Regular Car Reviews: 2007 Honda Fit 

The fit is fun to drive. since the front wheels are so close to you, it feels like you're driving a go-kart. and the gas milage is awesome!

I hope my $7.77 went into one of those fog lights.

Fun fact: for whatever reason, the Fit is called the Jazz in Europe.

I put 100,000 miles on a brand new Honda Fit between 2007 and 2009. Best, most reliable car I ever owned.

I towed one behind my RV for a while and used it for errands. I looked back one day and it wasn't there. I realized I left it in a Walmart parking lot in Texas but I was in Arizona. I guess it is still there.

Honda Jazz sounds better, the other name just doesn't fit ..

you nailed a key problem...Honda's refusal to sell a bare bones car. The EF and EG are so loved because they are light and simple. There was nothing on a EF you didn't want or need. Today, they don't think they can sell a car that is stripped down, even tho a small 4d car SHOULD be a stripped down car. If I wanted a upmarket or luxury type car I would buy a fat midsized car. the purpose of small cars is econo, cheap cost, simplicity, ect. If you take away the simplicity...add weight then you screw up the formula that makes a good hatchback! Sadly, just about every car maker has done the same damn thing. The current civic weighs MORE than the 1989 Honda accord did!

Its amazing that while RCR has drove some of the most saught-after, fast, powerful, cool looking cars, they still just drive around in an old leaky Honda Fit. That takes a lot of self confidence.

Yeah but, does your Fit have the sport mode auto-manual flippity flappity gear shifters to make you feel like NASCARRRRRRR, no, didn't think so, but mine does... mine does...

I'd love if Honda made a CR-Z that's non hybrid, has 2 doors, 4 seats, had a SI trim, and was renamed CRX.

Honda Fit: The Official Car of Regular Car Reviews

"you wanna leak?" fuckin lost it.

3rd gen review when. It's discontinuation puts the death knell in the subcompat market for the us.

still have my 2007 fit and the longer i have it, the more i appreciate it.

This review had me in tears from the commentary.

one of favorite RCR reviews - this and the original one for Toyota Echo. I ended up getting a used 2nd gen Honda Fit about a year after this review was made & I'm lovin' it.

Laughed my ass off with this, I felt like I was watching/hearing myself think.

I bet your honda can float in the water with all the silicon :D

I beg to differ, the fit is fun the drive. the understeer in rain is so legendary and managable.

Sooo, I just watched an ad, completely, that was longer than this video... And I enjoyed it

I still have my Honda Fit Sport I bought new in March 2007. Its the best car I have ever owned. Yes I still drive it daily it now has over 318,000 miles on it. I will keep my HONDA FIT SPORT until some prick runs into me or the engine dies. I have decided to make a comment to show others your opinion on the Honda Fit Sport is worthless.

No one really plans on owning a fit. And that's the end of that sentence. Its cubby holes Not coo-be holes,

Watching this 6 years after upload, I just bought a second generation Fit a week go and am loving it. Kinda wanted to see what you had to say about it, and glad to know I made a good choice with the Fit. It drives just the same as my single-cam 1996 Civic did: slow, but still fun for some reason, and you can't help but love it

If you are considering buying a Fit... DON'T. Buy the Yaris instead. I have a 2010 Fit, and even though it NEVER broke down, and it's still working, after 40.000km the engine starts doing awkward valve noises, and you have to fully replace the brakes. But that's not why you shouldn't buy a Fit. I'm a mechanic here, and one day a client came in with a Fit with scratched cylinders due to revving the engine when it was cold (the piston rings broke). There is no way to fix the engine. Honda made it so it was a disposable car. If you want to refurbish the engine, you can't. You have to get a brand new block just because one cylinder has a scratch.

I love how the fog lights came on at the exact moment you said "fog lights." That was perfect. Nice touch.

6 years late to this party but I love the don't look back in anger reference at the end there.

I had a 2008 Fit. I put the back seats down, pushed the front passenger seat all the way forward, and I was able to diagonally place a twin box spring and mattress in that car with the hatch closed. I hauled them one at a time. My neighbors just stared at me unloading something that large out of the vehicle.

I think you do the absolute best reviews when its the car you own! :D This and the echo seem like the most honest down to earth reviews you've done, and they are both my favorite. Keep em coming!! :)

V-TEC just kicked in yo!

So much warp stabilizer

The cup holder thing really is brilliant, and so is the effective use of space this car has. Its good on gas, relatively cheap, and improved in the newer years. That's literally a grand slam for an honest economy car.

This is the car that was supposed to be called "Fitta", until someone told Honda that it means cunt in swedish.

