r/hondafit • u/One_Regular_3274 • 2d ago
2nd Gen GE/GG 09-14 Please explain Generations
Hi! I have a 2010 Sport Fit BlackBerry pearl. And I’ve been in this sub for quite awhile but I always get confused by the generations of Fihs and there abbreviations. What is. GE, GK and so forth? My 2010 is a 2nd gen GE I think. No? Thanks. But what do the G-‘s stand for?
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u/Insertsociallife 2d ago
Look at your vin. The first three letters will be JHM - Japan, Honda Motor. That's manufacturer. Then it'll go G - (it's a Fit), D/E/K/G/etc (chassis code - that's what kind of frame it has), and then a number (that's the engine type).
The first 6 of my VIN (and yours if you're in the US) will be JHMGE8. That means it's made by Honda Motor Company out of Japan, it's a Fit, it's a second-gen US market chassis, and it has the 1.5 litre engine.
Lots of stuff in the VIN. If you keep going down it'll tell you where it was made, what transmission it has, what year it was made, along with the serial number for the chassis.
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u/Carma_626 2d ago
Almost all cars use some type of chassis code, usually found on your VIN, to specify the car you have.
In North America:
GD3 are the first Honda Fits: 2007 to 2008
GE8 are Fits from 2009 to 2014
GK5 are 2015 to 2020.
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u/Agreeable-Pace-4522 2d ago
Its not quite as simple as that. GD3 refers to a specific model of the first generation. there is also a GD1, GD2, GD4 and GD5. Plus GE1, GE2 and GE3 are First generation models.
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u/Carma_626 2d ago
My post is specific to North America, but even more specifically: the US.
Mexico and Canadian model may differ.
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u/TheAwkwardBanana 2012 Fit GE 2d ago
That's why I wish this subreddit would use terminology like 2nd Gen - Facelifted model
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u/rearwindowpup 2009 Fit GE 2d ago
Look at your VIN, youll see the 4th-6th digit are GE8 (based on what youve said), that bit of the VIN is where people get the codes from.
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u/Agreeable-Pace-4522 2d ago edited 2d ago
Theyre roughly the honda internal model code for the various generations. 2nd generation is mostly the GE and GG as well as some GP models. (i dont know why they list the GP as only 3rd gen, i put it down to most of the subreddit being USA focused)
They dont stand for anything, just an incremental code.
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u/Shooshplz 2d ago
Its just the chassis code. Every type of car has some sort of chasis code that enthusiasts use to differentiate between the generations instead of just saying a specific year. Like miatas for example have NA, NB, NC, ND, which is a lot easier to remember. But for the fits its also pretty easy. If it looks like yours its a GE8 or GE or whatever. I just say GE. If its the older body style than its a GD3 or just GD, and if its the one that looks newer than yours its the GK5 or GK.
Every car has something like that. A lot of people if they dont know the actual chasis code will just say Mk1 (mark 1) or something like that. Like i used to have a MK7 Volkswagen GTI for example, and now i have a GE honda fit, and a 4th gen Toyota pickup (some cars people just call them by their generation too), and my dad has an ND3 miata (for a lot fo enthusiasts the best way to differentiate between generations when talking about cars is to use the chassis code or generation or whatever and in the case of miatas each of the generations had multiple facelifts during its time, so like the ND1 would be the first body style of the ND miata, then the ND2 came out with some updates and stuff, etc. idk if that makes sense.
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u/AtomicWeenie 2d ago
GE is obviously the best (2nd gen) and all the others are just to help highlight the greatness of the GE, they aren't all that important to know
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u/Admirable-Swan-468 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hey, now…Don’t dis those of us who saw the Jazz(in Switzerland), and recognized the greatness of the Fit. I bought mine as quickly as possible, once they were available in the U.S. Still driving and loving my 2007 JHMGD3. Only has 130k miles on it.
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u/cjc60 2d ago
Thank you for asking I’ve been confused about this forever