"If I could have held on to my Honda Element for a few more years this would have been the easy pick...and honestly it still might be if I have a need to ditch my Sprinter van in the next few years."

""If we just take all the proportions and drop them by about 5%..." 5% doesn't sound like much, but that's worlds away from being anywhere near ready."

"Haha. Can't tell you how many footwear projects I've worked on that went, "We want something like a Nike Free, but not . . . Nah. Just kidding. Just make a crappy Nike Free.""

"Jeff E from Santa Cruz, CA asks - Who was the target consumer when this car was briefed? My take on one of the reasons the Element took so long to gain a following was that it was marketed to young 20-somethings as bigger than a Civic, smaller than a more expensive SUV but ended up fitting better with the 30-something weekend warriors who were potentially a little more focused on utility than exterior aesthetics. For what it's worth, I bought mine when I was 23 and love both the aesthetics and the utility."

"I absolutely love my '03 AWD Element. I bought it just before graduating from college, knowing that I was A. moving across the country B. going to be taking numerous trips to snow-covered mountains and dirt cover-roads. It has been the perfect combination of stuff hauler, daily driver, and adventuremobile. It's getting up there in years and miles, and I'll be sad to have to put it out to pasture soon. There's nothing out there that comes close to matching its utility for the size and price."

"What would that do to the chewing gum industry?! You're destroying American jobs you monster."