Comments on: 2008 Honda Fit / Honda Jazz production spyshots

By: nuajon

nuajon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:04:50 +0000

most of the car now just change facelift….boring.

By: Some details on the next generation Honda Jazz

Some details on the next generation Honda Jazz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:50:21 +0000

[...] soon at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show late next month. We’ve seen what’s supposed to be Japanese brochures of the Fit earlier, but here are some hard facts about the [...]

By: drgn86

drgn86 — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:57:41 +0000

the interior looks like the previous civic 2 door (euro version) but the only difference is that the gear stick is located down instead of at the dash at the funny looking hole. i prefer gear sticks at the dash, more sporty and appropriate if driving a manual,
empty hole in dash, looks kinda weird

By: arcana

arcana — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:42:12 +0000

dont fix whats not broken…….thats why Honda did not change much of the design or shape as many ppl like the current selling Jazz. trying to play it safe i guess.

from the pictures, it seems that they are comparing output graphs of old and new engines, the 1.3 i-VTEC seems to be able to match the torque the 1.3 DSi produces at around 2000-3000 rpm where the DSi max out, but this pushes beyond till 4000+ rpm and with a quote of 24km/l consumption, quite comparable as well, doesnt sound like they need the DSi versions anymore but lets see, the 1.3 is sold as 1.4 here previously if i’m not wrong.
no comparison on the 1.5 DSi though despite many have bought the model here.

By: K.A.R.R

K.A.R.R — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:26:37 +0000

xpensive cbu for me

By: mystvearn

mystvearn — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:12:00 +0000

I think current jazz so beautiful, honda has no idea how to make it better

By: KL-ATR

KL-ATR — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:55:39 +0000

Interesting!!! Looks like they’re playing safe with an evolution design rather than an outright change like the previous artist impression. Rear has some elements of the Edix and the side reminds me of Mitsu’s i. Still keeping to the original cutesy design.

Interior looks more like Civic now and I hope they will keep the flexible rear seat design. Fit RS sounds good too! Lets hope we’ll get this here real quick.

By: aesthari

aesthari — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:47:29 +0000

Doesn’t look too different from the current one, in fact, I think it looks more like a face-lift. Too bad they didn’t put the CR-V grille in, I like that one a lot

By: jehutyz

jehutyz — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:29:12 +0000

Interior is so nice…
Exterior ehmmm still don’t like the new Honda front just like CRV.

By: wildthingz

wildthingz — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:22:33 +0000

i wont buy this car but if some one want to give me i will take it heheheheheh

By: msmar_453

msmar_453 — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:29:03 +0000

Front; P2Viva + Rear; Merc A Class = Honda Jazz/Fit (Tadaaa!!!)

By: azrai

azrai — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:23:24 +0000

Check this out : http://world.honda.com/news/2005/photo/4050112/pages/04.html
I thnik someone in Proton’s Design Department manage to get a place in Honda Design Department. (Alfa@Perdana@Waja Nose)

By: azrai

azrai — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:48 +0000

It seem the current Jazz is in steroid. Nice design. Have more cues from Honda Edix. Nice man. Macho look compare to lady look for current Jazz. I wonder when they are gonna lowered the price for the current Jazz or maybe they DRB-HICOM can bring in the CKD pack from Japan for current Jazz and rebadge it (heard they want to rebadge Daewoo-GM model by 2012) like HICOM Gamelan?

By: mits27

mits27 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:40:07 +0000

It should have the similiar characteristic with the 1.8L i-vtec on current civic…

By: mits27

mits27 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:24:40 +0000

It is equiped with i-Vtec engine, which has the improving torque on low to mid rpm…

By: Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:40:57 +0000

well the engine isnt too bad if u compare it with aveo’s 1.4 litre engine and it is better than proton’s campro at 120ps and 145nm of torque, except for the cps of course

after all, jazz/fit are meant to be economical point to point car, they arent nsx, so its kinda lame to compare it with a subaru

the interior is neat, looks like what a new honda should be, but i think even the ford verve looks better than this, whats with the underpants grille, as seen on the new honda accord too

By: silverfish

silverfish — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:47:34 +0000

Looks bloody awkward.

