Honda Jazz - 48MPG

[dwgpilot]

G'day Bob,
sorry about the confusion about my car.

Cheers

Dave

[Bicycle Bob]

Not your fault, Mate. Canada has a lot of rare car badges. Yanks used to drive up, and get a stock "Mercury Meteor" grille to customize their Fords. BTW, my mum spent 6 happy seasons camping in a Holden wagon.

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Daox

... There are guys getting 3.8 litres/100km in your vehicle.

Daox, who is it getting 3.8? I am very interested in knowing what they do to get there...

I myself have a Honda City 1.5L - From the same herd of models that Fit and Jazz belong to... and can barely get 5.2L/100km after P&G'ing till my tongue hangs out...

[KJSatz]

Very hardcore P&G with EOC, I believe. And very high psi LRR tires.

[dwgpilot]

I obtain this economy not because of the car but due to my careful driving habits.

[seymorerage]

Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob

Now I'm confused. In Canada, the Honda Jazz is a retro-styled 50 cc scooter that people ride ON.

Ya I was thinking the same thing and I think you can get about 110mpg!

[dwgpilot]

This is my Honda Jazz (Also known as Honda Fit overseas)

David

[theunchosen]

lol, I would imagine the Fit/Jazz recieved as much mockery for its name overseas as it did here(US). Everyone in my sphere of influence that it was a stupid name until they put out some nonsense commercials about it being a werewolf slayer, and then it became a "cute" compact.

I tried to convince my parents that they should trade her jeep grand cherokee for one, but mom disliked the smallness. Nevertheless I managed to get her in a civic 2 dr

[cfg83]

theunchosen -

Originally Posted by theunchosen

lol, I would imagine the Fit/Jazz recieved as much mockery for its name overseas as it did here(US). Everyone in my sphere of influence that it was a stupid name until they put out some nonsense commercials about it being a werewolf slayer, and then it became a "cute" compact.

I think the name "Fit" is a play on "lots of stuff FITs in it", and the fuel economy is a sign of "FITness".

I tried to convince my parents that they should trade her jeep grand cherokee for one, but mom disliked the smallness. Nevertheless I managed to get her in a civic 2 dr

Replacing the Cherokee would have made sense. My theory is that it's the "SUV for the rest of the world". Large carrying capacity in a small package at an entry level price :

http://www.caradvice.com.au/3922/hon...million-sales/

Honda today announced that worldwide cumulative sales of the Honda Jazz have reached two million units at the end of the June 2007.

Released in Australia in October 2002, the Jazz is now available in some 115 countries, manufactured at six facilities in five different countries and delivered to some 400,000 customers annually.

Recently voted most reliable car, the Jazz has been widely applauded for its efficient packaging, superior fuel efficiency and advanced styling - it has also earned the title of Japan’s best selling car in 2002.

Honda Fit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Europe
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The car has a good reputation in Europe with the UK's biggest automotive survey, performed by the motoring show Top Gear, revealing that the Honda Jazz was the second best vehicle on UK roads (after the Honda S2000), as voted by UK car owners in 2006. The enormous popularity of the Jazz has made it Honda's best-selling model in the region, comprising 30% of all European Honda sales. Top Gear also went so far as to state that Honda Jazz (along with the Toyota Yaris) is the closest to reality car that money can buy, meaning that a Honda Jazz can cover the majority of the automotive needs that man has today.

I couldn't get into the proportions of the 1st gen, but I do like the 2nd gen a lot more. The design aesthetic seems to have been evolving towards an MBenz A-Class, which is cool with me :

Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



CarloSW2

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[theunchosen]

I have no problems with the name, just the originally marketing cmpaign in the US was "The Fit is Go!" The commercials were the smallest spot you could buy and it flashed the car on screen said the line and then disappeared, before you could catch who made it.

Once they changed it up and showed some footage of it out and about to give it perspective the car looked far better than ridiculous.

I have test-driven it thoroughly and I loved it. I'm not in the market for a replacement car or thats what I would get. My mother did not want it because she felt it was too small. She is very small and probably feels unsafe in a small car, or at least thats how my dad and I interpret it.

I would love to have one to squeeze it to FEness.

And I like the FIT way better than the A class. I'm not a fan of mercedes at all. Given the a class looks to have a lower Cd, I would gamble it weighs more.