We would of swooped up a hybrid Fit if available : -( . Must be nice ! Thanks for the post .

 

Wow, woke up to lots of activity here!!! Engine pic is below as requested

 

Front is 10cmx12.5cm
back is 8cmx9cm

 

Nice. Looks a lot like the stock engine, and where is the hybrid battery located?

 

There's a couple of them located just over the rear axel

 

I know I am a bit late, but welcome to FF. Nice to see a 3rd Gen owner starting to post up pics

 

Id post more but I already feel like an attention whore, besides I already uploaded lots


welcome Mimikun! although I only recently joined also when I got a GK Fit

 

Welcome, Mimi-kun! Thanks for making us all jealous ;-)

I would love to have the choice of getting a hybrid Fit. (Although, I think it's not a cvt-hybrid, but rather a dct-hybrid. (Honda Develops New Lightweight and Compact Hybrid System Named )

I really like the LED headlight assemblies. Obviously power saving, better for hybrid efficiency. Better for maintenance, and they look great.

Looking forward to your day to day experience with this car. Are you seeing many of them on the street yet?

 

Hey, thanks! I'm loving your RS, would really love to have gotten one but the wallet wouldn't allow it, my mrs is always at me about fuel so it wasn't an option.
I'm really liking the RS dials too, totally different to mine. I've got a rev counter that pops up when I press S mode but not a permanent one

 

haha funnily enough the meter cluster was almost a deal breaker for us. We took a hybrid for a test drive and when my missus found out the RS had the cheap looking meters she almost wanted to ditch the fit altogether!

the Hybrid meter panel looks much better! (>_<)

cost of RS was not much more than the Hybrid (and I think the S pack you got maybe more expensive than RS!) but the fuel economy of the RS is not as good... but for me I would gladly trade a lot less economy for more power so the economy of the RS was no problem.

I would also prefer the DCT over the CVT transmission but was concerned about reliability and problems of the DCT. When we got the RS there hadnt been any recalls on the DCT cars yet but VW had so many issues I didnt want to risk it.

 

OMG this is nice!

 

J.T. , what's the gas mileage ? 50 m.p.g. ?

 

japan JC08 rating

RS is 21 kms per litre (49.3 mpg)

Hybrid is 36.4 kms per litre (85.6 mpg)

 

Does it literally/real world get 85 mpg?? If so, that is so insanely higher than any hybrid sold in the U.S. The best we have is the Prius/Prius C rated at about 50 mpg although you can easily get 60-65 mpg in the Prius C.

 

That's gotta be IMPERIAL Gallons not US.

 

I don't think so:

Kilometers/Liter to Miles/Gallon (US) Conversion Calculator

That's some crazy mileage. Although, who knows what EPA will set it at here. Anyone know what the Prius is rated at in Japan so we can compare to US figures?

 

The Japanese mileage test produces some crazy numbers because it's pretty much the ideal case.

What does the Prius PHEV mileage really mean on the JC08 cycle?

 

exactly any economy figure is going to depend really heavily on the conditions/setting.

only thing to really do is to compare one car to another on the same tests.

 

So the article mentions this: On the JC08 test, the Prius is rated at a "mere" 76.7 mpg (U.S.). The EPA ranks the same car at just 50 mpg combined, a number in line with what most regular drivers will achieve.

Which means in that case the JC08 test overstates the mpg by 53.4%


If that holds true for the Fit and JC08 rates that at 85.6 mpg, EPA rating in the US would be around 55.8 mpg. Better than the current Prius in the US but the new Gen 4 Prius coming any time now should be rated around 55 mpg.

But the great thing about a Fit hybrid would be MPGs and price around what a Prius C costs with a lot more useable passenger and trunk space!

 

Hi Amy, I've been using my hybrid as a daily driver and I'm currently hitting 53mpg