Check out this report of the crash tests of those old vans, including the Astro:

This forum threads seems to have instructions on how to do it:

Adding amber rear turn signals to that Escape is going to be somewhat tricky. The tailights do have the spot for them, but you’re going to need the socket, and more importantly, you’ll have to run wiring from the front to the back of the vehicle, since the turn signals use the brake light wiring from the relay, which…

This article is long form of the author saying “I don’t think they’ll bring a wagon because they don’t sell”.

Reminds me of Gawker’s “Ad Experience”, which is like the experience of being thrown a steaming pile of shit to your face. Caused me to abandon my attempts to not use AdBlock.

The ESC on that car must’ve been nonexistent or turned off, or else BMW’s ESC system is absolute garbage.

Don’t nuclear power plants take decades and decades to decomission, because of the radioactive components that need to be allowed to decay before they can be handled?

What I wonder is, if this car gets T-boned because it doesn’t have sidemarker lights and retroreflectors, then who’s at fault? The driver who failed to notice it (despite the car’s poor side visibility)? Or the person/company who imported the car without required crash avoidance features?

-Requires registration

“Somebody PLEASE test a modern airbag equipped car retrofitted with simple 3 point seatbelts without the computer controlled tensioners or tear-out stitching”