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Originally Posted by spinnersmart
This demonstrates that Car and Driver doesn't know what it's talking about. You could do better than this to find a good review for the Fit.
Although fair on most accounts, the conveniently ignored fact is that spirited driving sucks out mileage potential. While C & D will praise the on-paper mileage ratings on a car that gives them thrills, they'll be the first to denounce a highly-efficient vehicle because their (aggressive) test drive didn't yield the official mileage ratings. C & D is about the sport of driving and should have no business speaking to fuel efficiency.
The comparison with an Accord's interior is ridiculous. The Fit's interior is satisfactory, although the dashboard, instruments, and console are very good. If the latter is all they're looking at, then yes, their opinion of the interior will be skewed. However, interiors only get better the more you're willing to spend on a Honda. C & D should know this, and so should anyone before they make such bold statements as the above. Paddle shifters don't make the car.
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whilei do agree that saying the interior appointments would do well for an accord is a bit of a stretch, the entire first portion of your post is nothing but commentary on C/D's testing methods, which has little to do with anything here, as none of these reviews are griping about poor gas mileage.