Archive for the 'Wagons/Estates' Category

2011 BMW 5 Series Touring is too cool for American families

Yup, even your family, you Yankee wagon-hater you. Sadly, this is not only true, but we’ve known about it for some time. Americans, it seems, are so in love with all modes of transportation that are slightly raised up off the ground that we have no appetite for station wagons. Even sporty ones. So […]

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

STI-tuned Subaru Legacy B4 2.5GT tS released in Japan

We’ve grown quite fond of our long-term 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT over the past few months, but we can’t help but be somewhat jealous of the STI-tuned Legacy that’s just been released in Japan. Subaru’s in-house tuning department has laid hands on the new-for-2010 Subaru Legacy sedan (and the not-for-U.S. wagon!) to create the […]

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Rendered Speculation: 2012 BMW M5 Touring

ere is an artist’s rendering of a possible F11 BMW M5 Touring model.
Earlier this year we reported that BMW had canceled plans for a Touring variant to the upcoming M5 but BMW has never confirmed that there definitely wouldn’t be one.
This rendering of a possible M5 Touring was done by artist Jon Sibal, and it […]

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

First Drive: BMW 535i Gran Turismo evolves the wagon with clever packaging, solid dynamics and… a prehensile tail

Evolution is a tough thing to watch – and not merely because it takes millions of years. While the developmental pace of the automobile has proven to be rather quicker than the natural world surrounding it, the car industry’s recent house-on-fire rush into new niches and sub-genres has often been similarly challenging to make sense […]

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Frankfurt Motor Show 2009: Lust-worthy Mercedes E63 AMG wagon makes us beg for E63 AMG coupe

The most pressing things we have to say about the 2010 Mercedes E63 AMG Wagon here at the Frankfurt Motor Show have nothing to do with the wagon. On the car itself, everything about it makes us go “Hot!” It’s got 525 hp and 464 lb-ft from AMG’s well known naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V8, it’s […]

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Frankfurt Motor Show 2009: 2010 BMW 5 Series GT is almost schön in person

The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo took a whirl on the plinth and we have to admit it doesn’t look the least bit absurd standing in person. We completely forgot to be offended at the fact we’re being handed this instead of the perfectly fantastic 5 Series Sport Wagon. At least, until we played around […]

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Review: 2010 Cadillac CTS Sportwagon eats up cargo, swallows open road

In Europe, the humble station wagon holds a big-time slice of the family driver demographic, partly because ridiculous petrol prices make big SUVs and crossovers far too uneconomical. Americans, on the other hand, have a fundamental problem with the station wagon. We’re not sure if the wagon is uncool because it was our parents’ preferred […]

Saturday, September 12th, 2009