In article <1btmk3l2h6i81ae13v9kucm4r00t765gs0@4ax.com>,
wrx_zx6r@hotmail.com says...

> As an owner of the current Fit ('07 US Spec), I think the other
> posters here are on to something. The Fit is really what the Civic
> was 2 generations ago. The current Civic has been upsized to be what
> an Accord was a few years ago and the Accord is quite the mid-size now
> bordering on to what full size was a few years ago. I don't know if
> this trend is because consumers demanded more for their money or if US
> consumers have gotten too fat to fit in the cars. Only half kidding
> there....:-)

I'm temporarily driving an 07 Accord sedan - it's a rental car being
(mostly) paid for by insurance while my CRX is at the body shop after an
SUV failed to pay attention while backing up. The Accord's a nice enough
car, and it's quiet and comfortable, but it's bigger than I'd prefer.
Our 99 Accord sedan doesn't feel nearly as large, and the blind spots in
it aren't nearly as pronounced as in the 07 (I find the A-pillars in
particular way too wide for optimum visibility, but I guess that's
partially the result of having to house side-curtain airbags, which I'd
just as soon not have).

Other nits to pick: I've always hated the radio/climate control console
in the 03-07 Accords. I can't understand why Honda did away with the
nice-looking, intuitive climate control in the 98-02 Accords, which had
automatic temperature control, and replaced it with the current
monstrosity.

I really like what I've seen of the Fit (I have yet to drive one).
Perhaps it has to do with your observation that it's the latter-day
version of an earlier-generation Civic - I'm one of those people who
tends to prefer older Hondas over the newer ones.

Dave