I waited and waited and waited for the Fit to come to the US. I was part of a Honda Fit Forum and I got all the specs a few years before they came out. I had seen them in Brazil (everywhere else they are called the Jazz) and was mightily impressed.

However, when they finally hit these shores, the mileage was not as good as in Europe/Asia, and I ended up getting a VW Rabbit because it was cuter and a whole lot spunkier and the mileage was about the same.

Cargo space in the Fit is great, though, and being a Honda, reliability is not an issue. If they up the mileage to the Jazz levels (high 40s), then I'll have to reconsider. As I understand it, they did not want the mileage to approach the Civic Hybrid levels because it would eat into the sales of the (more expensive) Civic Hybrids (which do not come in a hatchback for some silly reason). Why not just give us the car we want, dagnabbit!?