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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/" rel="tag">Detroit Auto Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Budget</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/design-style/" rel="tag">Design/Style</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/"><img alt="2015 Honda Fit: Detroit 2014" data-credit="AOL" data-mep="89885" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1202x806+46+46/resize/628x417!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/16c7c87dd5fd4b2fd9282d8aee6bc87b/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014.jpg" /></a><br />
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/fit/">Fit</a> may be Honda's smallest (and, starting at $15k, most cost-effective) model, but it has never sold in quantities that even approach those of the brand's larger offerings - at least not in the United States. Where American Honda typically sells hundreds of thousands of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/">Civic</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/accord/">Accord</a> models - even <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/cr-v/">CR-V</a> crossovers and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/odyssey/">Odyssey</a> minivans - annual sales for the Fit typically amount to tens of thousands. But the Japanese automaker hopes to expand its sales in the segment with the introduction of the new 2015 Honda Fit.<br />
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Having launched the all-new model several months ago in the Japanese Domestic Market, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> is presenting the new Fit to the North American market here at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a>. By and large, it's the same model that will be sold around the world, having been redesigned with more aggressive styling, a larger footprint on the road and more interior space. Only now it will be built for North American consumption at Honda's new plant in Celaya, Mexico, where the automaker plans to also build its new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+vezel/">Vezel</a> crossover (or whatever it'll be called here).<br />
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The North American Fit ditches the hybrid setup offered in the JDM model in favor of a new Earthdreams 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine with direction injection and i-VTEC valve timing to help it deliver 130 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque. That's 13 more horses and 8 more torques than the previous model, and the engine can be paired to either a six-speed manual or Honda's new continuously variable transmission. With the latter, Honda projects the Fit will get 33 miles per gallon in the city, 41 on the highway and 36 on the combined cycle. Lighter and more refined than the outgoing model's powertrain, the new engine sits in a lighter and more rigid frame as well, which Honda expects will earn it top ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.<br />
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If you're itchin' for more details on this new wave of Honda subcompacts, you can read the official release or watch the press conference reveal in Detroit on video <a href="/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-official-detroit/#continued">below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2015 Honda Fit shapes up for America [w/video]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/">2015 Honda Fit shapes up for America [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20806180/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/fit/">Fit</a> may be Honda's smallest (and, starting at $15k, most cost-effective) model, but it has never sold in quantities that even approach those of the brand's larger offerings - at least not in the United States. Where American Honda typically sells hundreds of thousands of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/">Civic</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/accord/">Accord</a> models - even <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/cr-v/">CR-V</a> crossovers and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/odyssey/">Odyssey</a> minivans - annual sales for the Fit typically amount to tens of thousands. But the Japanese automaker hopes to expand its sales in the segment with the introduction of the new 2015 Honda Fit.<br />
<br />
Having launched the all-new model several months ago in the Japanese Domestic Market, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> is presenting the new Fit to the North American market here at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a>. By and large, it's the same model that will be sold around the world, having been redesigned with more aggressive styling, a larger footprint on the road and more interior space. Only now it will be built for North American consumption at Honda's new plant in Celaya, Mexico, where the automaker plans to also build its new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+vezel/">Vezel</a> crossover (or whatever it'll be called here).<br />
<br />
The North American Fit ditches the hybrid setup offered in the JDM model in favor of a new Earthdreams 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine with direction injection and i-VTEC valve timing to help it deliver 130 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque. That's 13 more horses and 8 more torques than the previous model, and the engine can be paired to either a six-speed manual or Honda's new continuously variable transmission. With the latter, Honda projects the Fit will get 33 miles per gallon in the city, 41 on the highway and 36 on the combined cycle. Lighter and more refined than the outgoing model's powertrain, the new engine sits in a lighter and more rigid frame as well, which Honda expects will earn it top ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.<br />
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If you're itchin' for more details on this new wave of Honda subcompacts, you can read the official release or watch the press conference reveal in Detroit on video <a href="/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-official-detroit/#continued">below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2015 Honda Fit shapes up for America [w/video]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/">2015 Honda Fit shapes up for America [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20806180/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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