2009 Honda Fit Sport Review

MPGomatic.com puts a 2009 Honda Fit Sport to a grueling week-long test-drive. The Fit delivers remarkable real-world gas mileage and is a blast to drive. Is this the future of small cars?

Full Review: http://www.mpgomatic.com/2009/02/09/honda-fit-sport-mpg-review/

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 2009
• Honda
• Fit
• Sport
• Review
• MPG
• automobile
• cars
• vehicle
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[ChummyChime]

Which one would you pick between Fit, Versa, Yaris and Aveo?

[mpgomatic]

@ChummyChime What about the Elantra and Fiesta?

[stnemmoc]

You maybe explain this somewhere on your site but I can't seem to find it. How do you test gas mileage: hand calculations based on fill-ups, the in-dash calculation, or something more sophisticated?

[mpgomatic]

@stnemmoc We use calculations based on fill-ups (for combined MPG) along with the average MPG displays (for highway), when available.

[stnemmoc]

@mpgomatic That's interesting. I have read comments elsewhere about the Fit's in-dash mpg being fairly optimistic. I actually drive an 09 Fit Sport myself and I'm going to start comparing fill-up calculations to the display calculations. But I definitely think it's not hard to outdo the EPA mileage on the highway. Before I got my car I was interested in the Fiesta, another really nice car IMO. Are you reviewing that too?

[mpgomatic]

@stnemmoc Aye. There can be variations both ways ... it's not an exact science, by any means. We fill up at the same exact pump whenever possible and perform the lion's share of our highway testing on the identical route. We'll have our Fiesta review posted shortly.

[hogwylde]

I just bought the Black 2009 Fit Sport and pick it up tomorrow! With the Cash for Clunkers program, I got $4,500 for my POS 1988 Lincoln Towncar (maybe worth $300), so I got my Fit for $13,000!!

Life is good....

[enchantedsky1]

The paddle shifters are still automatic transmission; you're just telling the car when to shift. There is no clutch, everything is electronic. The paddle shifters do NOT replace the function of a stick shift car. Get a real stick shift if you want to shift gears in cars. You will get a better feel of the engine through a stick shift and clutch

[mb013962]

45 mpg

[mb013962]

he got 45 in a mazda 3 skyactive...

[itzzEric2]

@ChummyChime i will pick the fit or the yaris :)

[k9forkids]

@kosokuadam If you did Buy the Elantra, you just made a bad choice, Your Korean Car has the worst re-sale Value...why? Because it is a Hunday and they suck, I'm a shop mngr and My Mechanic's Laugh at Hundays, Kia's and Ford Focuses, Be wise and Buy a Honda

[k9forkids]

Honda's Automatic have never been that good for longevety, I rather have an Manual with out any Electronic Computers that need to be replaces down the road. Don't buy Hunday/Kia/Ford Crap If you want the best car, it can only be a Honda. Honda Engineering is the best I have seen and parts are so much easier to come by than some Elantra. If I break down anywhere in the US, I know I can get Honda parts same day! 15y Mechanic talking.

[averagejoeusername]

@nickelwindow53 Check out the Yaris vs Camry crash test, then the Fit vs. Accord crash test. The Yaris a deathtrap dude.

[hogwylde]

I've come back to comment after owning my Fit for a little over two years now and what can I say? I LOVE IT! Love it so much that I now drive it more than I ride my motorcycle (sad actually). It's fun to drive, sips gasoline and everything "fits" in it. For anybody considering one.....buy one knowing you will not regret your purchase.

[SeadGBosnia]

@mpgomatic Elantra is in a diff category its with the focus and civic

[veetour]

Stick shifts are old school. No point in having them unless you are a car racer.

[nickelwindow53]

@ChummyChime I have the Yaris and it wins hands down on gas and everyone knows American cars suck!