If your bikes are that size, you shouldn't have any trouble fitting them in a CRV with the front wheel removed and front forks in a floor clamp. If you can measure the height of your tallest bike from the bottom of rear wheel to the top of the saddle, I can tell you for sure. My wife has a 2013 CRV, and I can measure the distance from the floor to the ceiling. However, a friend of mine has an older model CRV and is able to fit his size 56 bike in the back of his CRV with front wheel removed and fork in a clamp.

An Element would be no problem at all, if you can find one. Honda no longer makes the Element, so you would have to find one used.