10 years ago if you walked into a car dealership and told a salesperson you were curious about a station wagon you'd possible get a sympathetic pat on the back and a ten page report on why wagons have gone the means of disco music and moon shoes. Ultimately, wagons sales wasting as customers lined up in droves to shop for mini vans and SUVs. Since the introduction of the aforementioned mini van, which was introduced in the early 1980's, most families abandoned the wagon in hopes of regaining a way of coolness that was somehow missing from a 1983 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon with wood grain aspect panels.

As mini vans grew in popularity they too began to subsided desirable to families

wanting for that next huge thing. As any twelve year old will tell you, once too many

people start doing the identical thing it becomes dated and opens the door for

something else. Keep in mind The Power Rangers, Pokemon, or Pogs? Neither do I. In

this case the successor to the mini van was the SUV. Throughout the 1990's, SUV's

grew to new heights of popularity, filling Wal-Mart parking tons and emptying the

strategic oil reserve at an unprecedented rate. Though even a lot of fashionable than the

mini van, SUV's have remained the vehicle of alternative for North America's "with it"

families for well over a decade.

Times are changing. Today, as gas prices reach new heights a lot of folks are

reconsidering the SUV option in favour of something additional fuel-efficient.

Makers have done their homework, introducing wagons with AWD,

panoramic sunroofs and rear DVD players. Simply like many SUV's. And if by currently

you have noticed that most folks aren't curious about the off-road capabilities of their

SUV you wouldn't be wrong. As little as 3% of SUV's have actually been come into being

road. The gravel driveway leading to the cottage does not count.

For most individuals it has been therefore long since the Wagon was common that they forget why

they left it. Wagons supply better handling, fuel potency and are still in a position to hold

the children (and their gear) to hockey practice. European manufacturers such as Audi,

Volvo, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz offer wagons. Even BMW has increased their

wagon line-up with the introduction of the 530xiT last year. And these

manufacturers recognize a very little one thing regarding vehicle dynamics. Certain most selling

managers cringe at the term wagon, favouring terms like Sport Touring and Avant.

Perhaps they've been reading Shakespeare.

"What is in a very name? That which we tend to call a rose by any different word would smell as

sweet".

Positive, but I like giving a dozen roses and I decision a car with a rear hatch and an

extended roof line between the c and d pillars, a wagon.

However younger audiences have nevertheless to leap onto this bandwagon (pun meant).

Rappers, actors, and sports icons still roll around in Escalades sporting 24's.

So perhaps this is often simply a sideshow to the storied SUV. Then again maybe not. A few

months ago I saw one thing I assumed I'd never see. I saw a fashionable rap video

showcasing a black Dodge Magnum, undoubtedly a wagon, driving up and down the

boulevard. May this singer be a trailblazer (oddly the name for a SUV from

Chevrolet)? Let's hope so. Put down that gas pump and get rid of your SUV. You

wish a wagon, uh sorry, a sport touring. Get with the program. What's previous is new

again.