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To: thoughtomator

Fer cryin out loud! When the station wagon, the most common American family car was phased out of production, something had to replace it! The Chrysler mini-van and then an entire hoard of me-too's did so from the other manufacturers. The Caprice wagons, Country Seadans, Cutlass wagons, and even Fairmont wagons were scrapped for the minivan craze. The minivan craze then became the SUV thru evolution and default. People found out you couldn't tow anything with a front wheel drive minivan, so they turned to the next thing up, trucks and truck style wagons. If the auto makers would respond by giving us the American rear wheel drive station wagon back(like Chrysler has begun to do), the SUV craze would wither on the vine.


111 posted on 05/09/2005 8:09:20 AM PDT by blackdog (British cars, airplanes, furniture, and women.......Only the classics will do!)
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To: blackdog

If the auto makers would respond by giving us the American rear wheel drive station wagon back(like Chrysler has begun to do), the SUV craze would wither on the vine.
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Has anyone looked at those Dodge Magnum wagons? Tiny, tiny rear windows = poor visibility. Underpowered - unless you get the hemi V8 - and expensive (around $30 grand or more)

WHO NEEDS THAT? Just buy an SUV and be done with it.....


211 posted on 05/09/2005 9:50:02 AM PDT by Responsibility1st
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