"Berang" (berang)
10/07/2016 at 02:07 • Filed to: wagons
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"Berang" (berang)
10/07/2016 at 02:07 • Filed to: wagons | 2
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You’ll never see number 10 coming.
10: Beutler Beetle Wagon
Beutler Brothers of Switzerland are better known for custom-bodied VW based sports cars, but they also made a few wagons based on the beetle.
9: Fiat 500 Giardiniera
How do you make the Fiat 500 better? By making it bigger. The Giardiniera was blessed with more passenger and luggage space, and apparently, even a roof-top tent sometimes.
8: Studebaker Wagonaire
In Studebakers waning years, the company was increasingly desperate for new ideas that would give them an edge over the big three. They would try anything. Some asshole thought it would be funny to suggest a convertible wagon, where only the luggage part of the roof converts. Somehow this made it into production, and then Studebaker stopped making cars forever.
7: Mini traveller
The Mini Traveller was the result of BMC injecting some hard wood into the rear end of a Mini. Thus enlarged it could hold all sorts of things, like a bicycle. A suspiciously small bicycle. But apparently not a normal sized kitchen sink according to the copywriting.
6: Trabant Kombi
hmm.
5: Crosley Super Wagon
Would you believe that for a time, the tiny Crosley was the best selling station wagon in the U.S.? And despite the crudeness of the bodywork it has a fairly sophisticated (for the time) overhead cam inline four? Well you’ll NEVER believe that Datsun copied the thing and sold it as an ambulance in Japan.
What is this supposed to be? An Ambulance for ants!?
Somehow Datsun avoided being sued by Crosley and everybody else for this spectacularly misguided automotive plagiarism.
4: SAAB 95
Once, in 1961 Saab decided to enter their 95 in the Monte Carlo. They finished in fourth place overall. Yes. They raced a station wagon in the Monte Carlo.
3: Subaru 360 Custom
Subaru knew the world needed a boxier 360 for flower hauling purposes.
They delivered. The Custom model unfortunately didn’t see wide sales in the U.S. as although a handful were imported in 1968, they turned out to be too heavy to slip under the 1000lbs. limit for safety exemptions that allowed the very slightly lighter 360 sedan to be imported. Therefore none were imported in 1969 and currently no LHD Customs are known to still exist.
2: Mazda RX-3 Wagon
OH MY
1: Orange Volvo
Thanks for reading! Please stick around for another list of the all time top ten wagson! and then maybe another one again after that too
facw
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 02:25 |
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Toyota looks at #9 is like, “That’s the best you can do for a wagon with a tent?”
InFierority Complex
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 02:28 |
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TheHondaBro
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 03:26 |
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I’ve noticed that none of these are the new Civic Type-R.
Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 03:47 |
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Oh come on. Where’s the obvious one?
punkgoose17
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 06:23 |
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I love the picture of the 95 and Dauphine racing at Montrose Carlo.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 08:30 |
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OH MY indeed...that Mazda
StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 09:00 |
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That Studebacker and RX......drool. I would do nasty things for each of those. Also, this gives me another reason to post a picture of my car, so thanks!
flyingmetalbird
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 09:01 |
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E30 325 wagon? I’d have that on there personally
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StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> facw
10/07/2016 at 09:01 |
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This......this is just amazing. I love how the 2 windows up top of the tent look like eyes and a mouth below. “Let me eat you!!”
functionoverfashion
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 10:52 |
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Photo credit: swedespeed.com
I know it doesn’t have a tent or wood paneling, but 300hp turbo inline 5 with a 6-speed manual? It doesn’t get much better in terms of the evolution of wagons into the modern era... which now basically excludes manuals.
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Berang
> functionoverfashion
10/07/2016 at 11:05 |
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If only it were orange.
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Berang
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
10/07/2016 at 11:05 |
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That one’s not orange.
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Berang
> TheHondaBro
10/07/2016 at 11:05 |
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They’re all Civic type R in their own way.
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facw
> StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
10/07/2016 at 12:20 |
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The other thing that makes this weird is that most of the pics you can find of it come from a feature in Penthouse, and thus feature a significantly higher number of bare breasts than most concept car photos.
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TheHondaBro
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 15:19 |
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Even you?
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Berang
> TheHondaBro
10/07/2016 at 15:27 |
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We’re all civic type R in our honda hearts.
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TheHondaBro
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 15:27 |
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dam str8 m8
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functionoverfashion
> Berang
10/07/2016 at 20:39 |
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Nothing Plasti-Dip can’t fix!