See, I DON'T like the new model. It already looks too much like the Yaris--or extend the front end it looks more like the Versa. It looks like yet another Japanese "appliance", it's boring as shit, and that's why I haven't bought Jap cars in decades. I like the current Fit because it's so radical, different, sharp--not like a giant gellatinous lozenge like the Civics and Accords and the Corrollas and Camrys.
Of course they're going to make it larger, slower, and more expensive. They always start with a miniature work of genius and then enlarge it biannually until its a bloated beached whale that can barely get out of its own way.
The only thing that would seriously piss me off is if they came out with a hybrid version, but there'll be enough time before I buy a Fit next year to know what the real story is on the hybrid.
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Originally Posted by kurtdesch
No talk of a hybrid model,but included in the gauge cluster was a digital readout to calculate MPG, so a hybid is possible. I was told that all of the 2008 Hondas would be there on the phone but when I got there it was a little different. It was a focus group for sub compact hatchbacks. They had a Scion, Versa, Yaris, 07 Fit, and new redesign Fit there. I had to tell my dislikes and likes of each car. The picture you included is pretty close but the hood and windshield were much longer giving it a more sleek not bubblous appearance. The front grill opening was smaller but the headlights are pretty much right on. The side mirrors were black colored and attached at the window line.
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