Hey. My parents are looking into picking up a Fit sometime soon and were looking at the Sport version. Theyre gonna want the automatic version, but I was wondering how the Manual Paddle Shifter performs. Thanks for any responses.

 

The US automatic Fit accelerates considerably slower than the manual. While it is a five-speed, it's still an automatic. Driveline loss is relatively high, and it shifts slowly like a typical automatic.

The paddles allow the driver to select gears, but you're still manually shifting an automatic transmission and nothing more. It doesn't shift nearly as quickly as something like VW's DSG. It will hold a gear more or less to redline, and it won't automatically upshift in "Sport" mode. It can't blip for downshifts (again, because it's a traditional automatic) like real "manumatics" for example.

 

Go to honda.com first and learn about what colors the Fit comes in, auto vs manual, etc... Then you can come here and ask a more specific question about the differences - not just "how does it perform".