The Honda Fit, sometimes known because the Honda Jazz, is a subcompact automobile yielded by the Japanese maker Honda from 2001 with present. It was initially introduced inside June 2001 plus is today inside its 2nd generation. The name "Jazz" is chosen inside Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, Australia plus many components of Asia, whilst the name "jazz" is chosen inside Japan, China as well as the Americas.
Marketed internationally plus produced at 10 vegetation inside 8 nations, its sales surpassed 3.5 million by July 2010. It shares Honda's worldwide little auto platform with many alternative models of the manufacturer: City, Airwave, Mobilio, Mobilio Spike, Freed plus Freed Spike.
Honda introduced crossbreed gasoline-electric versions of the jazz inside Japan inside October 2010 plus inside Europe inside early 2011. The Honda jazz EV, a limited creation all-electric variation, was introduced inside the United States inside July 2012.

The Honda jazz debuted inside June 2001 inside Japan plus instantly became a big hit. By December 2001, it had outsold the Toyota Corolla, plus rated initial inside sales for 9 from twelve months inside 2002. It subsequently was introduced inside Europe, Australia, South America, South Africa plus South-East Asia, China, plus Mexico.
The jazz's gas tank below the front seat plus compact back suspension have enabled the back seats with fold particularly low, creating a flexible plus regularized cargo amount which is big for the class.
See: Honda jazz: diagram with forward gas tank place plus back seat folded, into room usually occupied by the gas tank.
A creation model for the United States plus Canada debuted about January 8, 2006 at the North American International Car Show inside Detroit. The automobile was introduced inside Canada about April 3, 2006, plus inside the U.S. about April 20, 2006 because a 2007 model year auto. In the North American markets, the initial generation jazz was changed following just 2 model years with a unique 2009 model, that was introduced for Japan inside November 2007 because a 2008 model. Subsequent iterations can keep the same platforms internationally.
Honda initially intended with name the vehicle "Fitta", however shortened the name inside several markets, plus renamed it completely inside others, on finding which inside many Nordic languages, fitta is a prevalent plus vulgar slang word for girl genitalia.
The jazz is available inside 6 variations. All Fit/Jazz models throughout the globe use 1 of 7 or even more distinct codes. These are typically found inside the vehicle’s identification number:
Fit/Jazz
GD1: 1.3 L L13A i-DSI Inline-four engine 2WD
GD2: 1.3 L L13A i-DSI Inline-four engine 4WD
GD3: 1.5 L L15A VTEC Inline-four engine 2WD
GD4: 1.5 L L15A VTEC Inline-four engine 4WD
GD5: 1.2 L L12A Inline-four engine
GE3: 1.3 L L13A i-DSI Inline-four engine 2WD
City/jazz Aria:
GD6: 1.3 L L13A i-DSI Inline-four engine 2WD
GD7: 1.3 L L13A i-DSI Inline-four engine 4WD
GD8: 1.5 L L15A i-DSI/VTEC Inline-four engine 2WD
GD9: 1.5 L L15A i-DSI/VTEC Inline-four engine 4WD
Depending found on the area, the jazz is accessible with a 1.2, 1.3, 1.5-liter i-DSI engine, or 1.5-liter VTEC engine. All 4 motors are based about Honda’s L-series engine family. The eight-valve i-DSI motors utilize 2 spark plugs per cylinder, permitting gasoline with burn more completely; consequently, gas usage plus emissions are reduced whilst maximum torque at mid-range rpm is maintained. The 1.5 L VTEC engine has the typical 16-valve configuration which will maximize output at excellent rpm.


US-spec interior
Honda jazz's L-series of machines moreover delivers the castings plus reciprocating mass for Honda Marine’s 75 plus 90 horsepower outboard motors, the BF75 as well as the BF90.
The motors are mated with a five-speed guide, five-speed automatic, or constantly varying transmission, depending found on the area. Two types of the CVT are offered: the normal, as well as the CVT-7. The CVT-7 provides a smooth, continuous flow of energy, or 7 simulated "gears" controlled by paddle shifters found on the steering column.
The jazz utilizes Honda's Global Small Car platform, that is additionally selected by the jazz Aria/City, the Airwave, the Mobilio, as well as the Mobilio Spike.

