Most people buy SUV's because it is the station wagon. Would you have had the same opinion 30 years ago when station wagons were everywhere? Products evolve, so did the station wagon.
"Products evolve, so did the station wagon."
I disagree. If you called it a station wagon, no one would touch it. It would negate the "cool" factor. An SUV is a "Sport" Utility Vehicle, therefore, it's cool.
Also, station wagons were simply longer cars. They fit into traffic well, they got decent milage, and were as easy to drive as a car.
I can't tell you the number of laughs I've gotten trying to watch some little soccer mom try to park her oversized SUV.
Exactly my thought and I'd observe that the station wagon was killed by CAFE which required/allowed the car makers to game the system by building "trucks" which weren't covered by CAFE mileage standards.
Funny how the free market can jerk around a bit but eventually is the best way to let things sort themselves out rather than have the gooberment come in and "fix" things.