My coworker said the wall street journal had a review of subcompacts, and not expectingly fit was #1. Versa was #2. It was similar ranking to the C&D ones, cept the wall street one reviews even older cars wheras C&D only reviewed upcoming new cars.

I tried the website and see if it was there, but you need to sign up.

 

Any links to this info...

 

This would be great to read if someone could post it.

Gordio, do you know which issue has the review? Thanks!

 

I think this link will only be valid for about a week.



http://online.wsj.com/public/article....html?mod=mktw

 

Thanks for the link!

 

thanks for posting

 

Did they say the "Fit was noisy inside and didn't handle quite as well as the Rio around turns"...wow the Kia must be amazing because the Fit has been blowing me away on turns..

 

My dad showed me that article, as he lives and breathes by the WSJ! He was very proud that I made such a smart buy

 

Every other car magazine has rated the Fit very high, and said nothing about interior noise. Also, I'm not sure what kind of journalist thinks a Fit handles worse than a Rio - Car & Driver, Road & Track, etc. all thought the Fit handled better than any of the other sub-compacts, and from my test drive, I agree.

Oh well - journalists are trained to look for the worst in anything, and it seems like automotive journalists from the non-car magazines/newspapers don't know much about why people buy the cars they buy.

 

I test drove a civic hybrid and a fit back-to-back. The fit definitely has more road noise than the hybrid, but it's dead quiet compared to my old 89 civic dx

 

Almost everyone rates Fit #1. The only one I can think of that didn't was the thing on Top Gear (featured on front page of fitfreak), where Fit was #2 of 3 subcompacts.