Brand new Honda Fit doesn't feel like it's accelerating correctly?

I traded in my 2011 CR-V for a new Fit yesterday afternoon because the payments were more affordable.

While I was driving it last night, I noticed that it really had to step down on the accelerator to get it to accelerate. As hard as I was pressing on it to go about 60, that same pressure would have gotten me to 75-80 in my CR-V.

I have a 95 Corolla and the Fit actually felt similar to how slowly the Corolla accelerated! Not what I expected from a brand new car.

I do a lot of interstate driving, otherwise it wouldn't be a huge deal to me.

Is this something that has to do with the new-ness of it, or is it something else? Thanks!

Added (1). OK I feel silly now… The CR-V was a 6 cylinder and the Fit is a 4. That hadn't even crossed my mind!

Well the newness can have a temporary effect but i would think the size of the engine would be the real reason if the car you have now is 4 cilinders it can take longer to get to the same speed a 6 or 8 cylinder car could

Cars use drive by wire, so technically the amount you press has an indirect connection to the throttle. In another words the pedal you are pressing is a gauge which sends reading to your car's computer which determines how much throttle to open up. Unplug the battery terminals to reset the car's ecu settings and drive the car hard. If you are the type who generally tries to get all the miles out of each gallon of gas, then that is your problem. The ecu learns your driving habits according to an algorithm.

Cylinders does not translate to acceleration. The porsche gt3 is a 6 cylinder but will accelerate after than a v8 mustang.

BTW the 0-60 acceleration time is about.3-.5 seconds faster in the fit than the crv. There's a difference in feeling like you are going fast vs going fast. More low end torque will make you feel like you are going faster and same with a more non linear torque curve when in fact you might be going just as fast in a car with a linear torque curve but it will feel slower with a linear torqued car.

Didn't you test drive this car before you bought it? I suppose you got it with the 1.2 liter engine to save fuel… I've seen lawn mowers with larger engines. It puts out a whopping 76 horsepower. Of COURSE it's not going to run 90 miles per hour on the freeway. Get used to it!

I would return it to Honda and ask if the engine is in limp mode (a computer safety mode) as many cars have a built in mode to try to avoid an owner harming the engine by over speeding the engine( this would be a situation such as down shifting the car at 60 from 4th to 3rd as an example) PS I own a 2007 fit and its a little rocket below 80. Your model is larger and heavier a bit but I believe has a slightly larger engine than mine.