http://www.naias.com/section.asp?sec...2&categoryID=8

??? Where's Fit listed ???

 

Not to worry...at the bottom of the page it states that more introductions will be announced by the manufacturers.

Honda for some reason is being very secretive about the new Fit. I'm sure it will be out for the 2006 auto shows.

 

looks like it's listed as a jazz

 

Excellent catch!

 

The Jazz shown in the photo gallery has turn signals in the side mirrors. The car just looks like all the photos we've seen so far. Hmmmmm, what about Honda saying that the Fit, or Jazz, will be something new?

 

Its new. It will have a Fit badge instead of a Jazz one. You have got to love marketing.

Motorbike manufacturers are notorious for sticker/graphic upgrades between years. Maybe they are going to start doing it for cars. You get certain colours only available that year.

 

If you look at the Fit that was shown to a private convention of Honda dealers back in September 2005:



Note that the turn signal lights are integrated into the headlight housing, and there are no turn signal lights on the front fender or the mirrors like you find in European market or JDM Fit/Jazz models. This is essentially the same setup used on the Mexican-market Fit that went on sale in that country back in October 2005.

 

It looks like the FIT is specifically listed to show at the NAIAS.
heres the link http://autoshow.msn.com/as/preview.a...w=autoshow2006


Honda to Unveil FitHonda will be bringing an all-new model to North America: the Fit. Making its debut at the North American International Auto Show, the Fit is quite similar to the Honda Jazz sold in Europe. Fit is a small 4-door hatchback reminiscent of the Civic Wagon sold in the U.S. in the late 1980s. Details about the U.S. version of the Fit have not been released, so return here the week of January 8, 2006, for all the information about this newest Honda.


I know I will be checking their site again on the 8th. But it does show how tight lipped Honda is even the show doesnt have the details yet and it is just weeks away.

 

Here is another reference to the unveiling of the FIT at the NAIAS with a press conference scheduled for the 8th of January

http://autoshow.msn.com/as/coverage....ow2006Coverage

 

9 days away

so much to look forward to in January, Honda Fit announcemnt and hopefully more information on it as well as Macworld where hopefully the first of the intel based macs will be announced

 

So has anyone news of their 4-door sedan? (after reading last posts site?)

 

Sold as the Fit Aria in the JDM and Honda City in other markets where sold. Not sold in the Australian market. Australia is getting the new JDM Civic sedan in the next couple of months.

Info on all these models can be found at the Temple of VTEC Asia http://asia.vtec.net/.

 

There's actually two different four-door saloons based on the Fit design, the Fit Aria that is built in Thailand and the City that is built in Japan. My guess is that if the USA gets the four-door saloon version of the next-generation Fit it will probably be based on the Fit Aria variant.

 

Other way round I think. Fit Aria from Japan and Honda City in Thailand because you can't buy an Aria in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore but you can buy a City. Theres also a small station wagon variant in Japan.

 

My bad (I can't figure out what Fit variants are sold in Japan. :-/ ) I believe that the Airwave is the wagon based on the Fit design that is sold in Japan (the Airwave should be sold elsewhere in Asia, in my humble opinion, unless people like the small size and small turning radius of the Fit/Jazz).

 

Fit USB wheel mouse. Even comes with ABS.