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General Fit Talk General Discussion on the Honda Fit/Jazz. Community Links Pictures & Albums Members List Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Go to Page... Was discontinuing the Fit a mistake? Reply Subscribe Thread Tools Search this Thread Dec 25, 2020 | 12:04 PM Share Share Options #1 Brain Champagne Thread Starter | Member Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,500 From: New York Was discontinuing the Fit a mistake? I know it's a low-volume car and with gas so inexpensive people aren't buying small cars. So Honda's discontinuing the Fit. But many of its competitors are also being discontinued (Chevy Sonic, Toyota Yaris among them) so I wonder if they'd sell more Fits in 2021 if they kept it around. Reply Brain Champagne View Public Profile Send a private message to Brain Champagne Visit Brain Champagne's homepage! Find all posts by Brain Champagne View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 06:24 PM Share Share Options #2 mike410b Member iTrader: (12) Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,605 From: . It is only discontinued in the US. US consumers actively seek the worst vehicle they can find, so unless the new Fit is terrible it wouldn’t sell. Reply mike410b View Public Profile Send a private message to mike410b Find all posts by mike410b View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 09:01 PM Share Share Options #3 woof Member Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,479 From: Manitoba CANADA Honda doesn't want to sell more Fits, they want to sell more HR-V's where the volumes/margins/profits are greater. With demand for small cars collapsing, Honda had too many small car brands for the market in North America. Between the Civic, the Fit and the HR-V something had to give, and the Fit was the obvious choice. Even though I don't like what they did, from a business viewpoint it was the right decision. Reply woof View Public Profile Send a private message to woof Find all posts by woof View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 09:16 PM Share Share Options #4 Brain Champagne Thread Starter | Member Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,500 From: New York Sure, but the next car up from Honda is $5000 more. Yaris buyers aren't going to pay that if they don't have to. Reply Brain Champagne View Public Profile Send a private message to Brain Champagne Visit Brain Champagne's homepage! Find all posts by Brain Champagne View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 09:51 PM Share Share Options #5 mike410b Member iTrader: (12) Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,605 From: . Quote: Originally Posted by Brain Champagne Sure, but the next car up from Honda is $5000 more. Yaris buyers aren't going to pay that if they don't have to. Then they should keep their Yaris or buy a used car. It is increasingly obvious any ICE personal vehicle is a bad way to spend any amount of money as daily transportation. Reply mike410b View Public Profile Send a private message to mike410b Find all posts by mike410b View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 09:54 PM Share Share Options #6 Brain Champagne Thread Starter | Member Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,500 From: New York I meant someone who would buy a Yaris... but hasn't yet. They're not left with a lot of options in small cars. I think what happens is, car companies independently decide to eliminate models and only find out later that their competition did the same thing. But what's an ICE personal vehicle? Reply Brain Champagne View Public Profile Send a private message to Brain Champagne Visit Brain Champagne's homepage! Find all posts by Brain Champagne View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 10:30 PM Share Share Options #7 mike410b Member iTrader: (12) Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,605 From: . Quote: Originally Posted by Brain Champagne I meant someone who would buy a Yaris... but hasn't yet. They're not left with a lot of options in small cars. I think what happens is, car companies independently decide to eliminate models and only find out later that their competition did the same thing. But what's an ICE personal vehicle? Internal Combustion Engine, sorry. I’m of the mindset that buying a gas powered car as the shift to electric is rapidly happening, is a great way to buy something potentially valueless shortly thereafter. Especially if american cities follow the european lead and take measures to keep gas cars out of their city centers buying a new car anytime is also a massive environmental negative Reply mike410b View Public Profile Send a private message to mike410b Find all posts by mike410b View iTrader Profile Dec 25, 2020 | 10:36 PM Share Share Options #8 Brain Champagne Thread Starter | Member Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,500 From: New York This is America. It'll be forever before you can't buy gas for a car. They've been working on unleaded avgas (for piston engine airplanes) forever and it's still not done. Why? Because some old planes need leaded gas. Instead of just saying screw off, you need a new engine now for the good of the environment. Until about a decade ago NYC still had schools heated by coal. Reply Brain Champagne View Public Profile Send a private message to Brain Champagne Visit Brain Champagne's homepage! Find all posts by Brain Champagne View iTrader Profile Dec 26, 2020 | 12:04 AM Share Share Options #9 sneefy Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 515 From: Over There Just ignore Mike. He's obviously off his meds again. (IB4 Mike calls someone a Nazi...) Reply sneefy View Public Profile Send a private message to sneefy Find all posts by sneefy View iTrader Profile Dec 26, 2020 | 01:24 AM Share Share Options #10 GrE8_Fit Member Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 708 From: Sacramento, CA It's because korea is making shitty, disposable sedans and gas is affordable. Why buy a small economy car when you can have an Accord-clone that'll break down as soon as your lease is up? Reply GrE8_Fit View Public Profile Send a private message to GrE8_Fit Find all posts by GrE8_Fit View iTrader Profile Dec 27, 2020 | 03:17 PM Share Share Options #11 Chitown Fit Member Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 845 From: Chicago My Next Car. After my 2015 EX is