Or swing the back seats up and out of the way, attaching them to the walls with carabiner-like hooks. Or they can be folded down to create a bed.Īnother functional feature: You can fold the Element's four seats flat. Honda's seats can be hooked up to create cargo space. "We considered putting cupholders in the step garnish. He points to the open rear door to show a recess that has been designed to hold a water bottle. "If we couldn't open the side cargo doors, we wouldn't have done the car. Cyr, dressed in his white Honda work uniform, grabbing one of the doors of a pre-production Element. ![]() The most obvious feature: Huge side cargo doors with no B-pillars - opening 78 degrees for the front and 90 degrees for the back - creating an airy, wide-open look. of Spartanburg, S.C., the Element has been designed for anyone wanting to haul stuff. The "explanation" is that the Element, which goes on sale in December, is a vehicle that exudes functionality.įrom the scratch resistant thermoplastic polyolefin floor by Amtex of Lebanon, Ohio, to the waterproof seating material Honda developed jointly with Milliken & Co. "But I saw the mockup before I heard the explanation." ![]() Cyr, a vehicle research engineer with Honda R&D Americas Inc. "I said, 'Hmm, that's different,' " recalls St. It was months before the crossover aimed at 20-somethings debuted as the Model X concept at the 2001 Detroit auto show. Cyr still remembers the first time he saw the Honda Element.
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