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Review of the 2007 Honda Fit: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
Auto on Info March 2007
Review of the 2007 Honda Fit: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
By James B. Bleeker
The following table provides some product information on the base and sport editions of the 2007 Honda Fit.
Auto on Info's Top Car Pick of 2007 The 2007 Honda Fit Photographs The 2007 Honda Fit Sport Edition The 2007 Honda Fit Base Edition Distinction, Features, and Specifications
Distinctions: + The Honda Fit is a Consumer Reports 2007 Top Pick and All-Around-Ability Budget-Car Quick Pick with predicted short-term reliability in CR's highest category, ownership-satisfaction rating in CR's highest category, accident-avoidance rating in CR's second-highest category, and a crash-protection rating in CR's highest category. As the Fit is a new model, it is much too early to have an Auto on Info Reliability Percentrank average; nonetheless, based on Honda's excellent small-car reliability history, Honda's solid performance on Auto on Info's high mileage rosters, the Fit's versatility and equipage, and that the Fit was engineered by Honda and is manufactured in Japan, it is Auto on Info's Top Car Pick of 2007. The Honda Fit is a 2007 Top Green 12 by GreenerCars.com.
Features and Specifications: + Engine: + + Type: 4-cylinder, 16-valve, aluminum-alloy, single overhead cam (SOHC), variable valve timing and lift electronic control (VTEC) + + Displacement: 1.5 liters + + Horsepower (SAE): 109 horsepower @ 5,800 rotations per minute + + Torque: 105 pound-feet @ 4,800 rotations per minute + Transmission: 5-speed manual transmission or 5-speed automatic transmission + Steering: Turning Circle Diameter: 35.6 feet + Fuel capacity: 10.83 gallons + Drive wheels: Front + EPA estimated fuel efficiency: + + Manual transmission: 33 miles per gallon in city / 38 miles per gallon on highway + + Sport edition's automatic transmission: 31 miles per gallon in city / 37 miles per gallon on highway + + Base edition's automatic transmission: 31 miles per gallon in city / 38 miles per gallon on highway + Emissions rating: Low Emissions Vehicle-2 (LEV-2) + Interior dimensions: + + Passenger volume: 90.1 cubic feet + + Rear shoulder room: 50.6 inches + + Rear hip room: 51.0 inches + + Cargo volume: + + + Rear seats up: 21.3 cubic feet + + + Rear seats down: 41.9 cubic feet + Exterior dimensions: + + Wheelbase: 96.5 inches + + Overall length: 157.4 inches + + Overall width: 66.2 inches + + Overall height: 60 inches + Curb weight: + + Sport: + + + Manual transmission: 2,471 pounds + + + Automatic transmission: 2,551 pounds + + Base: + + + Manual transmission: 2,432 pounds + + + Automatic transmission: 2,514 pounds Sources
Sources of distinctions: + "Top Picks 2007," Consumer Reports," April 2007, p. 8, "CR Quick Pick Recommendations," Consumer Reports, April 2007, p. 34, "Ratings," Consumer Reports, April 2007, p. 35, greenercars.com/12green.html Source of photographs, features, and specifications: + Honda newsroom Date of Access to Honda Newsroom: + 20 March 2007 Advisories: + All prospective consumers should check dealership information to ascertain any changes or corrections in the features and specifications listed above. The next table provides some illustrations and technical diagrams of the 2007 Honda Fit.
The 2007 Honda Fit Illustrations, Diagrams and Photographs Illustration of Versatility and Multiple Functionality Storage Areas The 1.5-Liter, SOHC, 16-Valve 4-Cylinder VTEC Gasoline Engine The 5-Speed Automatic Transmission High Tensile Strength Steel Portions of Body Frame The Chassis MacPherson Strut Front Suspension Torsion Beam Rear Suspension Source
Source of diagrams: + Honda newsroom Date of Access to Honda Newsroom: + 20 March 2007 Advisories: + All prospective consumers should check dealership information to ascertain any changes or corrections in the features depicted above.
Addendum Dated March 25, 2007
The distinctions were expanded to include its designation as a 2007 Top Green 12 by GreenerCars.com.
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