# Chevy Station Wagon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580 "2012-07-27T16:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/21 "2012-07-27T21:53:53Z")
[Mercedes](http://www.kbb.com/car-news/all-the-latest/2012-mercedes_benz-e63-amg-estate-_-wonder-wagon-returning-to-us/) has one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/22 "2012-07-28T15:12:47Z")
What I need (well, if I were really buying a car) is a wagon low enough so my wife can lift the canoes onto the roof rack by herself. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/23 "2012-07-28T15:28:40Z")
A Chevy Suburban with a step-ladder, then? ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/24 "2012-07-29T15:32:53Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I was over at the Chevy web site, building fantasy cars. (I love how you select the exterior color and the little picture changes!) (I am easily amused.) > > In any case, I cannot find any model of the current Chevy lineup that includes a small station wagon. Have minivans taken over? Am I mistaken? It came close but didn’t quite get there, but the [Chevrolet Caprice](http://qa-en.chevroletarabia.com/vehicles/view_all_vehicles/cars/caprice_royale/options_specs/dimensions.html) sold in the Middle East is a rebadged Holden Commodore/Statesman built in Australia, where it is [available in a station wagon body style](http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/sportwagon). Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be available outside of Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/25 "2012-07-29T15:35:17Z")
All in all, it seems the Subaru Legacy would have to do if my wife totaled the VW. ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/26 "2012-07-29T16:38:49Z")
AFAIC The last “real” American station wagon is the Ford Freestyle. I have a 2005 and we love it to pieces. It was called a crossover at the time but there’s no mistaking it for anything else but a station wagon. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/27 "2012-07-29T17:24:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Indeed, minivans largely killed the traditional American station wagon, way back in the 1990s (and, then, SUVs and crossovers all but killed the traditional American minivan over the past decade). A contributing factor was that the minvans and SUVs were in a different product category wih resprect to the CAFE milage standards. Perversely, eliminating the somewhat lower-milage wagons in favor of the significantly lower milage “light trucks” increased the manufacturers’ fleet averages, thus complying on paper with the CAFE rules, without actually realizing any overall reduction in fuel consumption. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/28 "2012-07-30T00:28:36Z")
> [@gunnergoz](#): > > It was called a crossover at the time but there’s no mistaking it for anything else but a station wagon. I disagree, it doesn’t look like a true wagon. The belt line is too high. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580/29 "2012-07-30T00:44:33Z")
Before the term Sport Utility Vehicle came into use (mid to late 80s?) the Suburban was called a station wagon by Chevrolet. Still is one to my sensibilities. Senselessly huge, however. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-station-wagon/629580.md?page=1)