These SUVs Never Should Have Been Made

8. 2003 Honda Element

The Honda Element had a frustrating design logic. It was upright and boxy with a two-toned paneling that made it look half baked. The plastic body paneling made the Honda Element look cheap, and its performance only served to confirm that fact.

It was a four-wheel-drive vehicle with a frustratingly slow 2.4 Liter four-cylinder engine. 160 horsepower gave the Honda Element high revs and low expectations. The braking was firm, but the entire vehicle broke out into a case of the rattles when it was engaged at high speeds.