Jamie Kitman over at Automobile Mag just brought a long wagon-shaped tear to my eye. His great article covers the sad demise of the station wagon, the utter stupidity if European car manufactures, and the sad rise of the *shudder* crossover *shudder.*
"...the Volvo announcement that it will stop selling wagons here so inexplicable. Because all I ever see in the Boston-Washington, D.C., corridor are Volvo wagons. They're ubiquitous, iconic, beloved. The news that the company is planning to bail on them in favor of gas-slurping XC models makes about as much sense as an announcement that Johnnie Walker is getting out of the Scotch business and is betting the farm on diet cola, because research shows that people drink more of the stuff.
Hey, Volvo and BMW, please wake up. Your wagons are cool. If only they turned blue to prove it."
Your dad drove a station wagon. Not a crossover suck-ass mobile.
