{"id":3120,"date":"2007-12-10T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T09:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2007-12-10T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T09:03:48","slug":"requiem_for_a_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=3120","title":{"rendered":"Requiem for a Station Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrew Dederer<\/a>: <\/p>\n

One of the rare examples of altruism in pistonheads concerns the (nearly extinct) American station wagon. They passionately defend the one automotive genre that the vast majority of American consumers wouldn\u2019t be caught dead in (excepting a hearse). Why so much love for a car shape that\u2019s been fading from the American scene for the best part of 25 years? The passion comes from recognition. The reality we\u2019ll have to blame on Darwin and his stupid birds.
\nWagons increase a car\u2019s cargo space without altering the donor car\u2019s fundament shape. They\u2019re a bit heavier and generally a little shakier than their sedan sibling, but still offer car-like driving dynamics. This is important to enthusiasts, who value driving dynamics sur tout. Ironically, pistonheads hate compromises; generally speaking, they don\u2019t buy wagons. But they recommend them to others\u2013 especially SUV owners\u2013 based on the combination of handling and hauling.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Andrew Dederer<\/a>: <\/p>\n

One of the rare examples of altruism in pistonheads concerns the (nearly extinct) American station wagon. They passionately defend the one automotive genre that the vast majority of American consumers wouldn\u2019t be caught dead in (excepting a hearse). Why so much love for a car shape that\u2019s been fading from the American scene for the best part of 25 years? The passion comes from recognition. The reality we\u2019ll have to blame on Darwin and his stupid birds.
\nWagons increase a car\u2019s cargo space without altering the donor car\u2019s fundament shape. They\u2019re a bit heavier and generally a little shakier than their sedan sibling, but still offer car-like driving dynamics. This is important to enthusiasts, who value driving dynamics sur tout. Ironically, pistonheads hate compromises; generally speaking, they don\u2019t buy wagons. But they recommend them to others\u2013 especially SUV owners\u2013 based on the combination of handling and hauling.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,21,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}