Honda FIT – A modern hatchback built for urban driving in South Africa

The Honda FIT is a stylish, comfortable, compact hatchback that is ideal for South Africans who do a lot of urban driving.

It offers a sporty exterior with matte black detailing around the window frames and pillars, LED headlights, and a honeycomb grille.

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The Honda FIT is also within reach for South Africans, thanks to its excellent starting price of only R4,199 per month, or R380,500.

Trims and drivetrain

The Honda FIT is available in three different models, as follows:

• 1.5 Comfort
• 1.5 Elegance
• 1.5 Hybrid e.HEV

All three models offer a 1.5-litre petrol engine with a CVT transmission.

In the non-electrified versions – Comfort and Elegance – this engine produces 89kW of power and 145Nm of torque, with an impressive average fuel consumption of 5.5l/100km.

The 1.5 Hybrid e.HEV brings this consumption down to 3.7l/100km while boosting output, pushing its power to 90kW and its torque to 253Nm.

Impressive interior

Whichever trim you choose, the FIT provides a comfortable experience for drivers and passengers with ample legroom and a smooth ride.

The driver benefits from several convenience features, including smart keyless entry for easier access, front and rear parking sensors, and automatic LED headlights and taillights across all trims.

A wide range of features add to this comfort, including automatic climate control and a 9-inch HMI infotainment touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity.

The higher-end Elegance model adds features such as a wireless phone charger, premium upholstery, soft-touch trim, and a leather steering wheel and gear lever.

Additionally, the Hybrid model expands on this with premium eco-friendly leather seats and heated front seats.

Safety features

The Honda FIT comes equipped with the brand’s “Sensing” advanced driver system, which combines multiple features that enhance occupant safety.

These include a front wide-view camera with night-time operating that provides a broader field of vision for vehicle and road surface condition detection, a collision-mitigation braking system with pedestrian detection, and adaptive cruise control.

Along with these, the FIT offers lane-keep assistance and a road departure mitigation system, which provides steering assistance if the vehicle begins to drift out of the detected lane or off the road.

This is aided by automatic high beams that activate at speeds over 40km/h and turn off when an oncoming vehicle is detected.

The combination of these features, enabled by the Sensing advanced driver system, provides superior safety for you and your passengers.

Six airbags, ABS, and EBD round out this suite of safety features for added security and peace of mind.

Buy a FIT

The Honda FIT is an excellent urban driving hatchback and should be the first choice for any South African who does a lot of daily travelling.

South Africans can book a test drive for the Honda FIT to get a hands-on experience with its excellent features and see for themselves.

Click here to learn more about the Honda FIT.