Are station wagons back?

"victor" (victor) 04/05/2017 at 16:56 • Filed to: None

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The article says yes, but I say NO

...not until they sell me one of these...

Ash78, voting early and often > victor 04/05/2017 at 16:57

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Yep, I would buy that (for up to $45k), drive it my whole life, then they could bury me in it.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:05

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I traded my CUV for a new station wagon, so yes, obviously.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:18

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The difference is the amount of car behind the rear wheels. Also If the roof ends/begins to slip before, or at the rear axle it’s not a wagon.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:26

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Ford knows the difference

bwp240 > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:29

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Future next gen S2000 owner > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:32

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I’m staring down a V60 hard. Especially since I discovered they can tow my boat.

Svend > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:37

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Only if people buy them.

GE90man > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:39

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i want

Nothing > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:45

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If I thought a Golf Sportwagen would be as reliable for the next 10 years as my Tacoma, I’d get one. Ditto for most other Euro wagons. The downside is that most modern wagons have so much slope on the rear, that you lose a signification portion of cargo space that makes the wagon more useful than a standard hatch.

Saracen > victor 04/05/2017 at 17:52

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You and me both.

Saracen > Future next gen S2000 owner 04/05/2017 at 19:41

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Those don’t have any more cargo capacity than Golfs. I laughed when I opened the hatch of a V60 Polestar.

Svend > Nothing 04/05/2017 at 20:12

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Not really. Well not Euro ones really.

They appear to have quite a slope but what you don’t see is the boot doesn’t start till further in, first you got 3-4 inches of rear bumper then the tailgate door is usually 3-4 inches thick.

The red line is where the boot starts after all the crash protection.

Though mine isn’t an estate (the estate only differs in having more of a greenhouse behind the rear doors) you can see how deep the rear bumper is and where the bootspace starts.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > bwp240 05/23/2017 at 14:41

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They are, basically. Crossovers are intended to skirt EPA regulations more than anything else.

At the same time, SUVs are simply modern minivans. I always call them minivans now.