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I’m in the market for one. When you have two kids that are car seat age, two car seats eat up a lot of room in smaller cars. Then when you and your partner need

I’m in the market for one. When you have two kids that are car seat age, two car seats eat up a lot of room in smaller cars. Then when you and your partner need to go somewhere, there’s barely any room for strollers and diaper bags. If they made roomier cars I’d be all for it, but they don’t. So I have to buy something that offers room. Some people don’t want to drive vans.

carlmr 7y ago
Station wagons have lots of space and better aerodynamics as well as being only slightly heavier than the same car as a coupé.
- ehnto 7y ago
  Sport wagons also look awesome, in my humble opinion. Euro and Australian sport wagons are surprisingly aesthetically pleasing. Not to forget the golden era of 90s Japanese sport wagons. Granted the sport version power trains weren't always economically inclined, but there was always a standard option.
braythwayt 7y ago
> If they made roomier cars I’d be all for it, but they don’t. I drive a full-sized Volvo wagon. I've also driven a full-sized Ford Taurus wagon. Plenty of room for two tall kids (my son is 6'4", my daughter is well on her way to 6'), and in the days of my Taurus, it would carry a child, a baby seat, a stroller, even a bicycle and a trailer. Besides a thing about SUVs versus car form factors, I have test-driven Volvo's equivalent SUVs, and while they often claim similar cargo volume to the wagons, I find the wagon's long and low profile more useful for the kinds of things I tend to carry. Bikes are a lot easier in a wagon, in my experience. YMMV. Of course, there are F-150s and Chevy Suburbans and extra-long Escalades for those who absolutely, positively want to drive a truck.
IAmEveryone 7y ago
Families of four have comfortably taken even long journeys in VW Golfs in the past. I know, because my parents used to take us from northern Germany to Italy or Spain every summer. Not to mention there are plenty of towns and cities where families get around by bike. Americans need to expect more from local governments!
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  >Families of four have comfortably taken even long journeys in VW Golfs in the past New car buyer are skewing richer and richer so a larger fraction of the people OEMs have to cater to can justify the luxury of not doing that.

carlmr 7y ago

Station wagons have lots of space and better aerodynamics as well as being only slightly heavier than the same car as a coupé.

ehnto 7y ago
Sport wagons also look awesome, in my humble opinion. Euro and Australian sport wagons are surprisingly aesthetically pleasing. Not to forget the golden era of 90s Japanese sport wagons. Granted the sport version power trains weren't always economically inclined, but there was always a standard option.

braythwayt 7y ago

> If they made roomier cars I’d be all for it, but they don’t. I drive a full-sized Volvo wagon. I've also driven a full-sized Ford Taurus wagon. Plenty of room for two tall kids (my son is 6'4", my daughter is well on her way to 6'), and in the days of my Taurus, it would carry a child, a baby seat, a stroller, even a bicycle and a trailer. Besides a thing about SUVs versus car form factors, I have test-driven Volvo's equivalent SUVs, and while they often claim similar cargo volume to the wagons, I find the wagon's long and low profile more useful for the kinds of things I tend to carry. Bikes are a lot easier in a wagon, in my experience. YMMV. Of course, there are F-150s and Chevy Suburbans and extra-long Escalades for those who absolutely, positively want to drive a truck.

IAmEveryone 7y ago

Families of four have comfortably taken even long journeys in VW Golfs in the past. I know, because my parents used to take us from northern Germany to Italy or Spain every summer. Not to mention there are plenty of towns and cities where families get around by bike. Americans need to expect more from local governments!

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>Families of four have comfortably taken even long journeys in VW Golfs in the past New car buyer are skewing richer and richer so a larger fraction of the people OEMs have to cater to can justify the luxury of not doing that.