Honda's Fit may be small on the outside, but it packs huge volumes of useable interior space into its tidy exterior dimensions. Apparently Honda's clever interior packaging wasn't enough for some, because the automaker has created the Fit Shuttle for Japanese consumption, which is essentially a Honda Fit with about a foot and a half of more bodywork added behind its rear wheels (everything forward of the rear doors is exactly the same as a regular Fit). The result is a Honda Fit that looks even more micro-minivan-like than it already does, thanks to the loss of the standard car's tidy, clipped rear overhang. In fact, to our eyes, the Fit Shuttle looks like a shrunken last-generation Toyota Sienna—or like a Fit with a full diaper.
The Fit Shuttle seats five, just as a standard Fit does, but it improves on the standard car's already stellar cargo capacity behind its rear seats. The Fit Shuttle and Shuttle hybrid share their powertrains with their smaller-butted Fit and Fit hybrid counterparts, meaning a 1.5-liter four-cylinder in the standard Shuttle and a 1.3-liter four-cylinder combined with an electric motor in the hybrid. The Fit Shuttle is available now in Japan, and the gas model costs $19,947 at current exchange rates, while the hybrid commands $22,450. There are no plans to sell the Fit Shuttle anywhere outside of Japan, which we are pretty sure is okay by us.
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Source: http://blog.caranddriver.com/jdm-honda-fit-shuttle-released-hauls-more-junk-than-regular-fit-while-looking-weirder/
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