Saturday, March 17, 2007
joy to drive
"Honda designed the Fit to achieve a best in class crash safety rating, and have an air of big car quality. It is also the first car built on Honda's new Global Small Car platform. Weighing less than 1000kg, the Fit is able to achieve a money-saving fuel economy of 23km/litre of petrol. That is also in part due to it i-DSI engine which uses two valves and two spark plugs per cylinder to provide an excellent combination of low speed torque, high performance and economy. The Fit comes with CVT, which means "continuously variable transmission" for a smooth responsive ride." - SGCarmart
got to drive it yst.. iz got it for the weekend.. but he has to use it today so cant borrow today...
the first thing which struck me was the steering.. i was amazed at how light the steering was.. the car felt so responsive and light.. so easy to drive... the racing styled front seats offered good support.. the i-dsi engine will not be as powerful as how the vtec will be but nonetheless it offered a reasonable pickup with a gentle thrust at kickdown.. some features made me even more approving of this small car. there is a small digital display below the fuel gauge shows km/l... the centre overhead lights had a dimmer and that added a touch of quality to the car.. the dash is clean and well built with ig and clear dials.. at 50-60kph thru urban areas the car amazingly quiet. however when u enter the expressway u can hear the roads quite clearly.. that is one fault i found.. otherwise this 1.3 i-dsi version is a great fun to drive and a very nice car to own for its efficiency, humungous boot space and reasonable rear legroom with me in the drivers seat..
the getz i drove 2 days ago was an even lighter car.. but it just didnt have the quality feel u get in the fit.. the engine is comparably smaller n less powerful. and the finishings felt cheap. i havnt got a chance to bring the getz out on the expressway but like the fit it did offer good sound proofing in built up areas. its smaller than the fit.. but the steering felt more unwilling.
verdict: fit is more worth the money
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