Jazz is a music genre which originated at the beginning of the 20th century, arguably earlier, in the African-American communities of the Southern United States. Its origins lay inside the combining by African-Americans of certain European tranquility plus shape ingredients, with their existing African-based music. Its African musical basis is obvious inside its utilize of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation as well as the swung note. From its early development till the modern, jazz has equally incorporated ingredients from common music particularly, inside its early days, from American prevalent music.
As the music has developed plus spread all over the world it has, because its early American beginnings, drawn about different nationwide, territorial plus surrounding musical cultures, offering rise with numerous distinctive styles: New Orleans jazz dating within the early 1910s, big band swing, Kansas City jazz plus Gypsy jazz within the 1930s plus 1940s, bebop within the mid-1940s about down by Afro-Cuban jazz, West Coast jazz, ska jazz, cool jazz, Indo jazz, avant-garde jazz, soul jazz, modal jazz, room jazz, free jazz, Latin jazz inside different types, smooth jazz, jazz fusion plus jazz rock, jazz funk, loft jazz, punk jazz, acid jazz, ethno jazz, jazz hip-hop, cyber jazz, M-Base, nu jazz plus additional techniques of playing the music.
Talking of swing, Louis Armstrong, the most distinguished musicians inside jazz, mentioned with Bing Crosby found on the latter's radio show, "Ah, swing, perfectly, you chosen with call it syncopation, then they called it ragtime, then blues, then jazz. Now, it's swing. White people - yo'all sho is a mess!"
In a 1988 interview, trombonist J. J. Johnson mentioned, "Jazz is restless. It won't remain place plus it not will".

Jazz spans a range of music from ragtime with the present day—a period of over 100 years—and has proven with be especially difficult with define. Attempts have been prepared with define jazz within the attitude of additional musical traditions—using the point of see of European music history or African music for example—but critic Joachim Berendt argues which its terms of reference as well as its description ought to be broader. Berendt defines jazz because a "shape of art music that originated inside the United States from the confrontation of the Negro with European music" plus argues it differs from European music because jazz has a "specialized relationship with time defined because 'swing'", involves "a spontaneity plus energy of musical creation inside that improvisation plays a role" plus contains a "sonority plus way of phrasing that mirror the individuality of the operating jazz musician".


Double bassist Reggie Workman, saxophone player Pharoah Sanders, plus drummer Idris Muhammad operating inside 1978
A broader description which encompasses the radically different eras of jazz has been proposed by Travis Jackson: he states that it must be music which involves properties like swing, improvising, group interaction, developing an 'individual voice', plus being available to different musical possibilities. An review of the conversation about definitions is offered by Krin Gabbard, whom argues which "jazz is a construct" which, whilst artificial, nevertheless is helpful with designate "a amount of musics with enough inside well-known with be understood because piece of the coherent tradition". On the other hand with the efforts of commentators plus fanatics of certain kinds of jazz, whom have argued for narrower definitions which exclude additional kinds, the musicians themselves are frequently hesitant with define the music they play. Duke Ellington, 1 of jazz's many distinguished figures, summed up this attitude by suggesting, "It's all music".
In jazz, consequently, the experienced performer can understand a tune inside extremely individual techniques, not playing the same composition the same technique twice. Depending on the performer's mood plus individual experience, interactions with alternative musicians, or members of the audience, a jazz musician might alter melodies, harmonies or time signature at usually. The value of improvisation has led several critics with recommend which even Duke Ellington's music wasn't jazz, considering it was organized plus orchestrated. On the different hand, the solo piano "transformative versions" of Ellington compositions by Earl Hines were described by Ben Ratliff, the NY Times jazz critic, to be "because wise an illustration of the jazz procedure because anything out there".
The approach with improvisation has developed tremendously over the history of the music. In early New Orleans plus Dixieland jazz, performers took turns playing the melody, when others improvised countermelodies. By the swing era, big bands were coming with depend more about organized music: plans were either created or learned by ear plus memorized, when individual soloists might improvise in these plans. Later, inside bebop the focus changed back towards tiny groups plus minimal arrangements; the melody will be reported quickly at the begin plus end of the part, yet the core of the performance will be the series of improvisations. Later designs including modal jazz abandoned the strict idea of the chord development, permitting the individual musicians with improvise more freely in the context of the provided scale or mode. In many types of jazz a soloist is usually supported with a rhythm section which accompanies the soloist by playing chords plus rhythms which outline the track structure plus complement the soloist. In avant-garde plus free jazz idioms, the separation of soloist plus band is reduced, plus there is license, or a requirement, for the abandoning of chords, scales, plus rhythmic meters.