Say goodbye to all it's quirky boxyness. Yes Honda has announced that after the next model year, 2011, the Honda Element will be gone.

After coming out in 2002, the car without carpets was meant to capture the hearts of surfer "dudes" in California. But instead people like my father fell in love with the boxy practicalness.

This unique car may have had controversial styling. But it will sit in Honda's history books as something to remember.