gone I'm buying a Prius. Reply Chitown Fit View Public Profile Send a private message to Chitown Fit Find all posts by Chitown Fit View iTrader Profile Dec 27, 2020 | 03:57 PM Share Share Options #12 woof Member Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,479 From: Manitoba CANADA Most of the taxis around here are Prius. That's why I would never buy one. Also as those taxis start getting dumped into the used market I would think that would depress the resale prices for anyone else owning one. Reply woof View Public Profile Send a private message to woof Find all posts by woof View iTrader Profile Dec 27, 2020 | 04:04 PM Share Share Options #13 sneefy Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 515 From: Over There Used off-lease Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) Can be had super cheap. If I didn't need the range, I'd much rather go that route than a hybrid. Reply sneefy View Public Profile Send a private message to sneefy Find all posts by sneefy View iTrader Profile Dec 27, 2020 | 04:34 PM Share Share Options #14 Chitown Fit Member Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 845 From: Chicago Prius Resale. Quote: Originally Posted by woof Most of the taxis around here are Prius. That's why I would never buy one. Also as those taxis start getting dumped into the used market I would think that would depress the resale prices for anyone else owning one. Resale value doesn't concern me. I own cars until it's too much to fix or get wrecked. Besides there's a great indy Prius shop near me. Reply Chitown Fit View Public Profile Send a private message to Chitown Fit Find all posts by Chitown Fit View iTrader Profile Jan 11, 2021 | 06:50 AM Share Share Options #15 onevw Member Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 33 From: longmont Honda Motor Co. is going the way of Sony. No founder influence on the corporate level. MBA's running things (very bad for customers) I think Honda is in 5 place in car sales now, is this correct, and reliability is close to the bottom with the Germans. Rick Reply onevw View Public Profile Send a private message to onevw Find all posts by onevw View iTrader Profile Mar 22, 2021 | 11:07 AM Share Share Options #16 Uncle Gary Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,421 From: Upstate New York I'm due to trade cars this year (I usually trade every six years give or take) and for the first time in my life, I honestly cant find a new car I have the slightest interest in. Unfortunately, after seven winters, my '15 Fit is starting to show signs of deterioration. Reply Uncle Gary View Public Profile Send a private message to Uncle Gary Find all posts by Uncle Gary View iTrader Profile Jun 11, 2021 | 12:49 PM Share Share Options #17 cyclist007 Member Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 65 From: Houston It's really sad that there are not enough people realizing that they do not need big cars, and this was not considered by fleets. For all those looking for greener vehicle ... even a smaller/efficient vehicle is a "greener" vehicle. The HRV offers no significant gain except the height ... and it is not even that much. At least they should have made it plug-in hybrid. Reply cyclist007 View Public Profile Send a private message to cyclist007 Find all posts by cyclist007 View iTrader Profile Jun 13, 2021 | 12:41 AM Share Share Options #18 Hootie Member iTrader: (3) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,084 From: South of Heaven Business wise and as much as I hate to admit, it made sense to pull the plug on the Fit for the US market. Much like we all know, there is am increasing trend of compact and larger SUVs being purchased here. For example and looking at it logistics wise, having to build and design the Fit for US and Canadian markets with its own front clip and rear bumpers to pass their crash safety then have noticeably different clips for other markets didn't make sense to me on paper. With the HR-V/Vezel/XR-V, the body remained pretty much the same regardless of the market with the exception of various smaller trim pieces and engine configurations... Like the 1.5L I4T we didn't get in the US but Europe did. -.- Also in my honest opinion.. I feel that the GK wasn't really allowed to thrive our market due to price point vs standard equipment. Looking within the Honda family alone, it wasn't too much of an unreasonable jump to a slightly larger and better equipped HR-V or a Civic which usually had better sales incentives and promos (especially the FK7 hatches which were ALL 1.5Ts) for a couple grand more over a period of X amount of years. Doing loose math from MSRPs, that's MAYBE a difference of 50 to 100 bucks a month with going for say a Fit Sport or EX compared to a HR-V LX or Sport or Civic Hatch LX or Sport over 4 or 5 years depending on interest and of course trim configuration. I could ramble on BUT its been a long day and its late, I've lost my train of thought multiple times typing this. haha Reply Hootie View Public Profile Send a private message to Hootie Find all posts by Hootie View iTrader Profile Jun 23, 2021 | 09:42 AM Share Share Options #19 -cLynch- Member Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 23 From: Charlotte NC Seems like Honda is trying to shift this market to the HRV Reply -cLynch- View Public Profile Send a private message to -cLynch- Find all posts by -cLynch- View iTrader Profile Jul 11, 2021 | 07:48 PM Share Share Options #20 dll932 Member Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 289 From: Euclid Ohio Quote: Originally Posted by cyclist007 It's really sad that there are not enough people realizing that they do not need big cars, and this was not considered by fleets. For all those looking for greener vehicle ... even a smaller/efficient vehicle is a "greener" vehicle. The HRV offers no significant gain except the height ... and it is not even that much. At least they should have made it plug-in hybrid. I for one don't want all wheel drive, because it's costlier to service. I don't want more ride height either, because of reduced cornering ability. Reply dll932 View Public Profile Send a private message to dll932 Find all posts by dll932 View iTrader Profile Thread Tools Show Printable Version Search this Thread Advanced Search Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Advanced Search Reply Closed Thread Share

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