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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Budget</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/most-small-cars-bomb-new-small-overlap-crash-test/index.htm"><img alt="Honda Fit small-overlap crash test" data-credit="Insurance Institute for Highway Safety" data-mep="101232" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/2464x1655+788+320/resize/628x417!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/3a9c1c7d42eed05a7851b181d4bba2a3/CEN1340_03.jpg" /></a><br />
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Thanks to its poor performance in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/22/iihs-tests-11-minicars-finds-them-wanting-in-small-overlap-cras/">most recent round of</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/iihs/">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a> crash testing, where it received the lowest overall score in the small-overlap test, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/consumer+reports/"><em>Consumer Reports</em></a> has bumped the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/fit/">Honda Fit</a> from its "Recommended" list. When a car gets bumped from the magazine's coveted ranks, it's usually cause for concern. This is not one of those times.<br />
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As there is a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/">new Fit</a> barreling towards dealerships for an on-sale date this spring, we wouldn't pay too much credence to the current car's demotion. It's expected that the next-generation Fit should pass the test with flying colors, as <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/most-small-cars-bomb-new-small-overlap-crash-test/index.htm">CR is quick to point out</a> that newer Hondas have traditionally done very well in the tricky small-overlap crash testing.<br />
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Of the subcompact cars tested by the IIHS, only the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/rio/">Kia Rio</a>, which netted a "Marginal" score overall, is a <em>Consumer Reports</em> "Recommended" vehicle.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/23/honda-fit-loses-recommended-rating-from-consumer-reports/">Honda Fit loses Recommended rating from Consumer Reports</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:30:00 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/2014/01/23/honda-fit-loses-recommended-rating-from-consumer-reports/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20814356/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/23/honda-fit-loses-recommended-rating-from-consumer-reports/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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Thanks to its poor performance in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/22/iihs-tests-11-minicars-finds-them-wanting-in-small-overlap-cras/">most recent round of</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/iihs/">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a> crash testing, where it received the lowest overall score in the small-overlap test, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/consumer+reports/"><em>Consumer Reports</em></a> has bumped the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/fit/">Honda Fit</a> from its "Recommended" list. When a car gets bumped from the magazine's coveted ranks, it's usually cause for concern. This is not one of those times.<br />
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As there is a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-honda-fit-detroit-2014/">new Fit</a> barreling towards dealerships for an on-sale date this spring, we wouldn't pay too much credence to the current car's demotion. It's expected that the next-generation Fit should pass the test with flying colors, as <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/most-small-cars-bomb-new-small-overlap-crash-test/index.htm">CR is quick to point out</a> that newer Hondas have traditionally done very well in the tricky small-overlap crash testing.<br />
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Of the subcompact cars tested by the IIHS, only the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/rio/">Kia Rio</a>, which netted a "Marginal" score overall, is a <em>Consumer Reports</em> "Recommended" vehicle.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/23/honda-fit-loses-recommended-rating-from-consumer-reports/">Honda Fit loses Recommended rating from Consumer Reports</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:30:00 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/2014/01/23/honda-fit-loses-recommended-rating-from-consumer-reports/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20814356/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/23/honda-fit-loses-recommended-rating-from-consumer-reports/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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