But I’ll reserve final judgement till we get to see more of it.

By: DrJackal

DrJackal — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:44:36 +0000

btw, I doubt the idsi tech. is integrated in this engine, unless they found a solution to make extra space to fit “an additional spark-plug” in the already very compact cylinder head. Plus, idsi shall make the torque come “earlier” and “broader”.

By: DrJackal

DrJackal — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:40:16 +0000

jamsbong said,
August 28, 2007 @ 9:55 pm

Donno about you guys but I find this car looks really Lame. I can just imagine the owner of this car must be lame. hehe..

The engine is very weak. just look the torque curve (not the power), you have to give it 3000rpm to get some decent muscle and a stratospheric high 4800rpm for max torque. How much fuel does one have to pour in to get some strength?

Iâ€™ll prefer a Subaruâ€™s 3500rpm max torque or even 1800rpm of a diesel.

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I think u dun understand what sort of tradition does Vtec bring….
It’s not a VTEC ENGINE , if it is not rev-happy ( look at idsi’s low end )
The beauty of the modern vtec ranges is , being rev happy while not losing too much in the low end.

It is also boring to have a LAME- revving engine each time u want to “flex” the engine just abit longer.
Unless u go for some modern turbo or “super-turbo” like volkswagen’s ones, lah

By: farmcow

farmcow — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:32:11 +0000

a disaster…looks like a mice to me…the current one is much more better

By: mits27

mits27 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:57:18 +0000

But the FIT RS front doesn’t look good, I still prefer the regular FIT with longer front…

By: mits27

mits27 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:54:07 +0000

Finally, we got 1.3L and 1.5L i-vtec engine, the power is good, 1.3L produces 100ps and 1.5L produces 120ps, plus it is i-vetc technology, which has improved low rpm power, I hope we can get both 1.3L and 1.5L, even the 1.3L is enought to power up the jazz and city…

By: jamsbong

jamsbong — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:55:13 +0000

Donno about you guys but I find this car looks really Lame. I can just imagine the owner of this car must be lame. hehe..

I’ll prefer a Subaru’s 3500rpm max torque or even 1800rpm of a diesel.

By: Goniothalamus

Goniothalamus — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:07:01 +0000

Exterior is getting better (or maybe more aggressive looking-suit to man than the current model suit to lady).

But what to impress me a lot is the abilties of those engines!

1.3 will get 100ps… plus good fuel consumption. what else we want? cheaper price..hehehe.. buyer always like that.

By: AMG

AMG — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:36:22 +0000

2nd pic looks like the MERC A Class
-_-

By: Prem3377

Prem3377 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:15:25 +0000

i dont mind about the design much…lately all cars are boring somehow…mazda 2 win hands down in the design department..but honda always have good/great engine..and their engine evolution/inovation is one of the best in car industry…so its worth buying for that sake…i think besides BMW,honda is one of the only car makers with great passion for powerful and economical engine designs..

By: wong

wong — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:59:36 +0000

Dashboard looks too busy,too many things there,too jazzy…..

By: transformer

transformer — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:46:11 +0000

IMHO, many would be dissapointed with its looks!
( especially female driver will keep thier existing ones or go for Swift )

By: MaverickNeo

MaverickNeo — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:15:26 +0000

OMG, the current Jazz is way better, the replacement is fugly.

By: L

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:47:44 +0000

what the heck with honda lately? Beside civic (imo), the rest of new honda just.. Well its just that, plain. Its not ugly, just plain boring. C’mon honda, mitsu and mazda is going forward in design department (though not very much, again imo). I know design is subjective matter, but not till to the point that its ‘boringly’ plain!