Honda's third-generation Fit, known as the GK5, is probably the most noticed and controversial generation in all its histories.
In the eyes of fans who like it, the third generation of Fit is a "civilian supercar", a "small steel cannon" with great modification potential, a regular customer of small displacement group race modified cars, and can also sell high-priced "wealth management products" for several years.
However, in the eyes of most passers-by, it is just a "grocery cart" with better power, and even in the eyes of girls who do not understand cars, the third-generation Fit is just a "van".
Gold is not perfect, and the same is true of cars. Although the GK5 active and passive safety performance is poor, the suspension filter is almost zero, but for a car of tens of thousands of yuan, you can not be demanding that Fit has hundreds of thousands of yuan of high-end car materials, nor can it have a technology configuration armed to the teeth, at least compared to the same level of Volkswagen POLO, Toyota Zhixuan and other small cars, Fit can only do good, large space, in addition to a certain playability.
But since the upgrade to the fourth-generation Fit (GR9), everything seems to be fleeting. Even if the new car looks more exquisite, the high-end configuration is slightly improved, but the overall shape is no longer moving, in addition, in order to meet the national 6 emissions, the actual power performance has also shrunk significantly, and the low-end model is not even audio and wiper, which is too ugly to eat. On top of that, the fourth-generation Fit (GR9) actually eliminated the manual transmission version.
In the face of the actual power shrinkage, and castrating off the manual gear, Fit directly changed from the "small steel cannon" and "supercar" that was once the fan's mouth, directly into a living "grocery shopping car", and no longer has the sport attribute.
When the product strength is no longer advantageous, and under the pressure of the "sister article" LIFE, the sales of the fourth-generation Fit (GR9) have declined all the way, from 14,746 single-month sales in October 2021 to five consecutive months, and only 4,905 single-month sales remain in March 2022. Not only has It surpassed the Fit, but the rising star BYD Dolphin has achieved many successes and become the hottest new star in the small car segment.
From all indications, the fourth generation of Fit (GR9) is far inferior to the third generation fit (GK5) in terms of both the product's own performance and the deterrent power of the same market. To give you a reference, at present, GK5 still has a very good retention rate in the terminal second-hand market, and individual manual second-hand cars have reached 70,000 yuan, which is simply a "financial artifact".
Finally, I have to sigh that GK5 is still the "strongest grocery shopping car" today, purely due to the favorable time and place. Nowadays, the automobile market has long been upgraded by consumption, coupled with the gradual transformation of consumers to the new energy market, naturally there will be no more look at Fit, coupled with the fact that not many car companies are willing to make fuel cars with low profits, GK5 this boutique car may disappear forever in the long river of history...
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