Was the TourX a “luxury” car at 80? Was it comfy and quiet and warm and everything I’d want a Buick to be? Because it’s a damn attractive way to go from LA to Yosemite for camping.

There are many reasons to own and drive an SUV.

*subconsciously?

No judgment from me. My wife has mobility issues. She can fit in the Recaros in my FoST fine, but she doesn’t love getting in and out of the low vehicle.

To give you an idea of just how affluent and high-profile the luxury wagon owner is, I offer this: I worked the Mercedes-Benz USA social business seven years ago. If you complained about your Mercedes on social, you were given the usual 1-800 number. Unless your Mercedes was an S-Class, CLS, CL/S Coupe, SL or SLS, in…

Not completely true. A few dealers in the Northeast do stock a couple of them.

my Christmas presesnt 1995 525i Touring. needs some love but shes a classy lady.

I don’t know man people just really like crossovers and thats fine. If you was trying to win over like the v60 the best strategy is to test drive the base XC40 and then test drive a loaded v60 the v60 is a more upscale car should have a lot more room and cargo storage but drive noticeably better. at that point the…

my wife’s e91 pushing 140k miles hiding behind my 2’er daily driver...

I mean shit, if it sells the things call it whatever you want.

volvo is selling the v90 is factory direct only! 

Is it okay that I ask that a bit of recognition be given to those of us with disabilities who drive an SUV (mid-size in my case) out of pure necessity and not because we like them? I miss driving stick and sitting closer to the road but those days are behind me now.

Sure, but I’m trying to convince someone to accept a car, and it’s a lot easier to do that playing up the cool factor. “It’s ordinary and practical” isn’t gonna get her out of her ordinary and practical crossover.

How does this not have more stars? I read the Bloomberg report before seeing this article on it. The main thought I had was, “of course wagon buyers are more affluent, they have to be since most of wagons in the US now start at around $50k.” an equally correct headline would have been ‘poor people cannot afford to buy…

I’m not surprised to read this as I’ve observed for years that the E-class wagons seem especially popular in areas of old money and traditional high-paying, high education jobs than the sedans. SUVs seem to span the spectrum. I think part of it might be that the lower height of the wagon makes it easier for dogs to…

Closest is probably the Tesla model S

I just unconsciously licked my lips.

My wife really loves it (um, nope) when I call her recent edition Forester a station wagon. What’s the difference anyway? 2" shorter and it’s a wagon? This all seems to be a junk debate that loses it’s meaning because of the gray areas. “Your station wagon is too tall, it’s an SUV! Boo! Hiss!"

I don’t think you state strongly enough how wealthy E class estate buyers are.

I was talking to a guy at a Christmas party, who is an investment banker and he was going on how level or dropping car buying numbers with a bunch of cars coming off lease, plus a glut of sales has many thinking that the value may tank. We may enter Carpocalypse 2.0.