Is Honda Hatching A Plus-Sized Fit?

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: January 17th, 2011

The Cobo Consensus on Toyota’s recently-released Prius V seemed to be a nearly-unanimous “nice, but couldn’t they have done more?” Unused to the Japanese and European-market practices of building a number of slightly-varying models on compact and subcompact platforms, the American press seems to agree that 60 percent more luggage space does not a new model justify. Which may be why word of this similarly-expanded Honda Fit “wagon” has yet to break into the stateside autoblogosphere. Or, it may be the fact that Autoexpress isn’t necessarily the most reputable source of leaked images. Either way, Honda’s B-segment MPV is an intriguing entry… if only as a Euro-market curiosity.

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Tallnikita on Jan 18, 2011

Fugly! Honda needs to steal some Huyndai designers. Or Kia's. Or just close the shop and focus on what they know - jet aircraft. Ha!

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- Invisible on Jan 18, 2011
  
  LOL, I love sarcasm. STEAL and KIA go hand in hand. KIA is the KOPY KING.
  
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Zeus01 on Feb 28, 2011

I have an '09 Fit Sport (manual) that I'm very happy with, but as for this proposed stretched version, I don't like it. There is already a decent and reliable Japanese car that fits this bill: the Mazda 5. It's not selling as well as Consumer Reports says it should, which means the market for the design (ie: one that closes the gap between roomy econo-box and cross-over SUV/ minivan) just isn't there in sufficient numbers to justify going ahead with production. Besides, as small as the current Fit is it punches way above its weight in the utility department, not to mention the handling department, the fuel economy department, the resale value department...

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