Comments on: 2009 Honda Fit: The Fuel Economy Test Drive

By: Good Green Cars · Honda Fit Hybrid for 2011?

Good Green Cars · Honda Fit Hybrid for 2011? — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:09:59 +0000

[...] CR-Z hybrid in 2010 — and that’s a definite. The Fit will follow, Honda says. The current Honda Fit already gets 27 mpg city, 33 mpg highway. John O’Dell, senior editor at Green Car Advisor, [...]

By: khg

khg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:00:11 +0000

I’m sure that not crawling along at 5 mph for half an hour would have helped my overall mileage. That traffic jam was a fluke; I wonder if my mpgs would have been similar to yours without it?

Kristen Hall-Geisler
GoodGreenCars.com

By: hank

hank — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:45:05 +0000

i have a 2009 fit. as you noted, in-town driving fuel efficiency isn’t very good at all….. but add a little space between traffic lights and things improve a lot.

in my first 5000 miles, i’ve averaged 31 mpg…. and that includes 42 traffic lights on my daily round-trip commute.

with the winter cold easing here in nj., general gas mileage has also gone up.