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My Dodge Caravan registration says "SW" under body type, when the time comes to get a newer vehicle I am going to downsize and would consider a Focus or Saturn wagon for the times I need the space, vacations, etc.
91 Ford Country Squire with the wood panel and black paint. Red cloth interior. Oh how I remember that wagon. The smell of it (not a bad smell lol), the back seat we used when we had company (I could never ride in that rear facing back seat, would get car sick) ahhh. Then we moved to LA and got in a fender bender in it within like 2 months of living there.
I do miss it, lots of family road trip memories in that car. Including one time when my parents and my 2 brothers and I were on our way to Long Island NY to visit grandparents, and we had our massive 175lb English Mastiff in the back...we were like 10 minutes away and the dog just puuuuuked his guts out all over my older brother's back. Omg I still remember the look on his face!!! And my dad cracking up. Lol...thanks OP, now I have nostalgia tears in my eyes and I'm smiling at the same time.
That is one off the last of the good Ford years. Body on frame, RWD and V8.
Every year since Audi and BMW wagon sales improve as do others.
Growing up we did not have a pickup at times... those old wagons were big enough for 4 x 8 sheets of plywood laid flat.
My favorites include the olds vista cruiser wagons with a second set of sunvisors for the back seat, the 3 way tailgate and the clamshell tailgates...
The worst fuel economy we ever had was with a huge Chrysler Wagon... it really never was above 10 mpg ever!
I lust for a 1996 Buick Roadmaster wagon with ~120K on it. A sedan would do. That and the Chevy Caprice were the last true body on frame wagons made in the USA as Ford quit making them years prior.
The 9-5 makes for a good estate car- sorry, station wagon.
The SW is far from dead over here where although crossovers and SUVs have had an impact they are not as predominant as in the US. Also the truck is a rarity over here.
We are also lucky, as I have posted before, to be blessed with a number of vehicles powered by superb turbo diesel engines and suit the driving characteristics required, such as good low down torque.
It will be a sad day if SWs lose out completely to these other vehicles.
I was looking (just looking) at that Mercedes this past weekend, it was 120K, black on black and looked like Darth Vader should be behind the wheel. Still the wife wouldn't even consider a wagon...
I special ordered my 325iT BMW for factory pickup in Munich when I was going to be working over there... it is the only new car I have ever bought.
At the time, the 3 series wagons were selling at a rate of 2 per month in my State... see a lot more of them now.
It is real pleasure to drive and I do drive straight through from San Francisco to Seattle with no problem and MPG is always over 30 which is great for a now 12 year old vehicle.
I love the versatility of it... in a pinch, I have carried the following inside my little 3 series:
40 gallon water heater
9' artificial Christmas tree
Several squares of roofing shingles
8' pressure treated fence posts and sack concrete mix...
Plus it had plenty of room for 5 with luggage travel 3,000 miles through Europe and cruises nicely at 100 mph...
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