Yahoo Autos The Next-Gen Honda Fit Debuts This October—but Will It Come to the U.S.?
The next generation of the Honda Fit will make its debut this October at the 2019 Tokyo auto show, Honda says.
The all-new Fit will introduce a new version of Honda's i-MMD dual-motor hybrid drivetrain meant for smaller vehicles.
We don't know when-or if-the new Fit will arrive in the U.S. market, as Honda won't yet confirm whether or not the new version will be sold here.
Honda has confirmed that the next generation of the Fit subcompact hatchback will make its debut this fall. It'll first appear at the Tokyo auto show in October. The new Fit will introduce a new version of Honda's dual-motor hybrid drivetrain. The big question now is when the new Fit will arrive in the U.S. market-or if it will come to the U.S. at all. A Honda spokesperson declined to comment to C/D on the Fit's future for the U.S. market, and we have suspicions that this new model may not be sold on our shores.
Seen here in prototype form testing in Europe, the new Fit (called the Jazz in other markets) appears to be similar in size and shape to the current car, with large windows and a tall silhouette that should provide the same sort of amazing space efficiency that has defined the Fit for its entire life span. Roof rails and chunkier lower-body cladding seem to suggest that it may adopt some more crossover-like styling cues to glom onto the global SUV craze.
We're questioning the future of the Fit for the U.S. market because of rapidly declining sales and because of rumors about Honda's production plans for the plant in Celaya, Mexico, where the Fit and its SUV stablemate, the HR-V, are currently produced. Fit sales have taken a precipitous downward turn recently, with sales falling nearly 29 percent in 2018 and taking a 37 percent drop through April 2019. An October 2018 report from Automotive News said Honda was considering moving U.S.-bound Fit production away from Mexico to Japan, as sources stated that it would be better for Honda to build more profitable HR-V crossovers in Mexico and fewer Fit hatchbacks. We're not sure what this possible production shift would mean for the next-generation Fit in the U.S.; Honda has not yet said where the new car will be built.
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