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Re: Depends on the SUV and the wagon
Posted by Tim (more from Tim) on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:53:32
In Reply to: Depends on the SUV and the wagon, Noel, Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:50:40
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The "couple mpg worse than sedan" was in reference to wagon vs. sedan for the very same car platform; e.g. 9-5 wagon vs. 9-5 sedan. Wagons get worse mpg than sedans due to the extra weight and worse aerodynamics, and we wagon owners are not exactly carting around a washer and dryer set every time we drive . . . that's why I was suggesting let's not cast stones at SUV drivers. Heck, some SUV driver's other car at home could be a Prius.
As for the Ford Exploder, the Firestone-Ford Explorer fiasco took place more than a decade ago, in 1999-2000. The predominant type of SUV's sold in the past decade since then have been very different from the old Ford Explorer. For example, a RAV4 weighing about the same as the 9-5 wagon and has comparable cargo capacity actually burns less gas than the 9-5 wagon.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Station wagons, once reviled, have come full circle, JohnA
, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:35:02- Re: Station wagons, have come full circle, via vans, BobS, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:51:50
- They never went away, No Snaab, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:46:52
- Exactly!, Tim, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:15:10
- CAFE standards are killing wagons, dmz789qqq, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:46:06
- Re: Station wagons, once reviled, have come full circle, Ultimated, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:59:33
- I don't buy it., Justin VanAbrahams
, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:18:53 - All the cool people.., Mike Lynch
, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:29:54 - Re: Station wagons, once reviled, have come full circle, DE
, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:27:41 - Great article..., Larry West
, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:49:35 - Great, now everyone will want one!, JMJ in NC, Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:44:38
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