You are obviously right. Take the example in the article: Accord for $22,700 new or $13,522 at 2 years old.

The Flex obviously has the proportions of a crossover, it’s a lot taller than a true wagon. Park it next to Mercedes E wagon or a Volvo V70 (without cladding) and you will see.

It’s probably one of the oldest in that list as well. The biggest decrease in that list is the Ford Escape, a crossover.

Well, Honda (#4), Chevy (#7), Geely (#17), Buick (#19), Subaru (#22) and Baonjon (#25) hardly sold anything in Europe. So that too is impressive I guess.

The Golf was the #7 best selling vehicle world wide, in 2018...

The author is wrong though. ST does not simply means ‘fast’. It means a whole lot more. The Focus ST and Fiesta ST are not loved for their acceleration, they are loved for how they feel to drive. Steering feel, brake feel, chassis, directness of the accelerator, light-footedness and yes, acceleration. Most of them…

Most buyers in this segment with 2 wheel drive vehicles do not know which wheels of their car are driven. They do not notice the difference in driving characteristics either. BMW has researched this extensively. From that perspective, a cheaper and more spacious FWD layout makes more sense than RWD.

Yes, and cars with sun roofs are convertibles with just slightly more roof.

Are you American? If so, don’t you sense the irony of writing what you just wrote?

Well, in the neighboring countries Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech republic and Poland there are no highways fees. France has a few toll highways on which the French pay the same as the non-French and Austria has a general toll on highways that (if I recall correctly) has to be paid by Austrians as well.…

Exactly.

I guess our definitions of dog-sized dog are not the same :)

The market share of crossovers in Europe is exploding. It’s not as bad as in the US, but they are suddenly everywhere. However, there are lots of wagons available. New and old, small and big, basic and luxury, cheap and expensive. That availability of choice is what I was after.

I understand the use of a minivan. I used to own one even, but only briefly as I bought it as an engine donor. But, like SUVs, they are not really fun to drive. Comfy but numb.

Sure, but where do you put the (dog sized) dog?

Given that the coupe and convertible are now named 4-series, the share of the wagon (and sedan) must have gone up.

I assume they mean 3-4% sold in the US. Here in Germany it’s about 2/3, as in 67%. I just doublechecked this on a big used car website, and the availability of 2016 3-series wagons is twice as large as 2016 3-series sedans.

It really must suck to have a kids and a dog in the US, when you like to drive. You have to buy some kind of crossover, minivan or SUV. Or the rare wagon with crossover cladding. Ugh.

It is all about perspective. I used to think the same thing, being Dutch myself as well. Previously, when doing Groningen-Munich (900 km) the Autobahn was fine for the most part. I did it in 8 hours including stops and moderate speeds (<160). Even 5 years ago. Nowadays though, I tend to be positively surprised by the…

I also moved here two years ago, but came from the Netherlands. I like it in general, but given the infrastructure, costs and general conservatism I think there are better place to live in Germany (or my native the Netherlands). Additionally, I thought bureaucracy was bad in the Netherlands. Yet here it is so much…