station wagon
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) o
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And even a station wagon would struggle with the size and staying power of modern car seats! There are so few options when you're looking at 3+ years rear facing per kid and having some large device filling out the se…
I feel ya. Love old people cars. But then you see headlines like, "BYD launches hybrid EV with 1,243-mile range." And then I wonder why can't we get the BYD station wagon?
The station wagon is the perfect car and abandoning it for SUV's was like being kicked out of Eden all over again.
There was a time when I needed the station wagon, then the SUV. But when I stopped needing anything bigger than a sedan for 98% of the year, I bought a small sedan. Never regretted it.
Like there’s a reason ye olde station wagon was THE family car. It’s just that now you can’t buy that body unless it’s attached to a truck chassis. The need for that much interior space only got worse as car seat requ…
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(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon.
1952 November, Should You Buy A Station Wagon?, Kiplinger′s Personal Finance, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4_4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%22station+wagon%22|%22station+wagons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=k…
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(obsolete) A vehicle (either horse-drawn or motorized) providing transport to and from a railway station for passengers and their luggage.
: Trade-in values for station wagons have shown a marked improvement since the introduction of the all-steel body. In fact, a station wagon buyer need not worry about his investment′s depreciating any more than he would have to if he bou…
“And even a station wagon would struggle with the size and staying power of modern car seats! There are so few options when you're looking at 3+ years rear facing per kid and having some large device filling out the seat until they're ~8”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I feel ya. Love old people cars. But then you see headlines like, "BYD launches hybrid EV with 1,243-mile range." And then I wonder why can't we get the BYD station wagon?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The station wagon is the perfect car and abandoning it for SUV's was like being kicked out of Eden all over again.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There was a time when I needed the station wagon, then the SUV. But when I stopped needing anything bigger than a sedan for 98% of the year, I bought a small sedan. Never regretted it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Like there’s a reason ye olde station wagon was THE family car. It’s just that now you can’t buy that body unless it’s attached to a truck chassis. The need for that much interior space only got worse as car seat requirements got more strict and last to age 8 or later.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(rail) ; a roofed goods wagon.
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(US) Any of several types of automobile, usually a station wagon or van built on a truck chassis.
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(British) A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
- box wagon64%
(rail, British) A large high-sided box-shaped open wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, similar to a North American gondola car.