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Hatchbacks Honda Fit Honda Fit v. Nissan Versa
228 messages, Last post on Nov 17, 2009 at 8:19 AM
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Great everyone! It's good that we are all here, except for that troll maybe.  Kip, as this has been said before, the Versa and the Fit are really quite different from each other. In North America, they end up being categorized in the same marketing segment, but in other markets, people who are considering the Fit/Jazz would not consider the Versa/Tiida, and vice versa. The Fit is highly utilitarian, and the Versa leans more towards the comfort. They are both very good cars. In the birthplace of the Fit and Versa (Tiida), they rarely if ever compete in the marketplace. Nissan has a car called the NOTE, which is the direct competition of the Fit (which I sometimes wish Nissan had brought here). The Fit has frequently outsold the Tiida by up to a 3 to 1 margin over there, and even though the Fit is about to be totally redesigned this fall, it's still outselling the Tiida by about 2 to 1. "Outsold" is really a misnomer because they do not really compete, but at least in terms of the sales figures, that is what has happened in Japan. Frankly, if I were in Japan right now, I would be driving a Tiida again, with HR15DE and CVT (that's what I drove before). I love to be in the backseat of a Tiida. It is one of the most comfortable rear seating spaces that I have ever been in. An uncle of mine, who drives a Nissan Cima (NA FY33 Infiniti Q45), once saw a Tiida with me at a dealership and said, "Holy s**t, this thing's got a bigger rear seat than my Cima!" Precisely. I often took a backseat in a Tiida when my wife was driving, much to her displeasure ("Who am I, a chauffeur?"). 
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Replying to: jacksan1 (Jul 22, 2007 6:10 pm)  And informative. Are/were you serving in the military over seas? Thanks, Kip
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OK... I'm removing the recent posts here that comment on other users. Please stick to discussing the vehicles and stay away from discussing each other. If you can't make a post without commenting on another user, then don't make the post. Any future posting with comments about other users will be removed with no notice.
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Jul 23, 2007 4:28 am)
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Let's drop this discussion of each other and get back to the vehicles now. There will be no last shots taken in this confrontation. |
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Replying to: kipk (Jul 22, 2007 8:29 pm) Kip, thanks again. No, I was not in the military, but worked in the automobile sector in Japan from the mid-1980s until mid-90s. I still go back and forth between Japan and U.S. regularly. You should visit Japan sometime. It's great fun looking at all those cars! Speaking of the Versa's cargo room, one feature that is missing from it that is available in the JDM Tiida is the sliding rear seat. Having this feature would actually mitigate the lack of a completely flat cargo floor in the Versa quite a bit, since, by pushing the seat cushion forward, which travels some 20 cm, you are effectively adding the extra length to the deepest and flattest part of the cargo floor. Currently, the Versa's rear seat cushion is set to the maximum leg room config. of the JDM Tiida. Sliding rear seat lets you choose how much cargo floor length you want. And with a lot of height as well. |
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This sleepy little forum got a little heated while I was away (I'm typically a reader, but not a poster, as I don't own one of these cars). It resembled the midsize sedans forum for awhile there! Now, it doesn't have to be a yawn-fest, but I'm glad the host stepped in. I will say this though. Poster X will say his car is better because of modification(s). It makes an Apples-to-apples comparison near impossible, because I can't necessarily modify my car in the same way. The same thing has been said in the midsize sedans forum that I'm a major participant in. Some talked about "the XYZ sedan is faster than an ABC now that I've added a performance chip to my engine." Well, now you're not comparing apples to apples. You're comparing apples to apple pie. Does what I said make any sense? I rambled a bit, but my point, is that it's not really fair to assume everyone has the know-how, financial means, or desire to devote into modifying their vehicle, therefore strict comparisons are much more sensible and more easily made. |
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JD Powers rated the '07 Versa 2 stars on mechanical quality and 5 stars for the Fit. http://www.jdpower.com/autos/nissan/versa/2007/hatchback
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Replying to: bobw3 (Oct 14, 2007 5:38 am) http://www.jdpower.com/autos/honda/fit/2008 Kip
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