Honda’s Fit is coming back as an all-new car next year—and it’s bringing friends. The upcoming Fit also will spin off two models for the U.S. market: A Fit-based small crossover and a sedan likely called the City. In a recent meeting, Honda’s U.S. CEO said that we’d see the Fit plus two derivatives in the States.
Originally developed for markets where customers downright refuse to buy hatchbacks, the current Honda City is a design coup: it’s a subcompact sedan that offers decent looks. Although Americans have become friendlier to five-door cars, Fit sales have been hampered by the sole body style. The City could potentially double the Fit’s sales, which are on pace so far this year.
The small-crossovers segment has a lot of entrants, but tens of thousands will buy Honda’s Fit spinoff. The CR-V, now in its fourth generation, is big enough for a smaller sibling, and Honda’s new jacked-up jackpot will join the Nissan Juke, Buick Encore, and an upcoming B-segment Jeep in the subcompact crossover segment.
-Courtesy of Car and Driver
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