Get out of your Element…
Have you seen the Honda Element and the Toyota Scion xB? These are the two most fucking ugly pieces of shit on the road. Who the hell in their right mind wants to drive a box?
The Scion is another Saturn experiment… a manufacturer who wants to start a “small car company” that has little association with the parent company… at least it’s relatively inexpensive… but I think even the starting price of $14,500 is a little much for a metal box on steroids. If you haven’t already, go look at the pictures of the Toyota Scion xB, and tell me what you think of this ugly thing.
As for the Honda Element, it starts out near $18,000! I can think of a lot more things I can do with 18 grand than to sink it on a metal box with those huge grey plastic blobs attached to it. I mean what the hell is that? At least with vehicles that have the plastic cladding on it (example: Chevy Avalanche), the cladding is protecting the metal, not replacing it! Being that it’s a Honda, I’m surprised it’s not priced to compete with the Avalanche (high 20’s to mid 30’s).
I’m starting to see more of these ugly shits on the road too… why on earth would people spend their hard earned cash on rolling metal boxes? These cars have all the aerodynamics of a brick… what is it that makes them so attractive? Can anyone shed some light on this? Please?
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I completely agree! The first time I saw an Element on the road my reaction was a big WTF? The only thing I can figure is that maybe they have some really cool features on the inside or something?
When I bought my CRV, we looked at the Element. I think they are as ugly inside as they are on the outside. They are all plastic inside (including the floor. You can literally hose the inside out. Maybe they’d be good if you did lots of muddy things? That still doesn’t cure the ugly though.
My first response when I saw the element for the first time…”Was it built out of Lego what the hell is it.” =)
Oh my god… I’m so sick of seeing them on the road! I keep waiting for them to spit out my TOAST because they look damned like toasters.
If I was forced, and by forced I mean these two vehicles being the last form of mobile transportation on earth, I’d choose the Scion as the lesser of two uglies.
When I see an Element, I end up making that “ick” face like someone just farted in my mouth; with the Scion, I can just say “damn, that is one ugly car,” but it could be tolerated like an ugly stepchild.
totally agree they are the xB is the ugliest piece of shit on the road
i dont understand why anyone would buy them. the Element at least has some attractive reasons why its a box
They ARE heinous. When we were looking at CR-V’s I asked the guy what the deal was with those and he lamely suggested that some people who “hunt or have kegs” liked to be able to just hose out the inside. Apparently the interior is plastic.
Back whe I was a kid I was always told the cars of 2000 would be silver, streamlined things. These ugly boxes on wheels are just proof SUVs are automotive devolution.
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i always thought those cars looked like breadboxes on wheels. i also find their advertising to be so lame and transparent. ugh