Why wagons are cool

And I think this gets to the heart of why most enthusiasts like wagons: because they offer SUV cargo volume, and SUV seating capacity, and sometimes even SUV capabilities, except they have a center of gravity that falls within a major league baseball strike zone. Whereas, if you ask car enthusiasts, SUVs are tall, lumbering machines that tip over if you slam the doors too hard. And the other benefit of wagons? They're rare. Car enthusiasts will swear up and down this isn't why they like wagons, but the truth is this: SUVs are everywhere, and wagons are nowhere, and car enthusiasts like the notoriety that comes with loving something unique.

After all: any idiot can buy an SUV. There are dozens of SUVs on the market, at dozens of price points, from the highly expensive Range Rover on down to the Pontiac Torrent, which costs as much as a fluorescent lightbulb four-pack. Whereas there are only a few wagons, and that makes them cool , and unique , and special , because you have to actually go seek them out if you really want one. And so, Colbert, to sum things up: wagons are cool and rare , while SUVs are boring and ubiquitous.

Wagons are fast and fun , while SUVs are large and tippy. And according to car enthusiasts, this makes wagons waaay better than stupid, boring SUVs and the stupid, boring people who drive them. Jane Fyffe. Andrew Hayes posted in Wagon Community. Join In Want to add something? Comments Popular Latest. Enginerr rrrrrrr. Andrew Hayes. Atman B. Paul Nicholson. John Littlefield. Rich Robinson. Gavin Walker.

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Ben Welham Today's Top News. Rachael Hogg Home cooking. Is overdosing with Tuna really a thing? The UK Popeyes menu is here — and it has an exclusive item that's vegan. This has led many automotive executives to forecast big margins on station wagon sales in the coming years. Even if station wagons sell fewer units than sedans, they can still prove profitable. And having grown up in minivans when they were kids, they may see station wagons as something new, with a cool retro kick.

Whether enough consumers embrace the station wagon renaissance remains to be seen. But a good number of automotive companies are betting that a tide of nostalgia, novelty and technology will propel sales of the station wagon to a new generation of families — and maybe folks tired of climbing up into SUVs.

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From BMW and Mercedes and Volvo—long-time wagon believers—to newcomers like Jaguar, Ferrari, and Porsche, the high-end has been putting a luxe sheen on this historically dweeby automotive category. These cars are all varying degrees of muscular, expensive, and off-beat handsome, like Benedict Cumberbatch. One of them has horsepower. Two of them have more.