Honda Element Camper Van
It’s always great when someone takes a classic idea and puts a new twist on it. Not in a lame way, but in a creative and intelligent way. Ursa Minor Vehicles sells a kit to convert a Honda Element into a VW Westfalia-type weekender camper for about $4,300.00. The Element is a pretty versatile, ugly-but-charming kind of thing, but this takes it to a whole other level.
I’ve always wanted a VW camper van ever since I was a little kid and my neighbors had an orange one with a white top and brown plaid seat cushions. Between noticing that friends who owned VWs were spending a lot of time and money repairing their VWs and getting older and camping less– I kind of became a Honda fanatic. I’ve had 2 Accords with over 200,000 miles on them and Kristen’s Fit is a pretty good camping car if we do decide to go for a weekend here and there. But the idea that I can revisit my little kid dream and mix it up with my love of Honda’s practicality is pretty intriguing.
Some would argue that they couldn’t imagine an uglier car than an Element. Those people might say that an Element with the camper top tops an Element without.
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VWs can suck it.
I totally agree.
One of my co-workers and one of my neighbors both drive Elements. They love them!
We have the ‘08 4wd - bought it because it reminded us of our ‘73 pop top VW in some ways. Just saw this today - we’ll start saving right away. Wish Honda would put their diesel engine in these. We love it though.
I threw up when I saw the new VW Routan. You would think the interior would of had a real Vw camper friendly interior. Instead we get 13 cupholders. This Honda Element is the logical heir to those Vw buses. Homerun for Honda, shame on VW.