Madison Avenue execs knew how gullible Americans are and how they thrive on social status. SUVs were status. But to the media, they have been evil.
SUVs whether made by GM, or Lamborghini , all Jeeps, and crossovers are in the eyes of Federal Regulators, trucks. No discussion this is by definition. The reason you can no longer buy a “station wagon” in the US (unless you want a Merc) is because it is an automobile. What’s the big deal? The details of the FMVSS standards (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) for trucks are less stringent than for automobiles. The big measure is the approach angle of the vehicle. The approach angle is basically the slope of a rise that vehicle can approach befoe the body drags. My Porsche with its 4” ground clearance and long nose has the approach angle of two sheets of paper, the Glad can drive up to a 12” log and drive over it without touching the front bumper. QED, the former is an automobile , the latter a truck. So is the wife’s SQ5 despite all the luxury BS. And since Canada‘s Provinces pretty much piggyback off of the US DOT, the same is probably true there as well.
You have truck plates in your state? In Tennessee you can transfer tags from any vehicle to another. I had the same tag on probably twenty vehicles until they changed the state tag last year
"Station wagon". The 1984 Eagle wagon was registered as "station wagon", my 1980 Eagle was a station wagon, our 90s Cherokee was a station wagon, and our last Grand Cherokee (WK2) was a station wagon. Unless it's a truck or sedan, it's generally a station wagon if it's called an "SUV" by the media.
Awesome ride ^."Station wagon". The 1984 Eagle wagon was registered as "station wagon", my 1980 Eagle was a station wagon, our 90s Cherokee was a station wagon, and our last Grand Cherokee (WK2) was a station wagon. Unless it's a truck or sedan, it's generally a station wagon if it's called an "SUV" by the media.
Wagon would be short for station wagon. Few use the full term, few ever did. Dad's 64 Rambler Classic 770 station wagon would have simply been referred to as a "64 wagon".
Same thing. Wagon is just shorter. It originated from the wagons used for transport before cars - take the wagon to town to pick up supplies. (horse drawn). Then there were wagons used to transport people to or from a station (as train station) - room for people and luggage.
Along came cars and the backs were hacked to add room for luggage and the station wagon car was born. So the term was originally a car with space for luggage in the back, used to haul people to and from stations.
Found a formal definition better than just typing from my own idea or definition of what they are -
a car with a longer body than usual, incorporating a large carrying area behind the seats and having an extra door at the rear for easy loading.
So a so-called SUV (such as the Traverse, Escape, the various Lexus "SUVs" and so on) are really more station wagons that are modern all wheel drive cars than anything else. They'd get hung up on a pavement crack in some states. Crap for ground clearance, no real articulation, whatever, don't take them where you take your Jeep JL or JT. SUV is a joke. Glorified station wagon with all wheel drive and a higher roof line (and even that doesn't follow in all cases)
Seriously, Eagle wagons had a lot more ground clearance than today's "SUV" and could go just as well.
- look at the clearance under my car - then compare it to the "SUV" in traffic in front of you. I've got double the clearance of many....SUV my butt......
yep"Station wagon". The 1984 Eagle wagon was registered as "station wagon", my 1980 Eagle was a station wagon, our 90s Cherokee was a station wagon, and our last Grand Cherokee (WK2) was a station wagon. Unless it's a truck or sedan, it's generally a station wagon if it's called an "SUV" by the media.
Wagon would be short for station wagon. Few use the full term, few ever did. Dad's 64 Rambler Classic 770 station wagon would have simply been referred to as a "64 wagon".
Same thing. Wagon is just shorter. It originated from the wagons used for transport before cars - take the wagon to town to pick up supplies. (horse drawn). Then there were wagons used to transport people to or from a station (as train station) - room for people and luggage.
Along came cars and the backs were hacked to add room for luggage and the station wagon car was born. So the term was originally a car with space for luggage in the back, used to haul people to and from stations.
Found a formal definition better than just typing from my own idea or definition of what they are -
a car with a longer body than usual, incorporating a large carrying area behind the seats and having an extra door at the rear for easy loading.
So a so-called SUV (such as the Traverse, Escape, the various Lexus "SUVs" and so on) are really more station wagons that are modern all wheel drive cars than anything else. They'd get hung up on a pavement crack in some states. Crap for ground clearance, no real articulation, whatever, don't take them where you take your Jeep JL or JT. SUV is a joke. Glorified station wagon with all wheel drive and a higher roof line (and even that doesn't follow in all cases)
Seriously, Eagle wagons had a lot more ground clearance than today's "SUV" and could go just as well.
- look at the clearance under my car - then compare it to the "SUV" in traffic in front of you. I've got double the clearance of many....SUV my butt......
