Honda Fits
Honda's totally-redesigned Fit (Jazz to the rest of the world) is set to debut at the 2008 New York International Auto Show. "The current Fit has been a tremendous success for Honda," U.S. exec veep Dick Colliver boasts [via PRNewswire] "The all-new Honda Fit will reconfirm that small can in fact be big." Yes, well the old Civic did that and look how that thing porked-up. Anyway, Honda will also be showing (in the pregnancy sense of the word) a prototype Pilot that "emphasizes authentic SUV styling." NYIAS is going down at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from March 21st through the 30th (full schedule here). TTAC's Robert Farago and Justin Berkowtiz will be confronting the suits on your behalf, only earlier.
Glenn is a baby-boomer, born in 1954. Along with his wife, he makes his home in Connecticut. Employed in the public sector as an Information Tedchnology Specialist, Glenn has long been a car fan. Past rides have included heavy iron such as a 1967 GTO, to a V8 T-Bird. In between those high-horsepower cars, he's owned a pair of BMW 320i's. Now, with a daily commute of 40 miles, his concession to MPG dictates the ownership of a 2006 Honda Civic coupe which, while fun to drive, is a modest car for a pistonhead. As an avid reader, Glenn enjoys TTAC, along with many other auto-realated sites, and the occasional good book. As an avid electronic junkie, Glenn holds an Advanced Class amateur ("ham") radio license, and is into many things electronic. From a satellite radio and portable GPS unit in the cars, to a modest home theater system and radio-intercom in his home, if it's run by the movement of electrons, he's interested. :-)
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Terrible Front Leg Room = Jeep Liberty. One of the worst and most difficult SUVs to get into the drivers seat if you are > 6' tall. Plus it hardly has any room inside. Just a complete failure on Chrysler / Jeeps part. I wonder if the Nitro has the same problem - I won't go near it for fear of it's dog electrocutions.
Well, was the initial naming of this car, "the Honda Fitta", one of the first viral marketing campaigns? The tagline "Small on the outside but large on the inside" made the name even more fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Fit#Europe 10 Most Unfortunate Car Names http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx
an aborted Dodge Journey fetus, perhaps?
Ugggggly!