• The original Honda Fit was sold for just two years before the completely redesigned 2009 model went on sale. This is because the Fit came to America well into its previous design cycle.

• Honda calls the redesigned 2009 Fit’s styling “super-forward aero-form design.”

• The 2009 Honda Fit is equipped with the automaker’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure, which is designed to do a better job of protecting the Fit’s occupants, and any pedestrian’s the Fit’s driver might hit.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s front body rigidity is 164-percent stiffer than the previous Fit.

• The 2009 Honda Fit is equipped with electric power steering.

• One of the 2009 Honda Fit’s hallmark features, the rear Magic Seat, can be folded flat with the flip of a single lever, and this can be done from the rear of the vehicle.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s rear seat slides forward and back, can fold flat, and is equipped with a bottom cushion that can flip up to help the Fit carry taller loads. In combination with the front passenger’s seat that can fold flat, the Fit can carry long items with the hatchback closed. Honda calls the different Magic Seat modes Utility, Tall, Long, and People.

• The 2009 Honda Fit holds 20.6 cubic feet of cargo behind the rear seats.

• The 2009 Honda Fit holds 57.3 cubic feet of cargo behind the front seats.

• The 2009 Honda Fit can carry items 50.4 inches tall with the bottom cushion of the Magic Seat flipped up.

• With the front passenger’s seat folded in half, the 2009 Honda Fit can carry items as long as 7 feet, 9 inches.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s rear doors can be opened to an 80-degree angle, making it easier to load or unload people and cargo.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s tailgate sill is just 24 inches off the ground, for easier loading and unloading.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s turning diameter is 34.4 feet.

• Honda improved the 2009 Fit’s air conditioning airflow by 10 percent.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s standard tilt and telescopic steering wheel offers a telescopic range of 1.2 inches and a tilt adjustment range of 1.6 inches.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s windshield features 1.2 times more surface area than the previous model, and the front quarter windows are three times larger.

• The 2009 Honda Fit’s audio system includes Speed-Sensitive Volume Control.

• The 2009 Honda Fit has dual upper and lower gloveboxes, located on either side of an instrument panel tray on the passenger’s side of the dashboard.

• The 2009 Honda Fit has a ticket holder on the driver’s side sun visor, and a business card holder in the lower glovebox.

• The 2009 Honda Fit has beverage holders located directly in front of the outboard climate system vents, helping to keep cool drinks cool in the summer, and warm drinks warm in the winter.

• The optional navigation system on the 2009 Honda Fit Sport include voice-recognition technology, a touch screen, turn-by-turn voice guidance in a programmable male or female voice, destination memory and recall, a calendar, and a calculator.