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Honda to introduce redesigned Fit that fall in Japan

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The Honda Fit has done fairly well for the company having sold by two million copies under both the Fit and Jazz since it’s initial introduction in 2002. A new, redesigned version of the B-Class car should debut in Japan that fall with a coming out at the Tokyo Motor Show in October likely. With the issues that Honda has had in Canada with the current Fit falling just shy of the mileage threshold for new tax breaks there, it seems likely that they won’t waste any instance bringing the new version north of the border as quickly as possible.

Speaking in Japan,

Honda CEO Takeo Fukui plus reiterated Honda’s commitment to efficiency with both hybrids and diesel engines. A fifty state legal clean diesel will be coming to the US market in 2009 with the Accord as the likely first application. Honda is additionally continuing to develop their hybrid technology and the new committed hybrid model is coming out in 2009 at lower price point than the current $22,600 Civic Hybrid. Personally, I’d opt for the diesel.

[Source: Detroit News]

Original post by Sam Abuelsamid