You bought THAT for 5K? Oh wow, you got ripped off.

The European Civic is still a pretty small, modest car. It has grown over the years, as every car has, but it's still generally seen as the reliable little hatchback it always was.

My 08 Fit has gone through sever hard winters here in the Midwest and has never leaked in any of the sport you mentioned. The motor has 100K miles on it, its tired, when is the last time it had a tuneup? Did you dyno the car to know what it actually makes. Just saying its slow and laughing at it supposed 117Hp is not good enough. No car, especially ECO cars dont make the advertised HP. Its a 1.5 LT ECO car they are all slow. Its all relitave any way, slow to what? A corvette, Evo, some dude on a 5 speed bike? My Fit is as fast or faster then 8th gen Civics/RSXs does that make them slow? does that mean the Fit then is faster then a Civic? You are also wrong about the sport only coming with Fog lights and the lipkit. It also gives you 15" alloy wheels. A upgraded sound system, Keyless entry and cruse control. WHen THe Fit came out it was a better built, and better quality car then What any of the other guys where offering at the time. I am sure that still holds true with the Newer Gen Fits.

My grandma had a 2007 Honda Fit but it was one of the lower trim levels. I ended up inheriting it when she stopped driving. I loved it. Had a lot of fun in that car. Unfortunately it was totalled in an accident when a lady with a history of seizures and a suspended drivers licence had a seizure behind the wheel going 70km/h and nailed me and another guy sitting at a red light. I was so pissed because my grandma took excellent care of it, only had 40000km on it and a full tank of gas when the accident happened which was last September.

SANDALS

My 2008 Fit has 275K miles, and purrs like a kitten. I would drive it for the rest of my life if I could.

I own a 2008 Fit and your review is so spot on, including leaks. It's a really good car but I just don't love it. I also have a 98 Prelude and would love to hear what you have to say.

I just got a 2007 Fit and so far this is the best review I have stumbled upon

I disagree, my 07 Honda fit sport, don't have any problem, fan to drive, I can tow, carry a ton of things inside like nothing. It never brake down. I use it for everything. It has 180000 milles and it runs like new.

And I just lost at the game... the last time was 6 months ago. Thanks a lot mister RegularCars... Awesome video btw, like usual ;)

i keep watching RCR and every time i think ive watched all the episodes, i find new ones -_-

I bought my 2007 Honda Fit brand new off the truck still wrapped in plastic.. It is hands down the BEST damn car I have ever owned.. We have over 400k miles on it & have not had ANY problems out of it.. We have abused this car & treated it like an off road truck... I wouldnt trade this car for anything!

0:41 LOL. You tried not to laugh. Good review

I just ran across this video by chance and watched it because I have a 2007 fit sport myself and while it has never leaked I will say you have a point about it not being a very flashy car. It's not fancy, or showy, but it is reliable. I got mine new in 2007 for $16,500 (cheap little windup toy of a car) and now at 11 years old it has almost 200,000 miles on it. It has never had any serious issues, only minor transmission issues that any automatic transmission will get with age and some problems caused by it being fitted with low profile tires. It's not glamorous but it will most likely survive the apocalypse. Here's to 10 more years and another 200,000 miles!

Now I have to go listen to "don't look back in anger"

I actually bought one of these today, 08 MY. Was looking for a Volvo, but this thing was way more utilitarian and reliable and has phenomenal gas mileage. so far so good.

I laughed at the "Sport" part at 6:11. I know the feels. I have an Acura TL A-Spec, which means it's got the 1 inch lower suspension and the ground effects kit. The suspension makes the handling fun (FWD oversteer yo!) and the ground effects look cool, but the two combined means that the car will scrape over medium sized insects in the road.

I love my Honda fit have had no leaking issues at all, I did put a progressive sway bar on the back also replaced the stock springs and struts with aftermarket and lowered the car about 1/2 inch made a world of difference. My fit has 170,000 I bought it brand new have had little to no issues with my car. I love my fit and will keep it till it falls apart. I am going on 8 years.

I learned how to drive on my parent's Manual 2007 Fit Sport and Automatic 2008 Fit Sport. My first car was a stick after that :)

My brother n law got thia year and model.... no leaks... thanks to you man we went to look and buy this car.... i asked the guy if we could take it through a no touch car wash.... no leaks... had it for a year now... and we live in florida... so it gets tested alot. Thanks @rcr

My mums Honda jazz (that's what we call the fit in the uk) has done over 300k and is still going strong!

