How come the Civic gets the same fuel economy as the Fit? Since I generally do not ask people questions that Google should be able to answer, I asked Google! I have not found an answer yet, but
this article says that the Civic hatchback barely has 2% more passenger room than the Fit. If you keep scrolling it also says that the Acura TSX Special Edition is better than the Civic Si.
The only useful information that I found was from
Bob is the Oil Guy. It sounds like the Fit has sporty gearing even in top gear, while the Civic of the same year revs much lower. Someone also complained that the Fit doesn't have an Eco mode, because driving intelligently is hard!
As always, it sounds like car manufacturers try harder with more expensive models and get lazy with the entry-level ones.