The station wagon is a dying automotive breed these days. Once the preferred mode of transportation for the American family unit, the wagon is currently facing an extinction-level event, known as the advent of the Crossover ERA, dominated by the SUVosarus species.
But there is one place where the wagon thrives: Europe.
Eurowagons aren't the hulking American Buicks that many of us remember from summer roadtrips. Rather, they're high-performance five-doors, often with luxury appointments.
Just take a look at Audi's new RS6 Avant Performance edition. This Audi isn't just a stylish cargo- and person-hauler — it's also a veritable road-going speed demon.
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A quarter-century ago, station wagons such as the Ford Country Squire dominated the realms of family transportation. Just look at that rear suspension!
But by the 1990s, minivans like the Toyota Sienna appeared on the landscape and began to force the American wagon from its natural habitat: suburbia.
Then came the big SUVs — superpredators like the Cadillac Escalade.
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