​Well designed small cars is what made Honda famous. Given the design parameters of an "econo-box", the available technology, and cost constraints - um no, it's one of the most fantastic cars in it's class and practically every major car mag will back that up. Designing an affordable car for the world market is the epitome of compromise. There aren't a lot of cars that have quite the same balance of fun handling, efficiency, flexible roomy interior space, decent safety, and long term reliability.

I deliver pizza in a 1st gen. Fit and it's been amazing. It's coming up on 287,000 miles and the only things I've done is replaced the clutch once, and general maintenance. I'm about to replace the shocks and struts (this has been a long time coming) and the original serpentine belt didn't even break until 285,000 fucking miles. This car just keeps going. I'll definitely replace it with another Fit when I have to.

Thank you guys for being grateful to your viewers.

the perfect blend of the review and the songs bookending the videos, have gotten me into cars. 29 years not caring about them. until i found regularcars man. this guy reviews like no other. hes a writer, a funny one, an Odd one maybe Even..crazy hahaha. great evergreen gold each review is. my favorite the PT cruiser, ending with post modernism. Fuck. Long live this dude and shit.

Making me really thankful I grabbed a second gen sport. I truly love the car

2007 Honda Fit's my first car, enjoying it so far.

This Honda is luxury compared to the one I had in highschool. It was an '85 Civic 3-door hatch. Not the DX. Not the 1500. Nope. The base. The 1300. The most stripped down modern era vehicle I have ever seen. 4-speed manual, with a long metal stick with a rubber boot attached to the center hump where there was no console of any sort, just a shifter and e-brake. Crank windows, manual locks, manual adjusting side mirror (not mirrorS...nope, just one on the driver side). No power steering. No air conditioning. No intermittent wipers. No fuel injection. Very little upholstery, mostly vinyl with a little bit of carpeting. No rear window defroster (in upstate NY...yeah, that was nice in the winter). No cigarette lighter, not just talking the lighter itself, but no D/C port at all. Just a blank plate where it would be on the "DX" model. Hp was in the ballpark of 70. May have been a touch less. Rode on 13" steel wheels with 4 lugs. So I told you what it didn't have. What did it have? It's a short list. It amazingly did have power assisted brakes, it had an AM/FM 2-speaker stereo, and it had a locking gas door...but I think that was just a Honda thing at the time, not an option. It also did have an OHC rather than a pushrod...which actually was fairly advanced for it's day. Overall, no-frills motoring at it's finest. And to top it all off, it was gold with diarrhea brown interior.

I owned a 2008 Fit Sport (Nighthawk Black Pearl, just like yours) and have to wholeheartedly disagree. The first gen was honest, direct feeling car small car. It felt small and that was ok. The second gen got all bloated and a serious case of Hondadash on the interior.

Here's a fun story. I was driving a transport, delivering Hondas to dealerships when the second gen Fit came out. Hundreds of new Fits arrived at Richmond on the rail, (They were produced at a new plant in Mexico I think.), only we weren't pulling them. They sat on the lot, hoods were opened, gas caps were examined. Factory reps wandered from car to car. There were questions about the paint, as well as whaterever else was wrong. After a couple of weeks, AII the Fits were loaded back on the rail and sent back to the factory. A few weeks later they returned, we started pulling them, and they seemed fine. We were never told what the problem was.

Review a PT Cruiser! It's not like it'll be hard to find one or anything...

I have a second gen and love it, spent almost a year looking for the right one, a blue 5 speed sport, and it rips corners like nobody's business

In the uk it's called the Honda jazz

This sounds almost exactly like how i feel about my new (old) car. I still love it though.

I have the JDM spec 2003 Honda Fit GD1 (base version, but it has ABS, Airbag, A/C, and leather steering wheel). and it is still going strong at.. No leaks, no breakdowns, no nothing, only regular tuneup lol. somesay the GD Fit VTEC is faster than the i-VTEC from the GE Fit.

Probably the best review of Fit I've seen for a while

Reviews needed: PT Cruiser, Grand Am/Prix, late 90's Focus, Vibe/Matrix, Aztek, Econoline

I have a 1990 Honda Civic LX (4-door) that I got off my cousin for $300. My dad and I restored it to mostly good condition, and I've had it for 6-7 years now. 215,000 miles and still going strong. Such a good car. And it doesn't leak and has automatic seatbelts :)

The most popular car in my country it carries 3 in the front 4 in the back and 2 in the hatch.... Hie from Zimbabwe africa

reminds me of when i went from my 2002 x-type to 2009 legacy, it performed a bit worse but it was an actual reliable car that i could expect to run every time and it felt better and had good speakers and an aux jack when i had previously used an fm transmitter, and it had 116k miles, and it had some initial issues (gas gague sticks when it first fills until it gets low enough and you restart the car, and fobs seemed to be broken but turned out they were just both dead) but having a working vehicle was such a godsend that im in love with it now

"AM I TALKING ABOUT ME OR THE DOG??" I'm dying hahahaha

My parents have a 09 fit (2nd gen) with 130k miles, bought it new. Really the only reason they got it was the fuel economy, and it really not being to bad.

