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To: longtermmemmory
chrysler magnum. It is a station waggon with a macho PR campaign.

Bingo. Saturn also makes a wagon. That's all I can think of for American manufacturers, though the PT Cruiser is arguably a wagon.. Among the imports, Mercedes and Volvo builds wagons. I don't think BMW does. VW, maybe. The Porsche Cayenne is billed as a sports car/SUV hybrid, but let's get real. It's a station wagon.

Starting in the mid-80s, the minivan killed of the market for the station wagon. Raise the ceiling and make the door bigger, and you have a vehicle that's more practical and more comfortable but with similar handling and fuel economy. Then the SUV took over with soccer moms and dads who thought they were too young and hip to drive a minivan but still needed room for the kids' carpool.

311 posted on 07/18/2007 10:14:16 AM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: ReignOfError

I’m single and I’m thinking my next vehicle will be a wagon or small SUV - just so that I’ve got something that large boxes from the “big box” stores will fit in. I’m tired of having to get someone with a van or truck to pick stuff up for me, or going through contortions to stuff it in the back seat (the trunk’s big but the opening isn’t big enough to get a big box into it, even if I wanted to leave the trunk lid open).


366 posted on 07/18/2007 10:49:47 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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