why don’t you drive an EV?

those are nice wish they still made a smaller wagon tho

those are a billion dollars, yall have expensive taste

gold toilets and chandeliers

i drive a honda civic 2011 at the lowest trim level that i inherited from my grandfather nine years ago, when he died. i think a free car is the best car! i’m just talking about cool shit i almost certainly won’t ever buy

i’m just talking about cool shit i almost certainly won’t ever buy

― the late great, Wednesday, November 2, 2022 9:03 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

me thinking abt moving to a city with trains

i find the “engine” noise of EV’s very unsettling— like an incoming UFO in a movie or like suddenly my neighborhood walk has an overdubbed weirdly atonal score

that’s the other thing, there is a trolley stop literally at my job, like the stairs from the platform terminate where i park. i just need to motivate myself to ride the damn thing / reorganize my life

let someone else drive! it’s the best

prius sports car, wild

INTRODUCING the all-new Toyota Prius!

🔥 Significant design upgrades!
🔥 2-litre 4 cyl. with 220hp!
🔥 Available as a PHEV only!
🔥 Travel for 39 miles on EV power alone!

It's recognisable the world over, but can this new design match the popularity of the previous gen? pic.twitter.com/mIMgOT3Ro3

— carwow (@carwowuk) November 16, 2022

bring back the wagon

always bring back the wagon for everything, but tbh was never a prius fan such a tin can, new one looks a lil more planted

my prius prime is the best car i’ve ever driven, glad to see them pivot towards phevs on a bigger scale since all their other models are hybrids now anyway. boosting the EV range from 25 to 39 is p neat, wondering how much extra it’s gonna cost now tho

my dad had one of the earlier ones i did not like that car, that was a long time ago tho

pretty lame that the subaru impreza hatch (not an actual wagon) and acura tsx sport wagon are discontinued

would be great if honda made a civic or accord version of the acura tsx wagon

this seems correct to me: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-dont-station-wagons-heres-205959537.html

This leaves the wagons with perhaps the most narrowcasted demographic in the entire auto industry, made up of practical unwed hipsters, young childless couples, and car writers, who have always been BIG on the wagon thing because they lack other more obscure choices, such as updated El Caminos or a Subaru Baja

oh noooo rumbled

I have kids and all I want is a wagon

wagons used to be synonymous with kids, until the cursed cuv (tall wagon) was discovered

xp, may i draw your attention to the title of the article good sir

Americans don't like station wagons — here's why

oh my mom had one of those when we were in late elementary / early middle school. weirdly tall long nissan sedan with fold down seats in the trunk. sort of a fake minivan

here what i think eurpoe usa japan et al should just form some intl group for auto standards then they can just sell the same cars in all the markets and can easily send us say an m3 touring or whatever for the 10 people who want it everyones happy

oh you want that 30 year old land cruiser model still being sold in australia here u go weirdo knock yourself out

s3 hatchback why not have fun

disagree, that will just make it easier for our class enemies to round us up

1986 4wd stanza wagon!!! astounding car

https://topclassiccarsforsale.com/datsun/99248-1986-nissan-stanza-datsun-prairie-4x4-wagon-5-speed-manual-4wd.html

last time i rented a car in the uk it was an audi wagon and it was in most respects the highlight of my life and it's been downhill from there.

ha i remember those, the true crossover grandaddy is the amg eagle, amazing car tbf xp

https://i.imgur.com/ytuSFTQ.png

u know u can still get an audi wagon xp

my wife (american) won't let me.

tell her i said its ok if you have one as a treat

https://barnfinds.com/side-impact-1987-nissan-stanza-wagon/

this post shows the cool fold-down seats for taking extra kids home from soccer practice

I don't really get this -- so the Subaru Outback is a station wagon and the Forester is a crossover/SUV? I think of those cars as kind of indistinguishable and purchased by the same kind of people. (I drive a Forester.)

imo neither are wagons, since neither have a third pillar (plus they have the clearance of an suv not a sedan)

i think the only brands currently making wagons are audi, bmw, benz and volvo. and as we already discussed they are all crazy expensive, which cuts into the budget for kobe steak and helicopter fuel

the outback is definitely longer in the back than a forester

confusingly, the outback used to be available as a sedan

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/subaru/outback/2001/oem/2001_subaru_outback_sedan_limited_fq_oem_1_500.jpg

that car is sick iirc thats from when the outback was a trim level not a car so that was the legacy outback sedan, i know someone who has one

its the ll bean edition too just a bizarre car i love it

forester is a little taller and squarer than the outback but lol yeah they are comically similar

actually if you have, say, a 2002 forester, i think that might count?

https://www.cars.com/i/large/in/v2/stock_photos/b7c99a06-5f3a-4eea-aa99-4d9968721245/3513e7ad-b63a-451f-8284-df4dc2bc85ed.png

but not a 2022 forester

https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/9YO1m/s3/2022-subaru-forester-wilderness-first-drive-review.jpg

three box vs two box design

wagons with wood trim is such a good look

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-buick-roadmaster-42/

https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1996_buick_roadmaster_01-exterior-buick-estate-wagon-006-90410.jpg?fit=940%2C626

i own a forester and i regular mistake other people's outbacks for foresters and vice versa.

imagine how much you'd get hit on if you had a prius wagon in brown

https://www.leithtoyota.com/assets/shared/CustomHTMLFiles/Responsive/MRP/Toyota/2017/Prius-v/images/2017-Toyota-Prius-v-01.jpg

even the new ones its just a lil boxier, i park in a lot with many subarus one of which is mine so ive thought about this a lot xp, i would never confuse them thats shameful

that car is sick iirc thats from when the outback was a trim level not a car so that was the legacy outback sedan, i know someone who has one

― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 3:02 PM (one minute ago)

ah right, that was a weird time... reminds me of one of my grail cars, the impreza outback sport which has the best impreza nose imo combined with the practicality of a hatchback

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/1st-Subaru-Outback-Sport.jpg

thats a wrx tho no with the hood scoop (impreza platform)

also u cant just post a picture of the wilderness like its a normal one, lol those things are sick tho, i wld never own a forester tho team outback 4 life bb

i think the wrx badge wasn't used until the bugeye impreza

actually i may be completely wrong

https://m.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?WebPageID=24128&Range=Forester&ModelYear=2022

^^ if you look at the photo of the chassis toward the bottom (next to the linkfor subaru global platform) it's a bit hard to follow but i think i can see a c and d pillar? so maybe it counts?

i think the wrx badge wasn't used until the bugeye impreza

― 龜, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 3:09 PM (forty-four seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

ah ok

https://www.hotcars.com/looking-back-at-the-first-usdm-subaru-wrx/

Let’s look back on that 2002 model; the first WRX to be sold in North America and, it can be argued, the one that made Subaru into a household name not only for dog-walking enthusiasts but for driving enthusiasts too.

but according to wikipedia impreza WRXs were sold in europe since 92 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Impreza#WRX

love how all channels on this board end up being subaru chat

i dont even really like subarus i got one to be sensible lol

MG makes an EV station wagon

https://thedriven.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DSC05081-Final-Reg-Plate-1-2400x1600-1.jpg

starts at £30K so not cheap but a good £10K cheaper than most other EVs