At about 130k miles your gonna need a head gasket. every 30k you need to adjust the valves on it. Oh and if you have miss fire symptoms and no codes check valve adjustment

I love love LOVE love LOVElove LOVEd my 2010 fit. I had to sell it bc someone offerede a newer car for free and I can't afford repairs, but it was easily the best car I've owned. I am devastated that they aren't making more.

dont look back in anger, the echo said :)

This car may have come from Honda's early bloated-car days, but I got a 2007 base model Fit 5-speed thats been to hell and back and still going strong. I have been anything but gentle or nice to the car and I have put on over 100,000KM since I bought it in 2014, she is currently at 240,000km and aside a few small repairs and regular fluid changes she hasn't had any major work. All in all, these cars surprisingly put up with a LOT. I practically treat mine like a work truck, rocky graded back roads, dirt roads, back filled with a few hundred pounds of equipment for work. So as a simple reliable hatch back, they are great, just don't expect high power performance.

Should've got a pontiac vibe or toyota matrix for that 5 grand. I own a 2015 WRX and 2012 Golf TDI and still can't bring myself to sell my 05' Vibe. Of the 44 cars I"ve owned I still think it is the best for its mix of hauling capacity, fuel econ, semi-sporty handling and reliability.

Oh yes! My 2008 Honda Fit leaked in the hatch. I always wondered why it smelled like a damp basement whenever I got in. One day I went to check the spare tire tire and discovered a HUGE puddle of water in the well! Tire tools all rusted out. This would explain why the rear mats had rust stains on them, water sloshing around. Must have been leaking for a few years. I siliconed a number of areas and fixed it. Car smells nice again!

You know you could have purchased a much nicer car with $5000

Just bought a 2007 5speed with 205k miles. Runs and feels like a new car. Let go of the wheel and it goes perfectly straight. No shaking at 70+mph.

2:39 I absolutely lost it😂😂😂

I have a 2006 GD1 and oh my goodness, did it leak! There was literally a pond in the boot well, and the previous owner had given up keeping the spare in there because it would always rust out. Fixed it eventually: the final leak was behind a brake light. Mine doesn't even have the fake VTEC, just the 1.3 L 8-valve i-DSI. But I look at people with shiny big new SUVs and count my blessings having a car that is small and shitty enough that it causes me zero concern. Oil changes are cheap, and there's no warranty to worry about voiding, so I have no qualms about trying my hand at things like valve adjustment. I love it.

Please review the 2015 Fit!

Can agree on the 2nd gen Fit. Even the auto is pretty snappy and I it's really handy if you have the sport and can change gears yourself at any time.

That Fit fits perfect in my Honda

"But all it does is make it scrape on speedbumps!" That was great mr. regular

I hope my 5.50 (or something like that) went to those British Digestives or a tube of silicone

I own a 2008 Fit and feel that this video fairly accurately reflects my feelings for it. It's like a golf cart with a small hatchback body on it. I can't bring myself to get rid of it because it's worth so little yet still functions just fine as a car. Yet that voice in the back of my head is always quietly asking for someone to run into the thing and just put it out of it's misery. Just makes me think, why did I buy this thing and why can't I rid myself of it.

3rd gen Fit is ugly and it ain't got no alibi. Looks like they took the 2nd gen and made it have an anaphylactic reaction.

I swear I never appreciated the channel more than now when looking for a first car

It "Honda Jazz"

And, were not trying to replace it like he said. We love this one

I Demand Lawnmowers.

I freakin' love my second gen Honda Fit. It's simple, fun, and functional. I wouldn't drive it cross country, but it is a great city car. Alleys, parallel parking, u-turns, moving crap, grabbing stuff, it's perfect. It's more like a street legal, weather ready, stuff hauling go-cart. And you will feel every bump and drive around manhole covers. Still great and will probably run forever.

You like *jazz* ? Dead meme, but I just couldn't resist.

i have a 1st gen fit, my sister has a 2nd gen fit. we both love them both. 100k+ on both no issues. just good, dependable transpo.

Honda should turbo these to compete with the Fiesta st I'd totally buy it

I love how RCR points out every single little quirk about the cars they drive.