1) Don't slice the greenhouse in two with that awkward red faux roofline. Black out the entire window superstructure and make the second windshield step more subtle. Take the styling clues from a French TGV if you have to, but don't forget that American car buyers have been trained over several years that car bodies must be divided into two or three cubes: one for engine, always in front; one for passengers, and one for cargo, always in back. Breaking this convention is a mortal sin on this side of the atlantic. We will not tolerate monoespace, hatchback, mid-engine, or other non-conventional layouts!!!

2) Although Americans seldom actually use the vast pickup bed cargo acreage they have, they love to tell everyone that they have the capability to haul 4x8 sheets of plywood. I mean, OSB -- we've reduced our standards in lumber as well. So for this Cruiser, a mega-selling point would be the ability to shove big, wide, heavy things and oodles of lumber underneath the rear seats. Maybe a dozen half-sheets of 4x4 plywood? With the option to completely remove the rear seats so the handyman can fit in the miter saw on its table in the back for those weekend projects?

That would be a huge sales success. A Honda Element that doesn't look butt-ugly.

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+ kids at the rearseat have that wonderful vantage point to observe cigarette stumps and other assorted roadside artistry up close and personal when the hoon with a knack for italian design and driving habits flips it over.

- l'esperienza above might leave some scuff marks.

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