2007 Honda Element SC First Drive

There's lots of space inside the 2007 Honda Element, even if it only holds four people. Thanks to comfortable seats front and rear, a nicely padded center console lid that is unexpected in a car at this price, plenty of leg room for everyone, and enough headroom to wear that cheesy sombrero you picked up in Tijuana, nobody is going to complain about comfort. Rear passengers might complain about the limited view out, and not just because of your oversized Mexican trinket, but they'll be comfortable while doing so.

Note that the Element's new integrated front seatbelts really help entry into and exit from the rear seat. Before, front seat occupants needed to bother with unclipping and re-fastening their seatbelts every time a third or fourth passenger was added or subtracted. Not anymore, thanks to seatbelts that feed from the front seats. Also note that there's no rear sunroof in the SC model, which comes standard on the EX. Not that it's useful for much, anyway.