Check this out.. This could be the next Honda Fit to come to the USA.

I found the info here:

http://motoring.asia1.com.sg/cgi-bin...255;p=1#000023


http://www.auto-g.jp/image.html?imag...ics01/01_b.jpg

The above are the first CGI from Japan on the replacement model, due in May/June 2006. Rumors with the picture indicate as well that the top of range might be loaded with the 1.7L VTEC engine, currently found in the Civic VTi-S.

As mentioned in an article found, the engine option for the new Fit/Jazz sounds pretty exciting (but not confirm yet):
- 1.3L VTEC SOHC
- 1.3L iVTEC-DSI
- 1.5L iVTEC-DSI
- 1.5L VTEC DOHC

Dimension wise, length might be increase by only 20mm, while width will be increase to 1695mm (a figure for full size mid size sedan in Japan).

 

That's so cool! But what a bummer for countries that will get their Fits/ Jazzes just now. Like in the Philippines, it's only been just a year since we got the Jazz. The 1500 VTEC is just about to come out this year... oh well...

 

you guys notice those rims look like those used on the NSX? Larger Rims on the Fit really completes the look i think.

 

I agree FaceYogurt. This new model looks great!

 

I wish they would just hurry up and bring this to the US.

 

Yup, large rims do complete the look... I've had 17s on since day one when I got our Jazz... I never looked back since. Once you go 17s, anything below just doesn't look as good.

 

Even though this future Fit/Jazz rendering looks nice, I rather have the current body style that is out now to be exported to the US.

 

milkylog,

If your story is true then remember what Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said when he announced the availability of the Fit/Jazz in the USA: the first US-legal models will be imported from Japan directly in Spring 2006.

That could likely mean one thing, assuming May/June 2006 release of the second-generation Fit in Japan: the US version WILL be the second-generation model. Which makes sense given American Honda Motor's policy of Safety for Everyone with things like side-curtain airbags and improved side-impact protection along with safety for pedestrians in case of a collision, something that the current Fit/Jazz might not meet by Honda's safety standards. Also, note why the new Fit/Jazz is now 1695 mm wide--this makes accommodating American-sized passengers easier and makes installing the side-impact protection system of stronger side doors and side-curtain airbags easier, too.

I can take an educated guess that the engine will be a 1.5-liter variant of the new 1.3-liter I-4 SOHC three-phase i-VTEC engine the next-generation Civic Hybrid will use. Probably rated at around 105-110 bhp SAE, it will have a wide torque band and be also very fuel-efficient, too.

 

dang....im really looking to get the Honda Fit....

if they do that face-lift into the second year of Fit...that'll be sooooo cool!!

and to think about it, the second year (not generation) of Fit will definitely include all the fix on the first year bugs! the second generation Fit should be on 2009....by the time of 5 year clock...IMO

 

looks better with bigger rim and lowered

 

They are bringing it, next spring

 

do you know what month exactly?

 

it'll show up at dealers about March

 

wow! 1.5vtec DOHC? what is the HP?

 

From what I know, it's coming in at 108 which is higher than what the power supply on the current Jazz. But I understand that it handles well and has sufficient pick-up.

 

the hp sucks but i guess for a little car it's good.

i can't wait till march

 

...It appears that Honda either qualified the L15 1.5-liter VTEC engine or the 1.5-liter version of the engine found on the 2006 Civic Hybrid on the US-market Honda Fit. I still think Honda will use the latter engine given that the new SOHC i-VTEC engine will offer probably as much power as the L15 now used on the JDM Fit and the East Asian market Jazz models but with the fuel efficiency of the 1.4-liter i-DSI engine.

 

??????

are you saying the fit motor is from the 06 civic hybrid???

 

108hp is 80.5kw. The current 1.5l SOHC vtec Jazz engine is 81kw. The CVT enhances power delivery over a manual or standard automatic. A DOHC or i-vtec version should therefore have more power if the same capacity. They were not able to simultaneously impliment vtec and dsi on the current generation engines but from the sounds of things must have engineered a way around the space problem.

The US model will have CVT. A manual is no longer sold in the Japanese domestic market but may still be produced for export to the US but doubtful.
Emissions are lower and fuel economy better on the CVT.

The CVT has a feel similar to the wet clutch on a motorbike except for the rubberband effect where the revs rise and then the speed increases to catch up.

 

i guess for daily trasport use don't need a MT.

i just found out the BMI dvd, the Vtec club shows the spoon fit racing. pretty cool