Tests and Features

The subcompact category is one of our market’s most popular, and this fact has not been lost on manufacturers. They are offering very competitive vehicles in the segment that are constantly being updated. That’s why I decided to compare two of our market’s most popular little cars. Let’s meet the …

In 2014, we saw one new model after another. So many, in fact, that it’s hard to do justice to the topic in just one article. To keep it simple, I’ve selected one game-changing vehicle per category. These are not necessarily the best-in-class winners, but they’re the vehicles that set …

The new third-generation Honda Fit, also known as the Jazz in Asia and Europe, will hit the Canadian market in September 2014 as the 2015 model, nine months after its unveiling at the Detroit Auto Show in January. This marks the beginning of a new era for the Fit since …

Vancouver is a terrible place to put a city. Sandwiched between the Coastal Mountain Ranges and Pacific Ocean, it may have proven an oceanfront paradise in decades past, but has become a city under compression in recent years. Inviting Canadians from the frozen east and new immigrants from points west, …

Last year, when I spent a week aboard the previous generation Honda Fit, I vowed never to set foot in such a vehicle again. Sure, it looked pretty nifty, and the interior was easily the most adaptable I’d encountered, but the reality of the situation was that I was about …

When the Honda Fit first rolled onto the scene in 2007, it already had a fair bit of experience under its belt. Though introduced as a new model, it had already been sold in Europe for a few years under the name Jazz and in Japan as the Fit. Well-received …

After only two years, the first generation Fit, unveiled in 2007, is already undergoing a major transformation. But that in no way means that it was poorly designed. In fact, the first generation Honda Fit first saw the light of day in Japan in 2002 where it was call Jazz, …