[AM2]

Originally Posted by Nicktyelor

2018 model is official: http://www.carscoops.com/2017/06/201...-face-and.html



Wondering if those leaked photos were Euro only and limited to the Hybrid. The fascia and bumpers here are much more normal. I actually like it quite a bit.

The front of the Asian version with the shorter bumper looks better than the US version.

-Paultan.org

[boston]

Originally Posted by AM2

The front of the Asian version with the shorter bumper looks better than the US version.

-Paultan.org

Probably the effect of the small overlap crash test we have in North America.

[AM2]

Originally Posted by boston

Probably the effect of the small overlap crash test we have in North America.

I think those are 5mph bumpers.

I kinda liked how they extended the bumpers on the first gen model though.

[2o6]

Originally Posted by AM2

The front of the Asian version with the shorter bumper looks better than the US version.

-Paultan.org

I think the US bumper looks cleaner, and I think the extra few inches actually make the car look a bit more balanced.

[SV]

Originally Posted by AM2

The front of the Asian version with the shorter bumper looks better than the US version.
-Paultan.org

That's interesting. I assumed the first gen Fit had a different front end for the US market because it wasn't originally designed for US bumper/crash standards, but I don't know why Honda has kept doing it for subsequent generations that should have been designed with US compliance in mind from the start. I figured it would be cheaper for Honda to make every Fit worldwide US-compliant so they only have to build one version.

[swizzle]

Originally Posted by SV

...I figured it would be cheaper for Honda to make every Fit worldwide US-compliant so they only have to build one version.

The fault in that logic unfortunately is that crash standards as well as motor vehicle standards are just different enough in different markets that designing one for all won't work. Heaven forbid that standards should be universal.

[mick78]

Originally Posted by swizzle

Heaven forbid that standards should be universal.

What would local lobbyists live of?
Those poor suckers need a job too....

[swizzle]

Originally Posted by mick78

What would local lobbyists live of?
Those poor suckers need a job too....

They could all become those Antifa domestic terrorists and beat police officers and burn things.

[AM2]

Originally Posted by SV

...I figured it would be cheaper for Honda to make every Fit worldwide US-compliant so they only have to build one version.

Originally Posted by swizzle

The fault in that logic unfortunately is that crash standards as well as motor vehicle standards are just different enough in different markets that designing one for all won't work. Heaven forbid that standards should be universal.

@SV Honda could have done what Toyota did. The JDM Toyota Vitz and USDM Yaris for example look almost alike.


Same can be said about the Mirage and Juke.