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Review of the 2008
Honda Fit: Photographs, Quality Ratings, and Features and Specifications
AutoOnInfo.net May 2008
Review of the 2008 Honda Fit: Photographs, Quality Ratings, and Features and Specifications
By James B. Bleeker
The following table provides some product information on the 2008 Honda Fit.
One of Auto on Info's Two Top Car Picks of 2008 The 2008 Honda Fit Photographs The 2008 Honda Fit Sport Edition The 2008 Honda Fit Base Edition Quality Measures, Features, and Specifications
Quality Ratings: + The 2008 Honda Fit hatchback has a predicted short-term reliability in CR's highest category, an ownership-satisfaction rating in CR's highest category, an accident avoidance rating in CR's second-highest category, and a crash protection rating in CR's second-highest category. The 2008 Honda Fit is a Best of 2008 by CR's Reliability-Verdict History of the 5 Most-Recent Model Years. The manual version of the Honda Fit is a 2008 Top Green 12 (tied with 5 others for position No. 8, with a Green Score of 44) by ACEEE's GreenerCars.org. With regard to prior model years, the Honda Fit was 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. The Honda Fit was a 2007 Top Green 12 by GreenerCars.com, as well. As the Fit is a newer 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 one of Auto on Info's Two Top Car Picks of 2008 and was Auto on Info's Top Pick for 2007.
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: + + Base Edition: 34.3 feet + + Sport Edition: 34.4 feet + Fuel capacity: 10.8 gallons + Drive wheels: Front + EPA estimated fuel efficiency: + + Manual transmission: 28 miles per gallon in city / 34 miles per gallon on highway + + Base edition's automatic transmission: 27 miles per gallon in city / 34 miles per gallon on highway + + Sport edition's automatic transmission: 27 miles per gallon in city / 33 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: 60.0 inches + Curb weight: + + Base: + + + Manual transmission: 2,432 pounds + + + Automatic transmission: 2,514 pounds + + Sport: + + + Manual transmission: 2,471 pounds + + + Automatic transmission: 2,551 pounds Sources
Sources of distinctions: + "Which Cars Are Safer?" Consumer Reports, April 2008, p. 78, "Vehicle Profiles," Consumer Reports, April 2008, p. 55, GreenerCars.org, and AutoOnInfo.net Source of photographs, features, and specifications: + Honda newsroom Date of Access to Honda Newsroom: + 31 May 2008 Advisories: + All prospective consumers should check dealership information to ascertain any changes or corrections in the features and specifications listed above.
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