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Element Awards, Accolades and Ratings


IntelliChoice[1] tries to determine the actual costs of ownership of new vehicles over a five-year period by exhaustively analyzing government and third-party data, and assigning a value rating to all vehicles.

[1] 2010 www.IntelliChoice.com. The IntelliChoice trademark is a registered trademark of Automotive.com, LLC.


Cars.com has named the Honda Element the best car for weekend athletes. This means that the Element is the perfect car for snowboarding gear, tennis rackets, lacrosse nets, and football pads. If you've got a surfboard, that's fine too. It also means that, with 64 configurations and a wipe-down utility floor, the Element is made for any gear, that you need to move.


The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the 2010 Element a five star frontal- and 5-star side-impact crash safety rating (its highest rating for crash safety)[1]. Every Element comes standard with a full array of safety features including anti-lock braking (ABS) and a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), plus six airbags, including side curtain airbags with a rollover sensor.

[1] Government star ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.safercar.gov). Models tested with standard side-impact airbags (SABs).



Recently, Polk recognized Honda for having the highest owner loyalty of any brand[1]. This means Honda had the highest percentage of households return to purchase another Honda-more than any other car brand.

[1] Highest Overall Make Loyalty based on MY09 Polk Statistics as of January 2010 for October 2008-September 2009. Honda had the highest percentage of households return to purchase or lease another Honda vehicle.


Edmunds.com named the Element a "Top Recommended" vehicle in its 2010 Mobility Buying Guide. For buyers seeking an SUV with mobility-challenged users in mind, Edmunds.com praised the Element because of its "generous interior volume in a footprint that's smaller than that of a minivan or a full-size van," as well as its "wide-opening clamshell doors" that are "wheelchair friendly." Plus, as Edmunds.com notes, the Element offers "all-wheel drive[1] to help facilitate travel on snowy roads."

[1] Real Time? 4WD available on LX and EX models.


The Element was named a 2010 TOP SAFETY PICK by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). According to the IIHS, the award "recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rear, and now [for 2010] rollover crashes."


Honda has a long history of environmental leadership, including the introduction of America's first mass produced hybrid, the Honda Insight, and the first vehicle to meet California's low-emission vehicle standards, well in advance of regulatory requirements. Acknowledgment of our commitment to innovation can be seen by Honda's topping the rankings as the country's greenest automaker by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)-for the fourth time in a row[1].

[1] Based on a 2007 U.S. emissions study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).