OT: sportwagen

[fishwhisperer]

The great thing to me about the sportwagen/alltrak is the height of the rear hatch, which most of the non-Subaru wagon options in the US can't match. The V90 and Merc E450 both have taller rear ends but are also huge everywhere else. We are on our third Audi Allroad ('23 A6 this time) and love it but it's also a very long car and has a pretty low ceiling height in the cargo area. OK for road bikes (can easily fit mine, the wife's, and my son's) but flat bars needs to be twisted a bit.


The A4 Allroad like Marvin's is pretty close in size to the Jetta variant IMO. Could be worth a look (acknowledging that it's spendier than a Sub and approaching nice minivan territory). I also really like the V60 Volvo (esp. the PHEV) but it's smaller and more expensive.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Wagons are such amateur utility vehicles.

Same is even more true of most CUVs and SUVs based on sedan platforms. Usually shorter in length but higher than their wagon counterparts, and I've never really had lack of height being an issue.

Having a sufficiently long wagon did allow me to haul items such as a 6-ft ladder, numerous elongated boxes, and the such.