Hoovey689

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Honda Fit getting 3 new variants, including sedan

The Honda Fit might be a small car, but it is going to play a big role in Honda's goal of increasing sales by 18 percent by the end of the 2017 fiscal year. In this time, production of the subcompact will commence in Mexico, and sales of the car are expected to swell to 200,000 units annually thanks to an expanded model lineup.

Joining the current hatchback model, Honda is planning to use the Fit as the basis for a new sedan and crossover, although it isn't clear whether or not the cars will wear the Fit nameplate. According to Automotive News, various sources have confirmed that the new bodystyles will be made at the new Mexican plant, but Honda has not yet said if all three models will be on sale in the US. Adding a sedan would allow the Fit to better compete against rival cars like the Ford Fiesta, Nissan Versa, Chevrolet Sonic and Hyundai Accent, while the new crossover would give a unique product in the ever-growing B-segment.

The redesigned Honda Fit goes on sale next year with the new plant in Mexico going on line in 2014. The report says that the "vast majority" of cars built at this plant will be exported to the US.

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edgeucated

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the fit does sell very well, but wouldn't a sedan version of this car be the civic? They are both subcompact sedans

spwolf

imagine it like Versa and Sentra - not the same size cars... 200k is a lot.

dj.ctwatt

Yeah... They already exist for the rest of the world. Meet the Honda City and Freed.

Cartune

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they need to bring honda freed to the US

dj.ctwatt

^ having driven the freed, it's nothing to write home about. It's still the same 1.5L from the Fit/Jazz in a 6 passenger car/micro-van. Extremely slow and wheezy over 100kph (62mph) and not very stable with the OEM wheel/tire combo.

However the City is superb. Considering the new Civic is as big as the older Accords, it really fills in a big void in Hondas line up.

baddis es

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their answer to the prius line?!? #fail

Hoovey689

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not at all. The Fit is a subcompact, whereas the Civic is compact

bitkahuna

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lol. maybe the fit line is a whole lot cheaper.

mmarshall

No. Their American-market answer to the Prius line was the Insight and Civic Hybrids. The Insight, IMO, could be argued as a major (but not total) fail.....less-so with the Civic Hybrid, whch has been more successful.

mmarshall

Not only that, but the Civic, like the Fit, also has hatchback versions. The Civic hatchbacks have not always been available in the U.S., though, when they were available here, they did sell.