A Guest in a Reasonably Priced Car

Here at Awesome Base Alpha, we challenge our guests to drive a hot pink Honda Fit W around the Motorland track in Gran Turismo 4, and then rank them here to see how well they do.

The Leaderboard

NameTime
The Chip51.5
Corporal Dogmeat53.8
peawee53.8
Lance54.4
malevolentjelly54.8
Danny56.1
Matt F.56.2
onemessedzebra56.6
Pete56.6
Mike W.57.8
Allie58.8
Sammie58.8
Amber58.8
Jason1:14.2

About the Honda Fit W

The Honda Fit is a small 5-seater subcompact tall wagon. Though only introduced in the United States in 2006, it has already become a popular car among young buyers because of its low price and practicality. In the US, you can get a Fit for around $14,750 (manual) / $15,550 (automatic), and it gets an EPA estimated 28 MPG city / 35 MPG highway — with either the automatic or manual transmission. Unfortunately, we don't get the 1.3L engine from our GT4 car here in the states, which would cost less and see even greater efficiency.

Honda Fit W in Iris Red PearlThe Honda Fit W we use for our competition is a Japanese model from 2001. It comes with a 1.3L engine and a CVT transmission, so our guests compete on equal footing and don't have to shift. And since we're nutty, we require our drivers to compete in a Fit painted in Iris Red Pearl, which isn't really like an iris or red, and is in fact a rather vivid pearlescent pink.

Specs

Engine1339cc SOHC L4
Horsepower84HP @ 5700 RPM
Torque87.5 lb-ft @ 2800 RPM
DrivetrainFront engine, Front wheel drive
Dimensions3830x1675x1525mm (150.8x65.9x60.0in)
Weight990 kg (2182.5 lbs)