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As a recent college grad, I needed to replace my first car (R title, bought off craigslist), but I had a small budget. Wasn't out to buy a fit, but I needed a hatchback, hate touch screens in cars, and wanted a manual. I commute 100 miles round trip to work 5 days a week. Ended up with a 2015 base model fit, and I have to say, it's not the car I wanted, but it's perfect for my current needs. I get 35 combined (more city heavy) and I've gotten 41 on pure highway. Another plus is the insurance for this car very affordable, which is what ultimately convinced me to buy the car. I've had it for a month now, and am content with my purchase!
Another great review Dave! I've been a fan since before the infamous Pond video to now and I appreciate all the work you do. Keep rockin Everyman Driver Nation! Thank you brotha!!
Thanks again Dave. Always with the sit-rep on stuff consumers like me actually want to know - fuel, economy, space, comfort, practicality, etc.
@Manufacturers, please keep sending cars to Dave! He more than diserves it! His work is top notch, and has personality. I have been following him for years now. Great job Dave!
This guy is my favorite car reviewer...always a high energy & informative review even if the vehicle isn't of any particular interest to me.
He is so much better than that German poser.
The Sport trim should have a turbo and not just some red stitching. I would buy a Fit Si if it existed.
The Honda Fit is a great car, but it could totally use more power. Since the Fiesta ST is dead now, Honda should definitely make the Fit Si. They have the 1.5 turbo, so it shouldn't be impossible.
You know even a turbo 1.3 or something would be nice. Try to get the 0-60 into the mid to upper 6 second mark.
Hermit527 You still wouldn't buy one anyway...
You probably would have said the same thing about the Fiesta a few years ago.
Fiesta ST base trim is more expensive than a Civic hatch LX with that 1.5 turbo. It’s all a matter of price point.
Good video Dave. Very informative.
I just got home with 40.3 showing on my '17 Fit EX 6-speed. It's like Honda doesn't want to sell the manuals with the gas ratings listed as low as they are. Mine has consistently gotten in upper 30s to mid 40s. When those mediocre 185/55-16 Firestones wore out, I replaced them with 205/50-16 Michelin Pilot AS3+. They fit perfectly, hampered gas mileage none and give the ride and grip the car deserves. So far, it's performed flawlessly for 37K.
I got better than epa numbers with my 2nd gen fit sport, but I didn't like how the top gear ratio didn't change for the 3rd gen.
Agree completely. They missed an opportunity to add a few mpg and lower engine buzz on the interstate. It's ridiculous to drive at 80 and be turning 4000 rpm in 6th. Most of my rural driving, like last night, I had it in 5th anyway.
yeah, with the slight bump in hp/tq over the previous gen, it could've easily used a taller 6th gear for even more efficient level hwy cruising. Ppl buy these to row the gears, so they're not gonna mind dropping a gear or two to pass or go up long hills. I'm glad they brought back the sport trim, but the spoiler is no bigger than stock, the suspension doesn't seem any tighter, and I'm just not a fan of the blacked out rims. It's also too bad you can't get honda sensing with stickshift too. Obviously the sys couldn't push the clutch or shift, but auto emergency braking and adaptive cruise would be nice.
If your car is the 1.5 sport did the change of tires also make it steer better? as ive tested one of these sports and it felt it wanted to return to the straight ahead position more so than is necaasay if you know what i mean like as though there is too much castor setting on it?
I've never notice the "return to center" feel on mine, so the model you tested may have been aligned differently. My model's steering has always been acceptable, but never anything to brag about, and that's been from day one. Now at 81,000 it still feels new. Currently running 205/50R16 Hankook Ventus V2 Concept2s. They were half price of the Pilots, got great ratings and are wearing like iron. Unfortunately they are much softer, but quieter and I doubt they'll develop the hard rubber sensation that Michelins can get in the last 3/4 of life. This Fit continues to be one of my wiser choices.
Definitely have more cargo than my Type R, very nice, love that 6 speed manual. Great video too btw
1.5 turbo would be sweet
Ed Wu Honda Fit Si am I right? Honda needs to make it happen.
Plus with Ford discontinuing the Fiesta and Focus altogether (so no more Focus or Fiesta ST) in the states, a Honda Fit Si would be a great replacement in the segment.
Honda knows if they made a Fit SI, it would take sales from thier Honda Civic and Civic SI.
the hothatch everyone wants but will never get.
Yup...they should remove apple car play and use this money to put a small turbo.
I love the Honda Fit! My mother-in-law has one and we were able to slide in a 9 foot Christmas tree from Lowes (still in its box) without any problems!
I love my fit. You really need a stick shift though, the clutch is amazing. The other day I put a full size washer and push mower in the back and still had room. The jump from sport to Ex is minimal, gets you all the sensing stuff and saves you more money in car insurance, not to mention the sun roof. Not a car for everyone, but you've got to keep in mind how much you are paying.
Jake fassett do you pay more in Sport or EX for insurance? I have a 15 wrx rn .
I have a 2012 sport with 6 speed aromatic, with almost 50k in miles and I usually get 28 in the city and up to 36 on the highway
I bought a 2018 Fit Sport about a month ago and i love it ! I removed the stock axle back and it sounds great ! it sounds like a sport model should sound. nothing ricy, just a deep clean wound when some pops and crackles when shifting.
613 Car Guy
HKS? That's what I put on my 15 EX. :3
No HKS. No muffler at all. the HkS or another other exhaust for that fit is a waste of money
Thanks Dave. My 2015 FIT EXL has been very good, as has my been 2010 FIT Sport. Still looking for brighter headlamps though.
I like your review, most people do not mention the spaceand the way its set up. The "Magic Seats" break down enough to fit my Dewalt TStack system (8 toolboxes w/ dolly and wheeler). I take it to my construction technician job in the city and my wife likes to take it too work in and around San Francisco as well.
Actually, one of the most "fun" driving experiences is driving a manual, lesser powered vehicle where you really have to "work" the gears.
I had the 2009 6M and it was fun to drive, got 36-38 MPG highway, 234K miles and could have easily gotten much more.
Honda, please make a Fit Si with the 1.5T! Maybe include a Sport turbo trim with a good auto trans too because it would sell well if it's priced right.
Great review. Thanks.
Could you please do a Jeep Wrangler JLU review? Lots of stuff online about off-road worthiness but not a lot of information on how practical it is for daily driving (step-in height, handling, passenger space etc.)
Incredible packaging for a wee car 😆
i just got one, i get over 36mpg consistently! I'm also amazed how much stuff i can pack in it. its great.
I bought one in the UK back at the end of 2018. All was well for just over 4 years.
It was an okay drive. Nothing special . Bit noisy at 70 MPH (112kmh). Infotainment system was just about passable. Fuel economy was okay, and it's party trick is that it's quite spacious, with the magic seats.
But at just over 4 years old, then my low pressure fuel pump went wrong.
In the USA they had a recall for I'm pretty sure the same model as my one . However Honda UK seems to apparently think that my car was not affected by the major batch of faulty Denso fuel pumps. So I've got a £1200 bill spread over a few garage visits whilst the fault was trying to be found.
It's really easy to find that there was a massive recall of 700,000 Honda vehicles around the age of my one about Denso low pressure fuel pump failures, but somehow I magically never got one of those, but my fuel pump has gone wrong.
Honda UK are being really useless.
I will NEVER EVER EVER EVER buy another Honda car or motorcycle EVER EVER EVER again.
Things go wrong sometimes, but Honda UKs abysmal response to me has meant I can never ever trust Honda again.
Great video
I thought that it was standard push start on these years? I’ve notice you used key to ignition.
Only review that tests driving with knees😂
Would a cvt be a good choice?
How does this car rate on consumer review?
As a person who is 5.11, how contable is the driving position and the sets ? I am thinking about buying this car, I would appreciate if you give me your opinion, greeting from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Great logo, by the way.
I'm torn between a 2018 Fit Sport and a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek. Not even in the same class or price range, but I like them both for different reasons! I'm a Honda purist and this Fit is akin to an old Civic hatchback with more room. Never had a Subaru always liked them.
Wish I could qualify for tier 1 financing!
defer to Consumer Reports and which car has more standard safety features, also you would actually cross-shop the HR-V and Crosstrek as they're more closely related ground-clearance wise. You can't get Honda Sensing on the Fit sport or HR-V yet but you can get Subaru Eyesight.
When you got to highway speeds, was the RPM reaving high ? I have a 2014 Mirage and when I go 75mph the RPM is all the way to 4000.
70 mph@3000 rpm
not enough, IMO, to entice one from the EX w/6spd. the add-on front spoiler, side skirts, and rear diffuser are not enough "performance" and the EX is a way better buy. Sure, it is a grand or so more, but much more enticing on the inside, where you spend your time while driving. I think 50lbs of sound deadener/noise absorption stuff would go a long way in this car; maybe even 60-70 pounds and mileage would not suffer that much, bu the car would be sooo much quieter.
Not in this class, even the 2019 Corolla hatchback has no sound deadeners.
Can you do the new eclipse cross please?
I think the sport should either have a single cam vtec or a turbo but throw the 2.4 k24 would be the best in my opinion
does the engine still have a fiddling roar?
Fit / Jazz Sport (1500 iVTEC) is 20% lighter than a Civic Sport, which helps make up for lack of turbo. This car is good if you live where you have small lanes and roads. Easy parking too.
I have this car! Love it! 😊
Did it break down yet>
@@buildmorefarms1007 why do you say that? it breaks down fast?
It is definitely time for Honda to use the new family of turbo engines in the Fit. My 2017 Civic Si easily gets in the 40s MPG. For a little more money than the Fit, you can get a Civic Hatch with a lot more power, efficiency and space.
So true.
they need to make them like Toyota with dual port and direct injection for long-term reliability.
You can also enjoy the gasoline overfilling the cylinders and mixing down the oil. No, thanks.
The Fit doesn’t require Premium fuel tho...
So in my region its called Honda Jazz and the manual variant comes with 5-speed and is a "V" model not Sport.
lov e your review !!!o
In Spain we don't get apple car play with this model. Whyy? This is a major drawback for me, but prob I'm still going to buy it. I just love the space in the back. Long enough to use it as a small camper :)
In New Zealand the fit is known as the Honda Jazz. I have a '14 Jazz 6MT with 1500 engine. The New Zealand spec is great, keyless entry, push button start, climate control aircon, LED headlights and LED DRL too. I'm surprised you found it under powered, you just need to push it and the engine changes into a real sports car. Great review 👍🏽
I love my EX stick. Which should have been the Sport trim.
Does the sport model come in automatic?
Yes it does, I believe the model shown is the sport, however, consider the jump to the ex package because of the sensing. It should be $800 less and the savings on insurance could be worth it. The Sport model is only cosmetic upgrades
My seats are magic
My 1991 Honda crx si held 10 gal of gas i most alway got 390 to 420 mile out of each tank
We replaced our 2nd gen Fit sport 5MT with the new CRV. It's crazy to think they have the same size engine, yet boost makes a much larger/heavier awd SUV a lot faster and still get the same epa mpg rating. Imagine what a 1.5L turbo would do for a Fit with 6MT and better suspension... Even if it added $2-3k to the price I think there would be enough customers.
Yeah, but do you really think that 10k difference is mostly the engine?
You are wrong, the CRV has a 2.5L ENGINE and the Fit has a 1.5L engine. That's why the CRV feels faster. the bigger engine takes more gas and Burns more..
LOL! No, you are very very wrong. You clearly have the internet. It's not hard to research the FACT that the 5th gen CRV (always based on the Civc platform) comes in 2.4L NA, 1.6 Turbo diesel, Hybrid, but mostly a 1.5L direct injection Turbo with CVT. The same displacement as the Fit and same EPA MPG rating as the version of the Fit that I described. I paid cash for my car. I know what kind of engine I was paying for.
MANY miles second generation Fit. Computer is "optimistic" when it comes to fuel economy. Very good machine with a couple glaring flaws. Wheel lug was stripped...a new lug cannot be replaced without removing the wheel assembly....Less the $5 part now several hundred $$. Interior Fan died at 145k...odd for a Honda. If you live rural, this is a GREAT summer car....
i suggest that you put your camera on a stand than holding it. it is much more for us viewers to like it.
I so want this car, but it's so low on the ground that my fam discourage this buy for winter. WI
then buy the HR-V since it's built on the same platform but wait a year and hopefully they will put Honda Sensing on it.
Strange its not as efficient as you would expect. But nice nonetheless.
the 2017 honda fit can do 0-60 in 7 seconds in L gear while pumping the gas pedal.
Nash Nash yeah the CVT is faster to 60 than the manual but you have to live with a CVT 🤢
Can u bring Melissa back?
I love my Fit 2015 ❤️
This car barely has an arm rest in the front which is strange to me
I got this car for a while, it's relaible, have a good engine, but by far it's worst driver seat ever. Seat is not for tall people I am 6'1 and my back and leg took a big hit from the car.
kenan soufan
I'm 6'3", so I know what you're talking about. I had an issue with the lack of lumbar support. Grab a lower back support on Amazon; fixes that problem right away.
You may adjust the seat lower and the steering wheel higher , slide the chair all the way back , ( may be you already did ) but I am it tall like yours , but hope that will help
Have had the car just over 1 year, 24,000 miles. I am 6’ 4”. Seat is set high and set all the way back. Drive 35 miles each way to work daily. No problems with health. Love my Sport.
best way to tell what your REAL mpg is take a car run it from full to empty, take that milage and divde by number of gallons. Honda always overstates by a lot!
Matt S agreed. I owned a 13 fit 5sp sport and i got 30mpg
It's a damn shame Honda dropped it from their lineup.
Rather have the Fit than an electric car .
gogo!
My 2013 Fit gets much better millage than Honda says it will. Why is it Honda MPG is under rated and my 2017 Chevy Silverado is way over rated.
Toyotas are ok. Honda makes great cars,
The vertical lights on the hatch are ugly...still a nice pocket car.
Buy a used TSX wagon for less than a new fit🤔
a h oh a 9 year old car. Good call.
Casey F Ryback that TSX is one of the most reliable modern automatic Hondas. But yeah a Fit with a manual is the hands down winner. The CVT automatic will eventually break and be very expensive to fix according to Scottykilmer
hondas are made to be stick driven - if you are terrible with a stick you are hardly going to be able to a make a good judgement
The Fit is nice but now eclipsed by the 2019 Corolla hatch with that new engine.
Different class. The correct comparo is Honda Fit vs. Toyota Yaris. Fit compares favorably with the Yaris.
Where have you been! I thought you had adioused the car review business.
M Mahtnart The question is, where have you been? I’ve been uploading 2-3 new videos every week for the last six years!
I don't know what happen brother, but I'm back on board now (:
I like it.
I am 5'11' ...100 and never min. lol
My civic sport makes better gas mileage for like 2,000 dollars more at most. Why would anyone want a fit sport?
hatchback utility and reliability with the old port injection engine that will work for a long time.
Anthony h, actually direct injection now
If the predictions of $4 gas by year's end come thru, cars like these will be flying off the dealer's lots, while the FCA gas guzzlers will sit there and rot.
FCA -the F stands for Fiat, Fiats are incredibly fuel efficient.
they really don't get very good mileage considering the size. Honda civic gets much better mpg- especially with eco mode
and incredibly unreliable and fall apart after a couple of years.
Not sure if you're referring to the fit or the civic, but either way that isn't true. lol
FIAT
Not including keyless start is like putting a nice big dent in the hood right from the factory. They want it to be nice but not too nice.
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I point and LOL when I pass this Honda FITs on the highway ... On my accord V6 2017 ... 😂😂😂
and they probably point and LOL when they pass you at the gas station.
If it's a stick, it could be a total different story. Anyone concerned about speed knows that stick is more fun to drive. I drop a couple gears in mine and I have no issue keeping up
Pros:
1. MPG
2. Total full tank price.
3. Cost for parts
Cons:
1. Forces a full grown man to sit and pee.
2. You will looks like a douchebag driving it but in your own mind think it's cool.
3. If you don't keep it washed and clean, it will look like you are driving a POS car
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This looks like a 15 year old car! :|