 117 hp. Mated to either 5-speed auto or manual gearboxes, the Fit won't rip your wig off under hard acceleration but it will reach the ton in just over 9 seconds. Like I said, not lightning fast, but this is more than respectable and somewhere under the average time that a subcompact would take to attain 100 km/h.
What you will have to live with if you like to push the car is a very noisy powertrain. The limited sound-deadening materials and rev-happy nature of the engine are responsible for this irritant. This is, however, a small annoyance if you tend to drive within reasonable limits. As far as I'm concerned, I just can't...
This car is loads of fun to toss around as its chassis, suspension setup and lightweight make it infinitely tossable and manoeuvrable. The electric assist steering communicates little in terms of what the rubber is doing with the tarmac, but the layering between the driver and the road is thin that you can actually feel what is going on.
Fiesta vs Fit
Now here is where the true battle will take place. I was able to compare both cars around a slalom course and although the Fiesta was a little faster, the Fit performed admirably well. The Ford is snappier looking, tauter and a more involving car to drive near the edge than the Honda, but hands down again, the Fit's cabin makes a huge argument in its favour. We'll have to wait and see what the consumers will prefer. Most definitely, the Fiesta will take off at first given its shinny newness, but time will tell.
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| Here, in the Fit, you simply flip up the wider portion of the 60/40 bench and you're all set. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |