Honda Fit EV.

While the Honda Fit is still on sale around the world, Honda stopped selling it in 2022, at the end of the third generation’s lifespan. Exactly when they decided to concentrate on the new generation HR-V and its higher profit margin.

The 4th generation is on sale in many countries as the Honda Fit, Honda Jazz, or Honda Life. In the US, recently used Honda Fit models are still very popular and are actually pretty expensive. Owners also love them.

Just like killing the Chevrolet Bolt too early, I think it might have been a mistake to kill the Fit in the US. (Although Honda needed the factory space in Mexico for the new HR-V…). While we are going to see a next generation Chevrolet Bolt, there seems to be no plan for a new Fit in the US. However, I think it would make a great new affordable EV for Honda.

They’ve already mentioned their new EV models based on the 0 Series Saloon concept we saw a few months ago, coming in 2026. It will use Honda’s new “e-Architecture” EV platform. That new platform will start with a production version of the 0 Series Saloon concept. As well as a mid-sized SUV and an entry-level SUV, all in 2026. It looks like that new “mid-sized SUV” could end up competing with the current Ultium-based Honda Prologue.

A larger 3-row SUV is scheduled for 2027. A “compact SUV” a year later and a “small size SUV” in 2029. (I’m not sure what the difference will be between the “entry-level SUV” and the “small-size SUV” will be…)

Finally, a new “Compact sedan” based on that same EV platform is scheduled for 2030. I guess that leaves time for another generation ICE/Hybrid Civic before, or almost.

I really think it would be a mistake for Honda not to compete in the cheaper sub-$30 000 EV market and a new Fit EV would be the perfect car to do it. The new Kia EV3 is just around 8 inches longer than the last Honda Fit sold in the US. A slightly longer Fit EV could very well compete in the same segment. At least GM is indeed coming with a new Ultium-based Chevrolet Bolt. At around the same size as the previous Bolt EUV, it will also be competing against the new Kia EV3. And so will the next-generation Nissan Leaf. And you know Toyota is working on something…