They do still make the Element. Only now they call it the Ford Maverick. Inexpensive, handy, good mpgs, pretty fun to drive, comfortable enough, no frills interior. 

Neat little car -- or, more appropriately, a neat hobby. Won’t take up too much space in the garage, should be fun and easy to tinker on, and perfect for warm day drives to put a smile on your face. Plus a cool conversation piece. Probably a better financial decision than a boat. NP

I was ready to say NP for a fun little runabout in the waning days of the ICE, but the automatic transmission throws a giant “why bother?” into the proverbial gears.

My volvo came with an app that lets me do a few things, like see where is on a map (not that I ever didn’t know where I’d parked it), log trips and MPGs, and remote unlock/start it. It was free for the first 4 years and I used it maybe once a month to lock/unlock the car. Now they want $200/year to keep it active. To…

$12K upfront and $200 a month? For something that doesn’t even do what it’s supposed to, and might kill me or someone else? No thanks.

It’s funny. I live in a retirement-heavy area in Florida, and I’m a local youngster being that I’m only in my 50s. You see so many C8 Corvettes around here you’d think the end of the Bowling Green production line is right down the end of the street. And the sad thing is it’s all these conservative old guys, spending…

Here’s a thought for Ford: I see Ford dealers in virtually every town I drive through in the US. So why not have have every Ford dealer (or at least those within 5 miles of a major highway or along a busy route) install a clean, classy BlueOval lounge with clean bathrooms, free wifi, a decent coffee bar and…

Well, that’s pretty dickish. 

Imagine that with a 18inch tall utility box on the bed for lockable storage and a RTT on the top of that... the ultimate cross-country camping vehicle. 

This could be the solution for apartment renters that don’t have charging at their residence. Run a few errands and fast charge for 30 min at a time when at the grocery store, Starbucks, Home Depot, etc. 

Meh. I think the only people that got excited about these when new were the 60+ year olds that liked the retro oddness. Now those guys are all 85+ and frankly there can’t be a lot of buyers out there that see the appeal in them. And as cool as a manual transmission is, this really is a car — and demographic — that is…

My reply will span 30 years of stupid... those “double blade” windshield wipers (often in neon green) from the early 1990s and today, the moronic Dodge products that still bear their yellow splitter protection tape. Both were/are red flags for an approching clown.

If you look at the waterline on the hatch it suggests that half of the hatch had been out of the water for all or most of the time. Hard to believe 45 years went by and no one noticed the car and took a look. 

Kind of neat and interesting in it’s uniquenes, but if I have garage space for the proper care and feeding of a novelty of a car, it’s not going to be one of these. Sorry, ND.

The perfect transportation tool for someone that wants some utility, likely fine reliability, and nothing to really worry about. This would be great for a first-time driver, too. Not just a NP, but a really nice price, imho.

Had a 2001 Audi A4 1.8T (same basic platform). It ran to 100K pretty uneventfully, but the timing belt/water pump service at 60K was pricy, coil packs had to be replaced once under warranty, and at 105K the AC went out. Was quoted $3K to replace it as it was likely a leak in some component deep under the dash that…

Um, the survey literally says that consumers consider the CEO in their decisions. And literally thousands of people said they’d never bus GM after the bailouts. Or an electric Ford because the CEO slapped the name “Mustang” on it. People buy or don’t buy for a million reasons.

Exactly. I love my maverick. It’s pretty much everything we need it to be, no matter what the mission: take a few people out, running to Costco, home depot runs, errands, etc. Perfectly comfortable, looks good and easy to park. Regularly gets 500 miles between 12 gallon fill-ups. 

Never been a fan of Vipers but I think this is a NP for anyone looking to get a clean one. Like someone else here said — buy it, drive it on weekends (sanely!) and let it appreciate. If you’ve got the garage space and glean as much enjoyment from waxing your car as much as you do from driving it, this would be a neat…

The only way I believe these poll numbers is if one of the things people are willing to pay for is an XM/Apple Music/Pandora subscription -- you know, like we all already do. There’s no way 89 percent of people would be happy about paying for heated seats or $1200 a year for more power.