Sunday, July 31, 2011

honda fit first introduced in June 2001

The Honda Fit is a five-door hatchback subcompact car manufactured by the Honda Motor Company of Japan, first introduced in June 2001 and is now in its second generation. The Fit shares Honda's Global Small Car Platform with the City/Fit Aria, Airwave/Partner, Mobilio, Mobilio Spike, Freed and Freed Spike.
In both its generations and all its global iterations, the Fit is known for its interior packaging, which places the fuel tank under the front seat, enabling rear seats that fold to a flat, low position – thereby enabling a flexible, regularized cargo volume.
The nameplate Jazz is used in Europe, some parts of Asia, Australia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa — while the name "Fit" is used in Japan, China, and the Americas. Fit/Jazz is sold in approximately 115 countries and produced at ten plants in eight countries/regions.Worldwide cumulative sales of Fit/Jazz has reached 3.5 million by July 2010.
Contents
* 1 First generation
o 1.1 Models
o 1.2 Drivetrain and platform
o 1.3 Seating and cargo
o 1.4 Production
o 1.5 Regions
o 1.6 Crash test
* 2 Second-generation
o 2.1 Fit Hybrid (2010)
o 2.2 Fit Shuttle (2011)
o 2.3 Regional information
* 3 Sales
* 4 Marketing
o 4.1 Recall
* 5 2nd Recall
* 6 3rd Recall
* 7 Fit EV concept
* 8 Awards and recognition
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
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First-generation Fit 2001 Honda Fit (JDM)
Also called Honda Jazz
Guangzhou-Honda Fit Sport
Production 2001–2007
2006-2008 (U.S. and Canada)
Assembly Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil
Guangzhou, China
Karawang, Indonesia
Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Santa Rosa, Philippines
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Predecessor Honda Logo
Class North America: Subcompact
Europe: Supermini
Body style 5-door hatchback
Layout Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Platform Global Small Car; GD1/2/3/4
Engine L12A i-DSI 1.2 L I4
L13A i-DSI 1.3 L I4
L15A i-DSI 1.5 L I4
L15A VTEC 1.5 L I4
Transmission 5-speed manual
5-speed automatic
CVT / CVT-7
Wheelbase 2,450 mm (96.5 in)
Length 3,845 mm (151.4 in)
157.4 in (4,000 mm) (U.S. & Canada)
Width 1,675 mm (65.9 in)
Height 1,525 mm (60.0 in)
Curb weight 1,084 kg (2,390 lb) for 1.4 L LS with manual transmission
Related Honda Airwave
Honda City
The Honda Fit debuted in June 2001 in Japan and immediately became a big hit. By December 2001, it had outsold the Toyota Corolla, and ranked first in sales for nine out of twelve months in 2002. It subsequently was introduced in Europe (early 2002), Australia (late 2002), South America (early 2003), South Africa and South-East Asia (2003), China (Sep 2004), and Mexico (late 2005).
A production model for the United States and Canada debuted on January 8, 2006 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The car was released in Canada on April 3, 2006, and in the U.S. on April 20, 2006 as a 2007 model year car. In the North American markets, the first generation Fit was replaced after only two model years by a new 2009 model, which was released for Japan in November 2007 as a 2008 model. Subsequent iterations will maintain the same platforms worldwide.
Honda originally intended to name the car "Fitta", but shortened the name in some markets, and renamed it completely in others, upon discovering that in several Nordic languages, fitta is a popular and very vulgar slang word for vulva.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

toyota Motor Corporation Japanese

Toyota Motor Corporation Japanese: , Toyota Jidōsha KK?, IPA: TYO: 7203, LSE: TYT, NYSE: TM, commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide . TMC is the world's largest automobile manufacturer by sales and production.
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and, in 1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation group companies are Toyota (including the Scion brand), Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino Motors, along with several "non-automotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
Toyota Motor Corporation is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi and in Tokyo. Its Tokyo head office is located at 1-4-18 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8701, Japan. Nagoya Office at 4-7-1 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its Toyota Financial Services division and also builds robots.
Contents
* 1 Company overview
* 2 Logo and branding
o 2.1 Marketing
o 2.2 Sports
* 3 Leadership
* 4 Company strategy
o 4.1 Operations
o 4.2 Worldwide presence
+ 4.2.1 North America
* 5 Product line
o 5.1 Electric technology
+ 5.1.1 Plug-in hybrids
+ 5.1.2 All-electric vehicles
o 5.2 Cars
+ 5.2.1 SUVs and crossovers
+ 5.2.2 Pickup trucks
+ 5.2.3 Luxury-type vehicles
* 6 Motorsport
o 6.1 TRD
* 7 Non-automotive activities
o 7.1 Aerospace
o 7.2 Philanthropy
o 7.3 Higher education
o 7.4 Robotics
o 7.5 Finance
o 7.6 Agricultural biotechnology
* 8 Financial information
o 8.1 Government bailouts
* 9 Production and sales numbers
* 10 Environmental record
* 11 History
o 11.1 Recent company developments
+ 11.1.1 2007–2011 financial crisis
+ 11.1.2 2009–2010 vehicle recalls
+ 11.1.3 2011 Workers Strike in France
* 12 See also
* 13 References
* 14 External links

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

mercedes benz Gottlieb Daimler's companies

Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈtseːdəs ˈbɛnts]) is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG. Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, patented in January 1886 and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company. Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that later became common in other vehicles. Mercedes-Benz is one of the most well-known and established automotive brands in the world, and is also the world's oldest automotive brand still in existence today.
Contents
* 1 History
o 1.1 Business alliances
+ 1.1.1 Studebaker-Packard
+ 1.1.2 Subsidiaries
o 1.2 Quality rankings
o 1.3 Corporate average fuel economy
* 2 Production
* 3 Models
o 3.1 Current model range
+ 3.1.1 Passenger cars
+ 3.1.2 Trucks
+ 3.1.3 Buses and vans
o 3.2 Significant models produced
+ 3.2.1 Mercedes-Benz McLaren
o 3.3 Car nomenclature
o 3.4 Electric vehicles
o 3.5 Bicycles
* 4 Motorsport
o 4.1 Formula 1
* 5 Noted employees
* 6 Innovations
o 6.1 Robot cars
* 7 Tuners
* 8 References in Literature
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links

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