Show me: Wagons that are uglier than their non-wagon variants

"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars) 12/12/2014 at 10:34 • Filed to: show me

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Wagons, apostles the jalop world, are often better or as good/bland/ugly looking as their non-wagon brothers. However there are rare instances where wagon is the ugly one of the bunch. So, show me those wagons!

I nominate '61-62 Buick LeSabre/Invicta. Those taillights just don't work on that wagon body as well as they do on the coupe/sedan.

505Turbeaux > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:37

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You shut your whore mouth about the Invicta. Don't forget I have a pink one son. It's BEAUTIFUL!

thedevilinside > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:37

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2000-2003 Gen(not sure exact years) Focus Wagon loots worse than the hatch.

E. Julius > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:37

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Gotta love the mile long quarter panels on classic American cars, and this one's a sedan!

daender > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:40

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Miata wagon does not live up to the hype.

The 4-dr Chevelle wagons look nowhere as good as the 2-dr variant.

And the 1971 Chevelle wagon didn't get the cool afterburner taillights the coupe has.

KnowsAboutCars > 505Turbeaux 12/12/2014 at 10:42

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But that's a '63 right? Those look fine, although I prefer '61 non-wagons.

Chris Clarke > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:44

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Can't be done.

KnowsAboutCars > thedevilinside 12/12/2014 at 10:44

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Sedan is the offending one in mk1 Focus lineup in my opinion.

505Turbeaux > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:45

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ok, as long as it wasn't a global invicta thing. The taillights are better on the 63's for real

Alfalfa > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:45

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The Malibu Maxx. "We want the hatch to still kind of look like a trunk, because reasons."

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > thedevilinside 12/12/2014 at 10:46

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Nice choice using the SVT 5-door to show off the hatch.

daender > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:47

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I...I am so on the fence about this.

KnowsAboutCars > 505Turbeaux 12/12/2014 at 10:48

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I love me some '61 2-door hardtops.

thedevilinside > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:49

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Ya. I'd rank them.

1) 2 Door hatch

2) 5 Door hatch

3) Wagon

4) Sedan

DoYouEvenShift > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 10:52

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All of them!!!

KnowsAboutCars > Alfalfa 12/12/2014 at 10:52

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That's a wagon?

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > daender 12/12/2014 at 10:56

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I'll take this over the coupe anyday! My god is that ever B-E-A-Utiful! This with a 780HP 572ci and my life is complete.

KnowsAboutCars > daender 12/12/2014 at 10:59

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Now I really want to see Charger nose on...... damnit mopar didn't jump on the El Camino bandwagon.

Alfalfa > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:01

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Chevy actually called it a "five door extended sedan".

As Du Volant > daender 12/12/2014 at 11:05

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Are those truck taillights on the '71 wagon?

KnowsAboutCars > Alfalfa 12/12/2014 at 11:06

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''five door extended sedan'' brings limousine with hatchback to my mind. That actually got me thinking, has such thing been built?

As Du Volant > Alfalfa 12/12/2014 at 11:06

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That's a four-door with a hatchback, not a wagon. A body style that's very popular in Europe but never caught on in the US.

lost my cookies > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:07

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The Volvo P1800 is, to me, much better looking as a coupe.

daender > As Du Volant 12/12/2014 at 11:07

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They're from the El Camino, I guess the answer is half-yes.

As Du Volant > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:11

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Third-generation Ford Escort wagon. The Escort wasn't a good looking car to begin with but it was made even worse when someone said "Hey, we forgot to design the wagon, just slap the new model's front clip on the old body style wagon. We're done here."

Second-gen wagon:

Third-gen wagon:

Sn210 > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:12

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This is a close one, but I think I like the sedan just a little bit better

Big Bubba Ray > DoYouEvenShift 12/12/2014 at 11:12

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KnowsAboutCars > As Du Volant 12/12/2014 at 11:19

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Could it be possible that the wagon didn't sell well enough to justify a complete redesign.

duurtlang > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:35

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Citroën XM. It kills the sleekness of the design.

Juan Tawn > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:47

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Liked the wagon, didn't think the sedan would be that much better.

duurtlang > thedevilinside 12/12/2014 at 11:50

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Let me fix that for you:

1) 2 Door hatch

2) 5 Door hatch

3) Wagon

9544256731) Sedan

That sedan thing is hideous. Luckily it's very easily the rarest version of the Focus of any generation where I live. Except the convertible mk2 Focus, maybe.

Alfalfa > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 11:53

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Does the PT Cruiser limo count?

KnowsAboutCars > Alfalfa 12/12/2014 at 12:09

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Well, it certainly is a limousine with hatchback but I had something more sedan-y in mind.

Alfalfa > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 12:24

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I would say that I'm not sure there's a market for one, but I would say the same thing about the monstrosity above. So it had to have been made at some point...

Twism > daender 12/12/2014 at 12:53

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BUT, the wagon chevelle is much better than its awkward 4-door variant:

thedevilinside > duurtlang 12/12/2014 at 13:10

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Didn't even know a convertible Focus existed.

duurtlang > thedevilinside 12/12/2014 at 13:28

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It was never available in the US. The whole second generation of the Focus wasn't. The US went from mk1 via that weird mk1.5 directly to the mk3.

RallyWrench > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 13:41

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S2Konstantin > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 13:59

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I nominate the early 90's Accord, that is one ugly wagon.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > As Du Volant 12/12/2014 at 16:20

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Oh my god I never noticed that. Wow that's lazy.

ranwhenparked > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 17:07

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The second generation Saturn SW. When they switched to the curvier, jellybean-like C-pillar on the sedan, because it was the '90s, and still wanted to keep the same rear doors for both the sedan and wagon.

pip bip - choose Corrour > KnowsAboutCars 12/12/2014 at 18:47

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the first of the wide-body Toyota Camry!