Station Wagons are Coming Back!
Cadillac is introducing a new vehicle, a station wagon, called the Cadillac CTS Sports Wagon. It is due out in May, and its essentially a CTS sedan with alittle more cargo space, according to Hannah Elliott of Forbes.com. When you think of station wagons and who used to own them, you think big families stuffing 14 people in them! Well, that’s not the case anymore. There are a lot of high end station wagons out there that people not families are buying. As surprising as this might sound, there are 17 new 2009 models on the market that are true station wagons, the high end wagons such as the $88,500 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG and the $55,800 BMW 535i xDrive Sports Wagon. Then you have the station wagons that are available for the rest of the folks out there such as the $22,295 Subaru Outback and the $29,800 Volvo V50. A popular wagon is the Audi A6 Avant. I find it funny that these vehicles are called Sports Wagons instead of station wagons. I’m sure it’s so that people don’t think of the stereotypes that go with station wagons.
The thing is that even though Cadillac and the other automakers are re-introducing these station wagons, don’t expect them to skyrocket in sales. The SUVs and the crossover vehicles are the cars to have and have pretty much taken over for the station wagon. The good news is that those of us that loved their station wagon, still have many choices to buy a new one these days!