The station wagon/ estate car appreciation thread.

[matty]

Underwhelming for some, but if you think they are practical and underappreciated share pics of yours or ones you like and discus the merits of this type of car. .

Here is my current estate car daily beater a standard apart from wider 235/50 x 16 tyres , 2011 Vauxhall astra J Sports tourer estate 1.7 CDTI (Isuzu diesel ) 110BHP . And My 10 year old English springer spaniel posing like he does.

 

[Friz Freleng]

One of my old girlfriend's dad owned a Chevy Kingswood Estate station wagon with the clamshell tailgate. If I recall correctly, it had a 454 engine. The car was a blast to drive and I always thought it would be cool to own one. This one was for sale a couple years ago on Bring a Trailer.

 

[matty]

Here are a few types and models estate cars i / we have owned over the past 45 years as family cars and ones i have had as daily beater dog and distance waterfowling transport over the seasons here.
We had a Peugeot 404 diesel estate and i had a 1.5 BMC powered series 1 Land rover , the cars were the same as those in the picture.

i had a 1974 peugeot 304 estate in the late mid was a 1300 petrol and a fantastic car.

late 80s early 90s a Peugeot 505 2.5 diesel estate great car big roomy and strong .

Mid to late 90s a peugeot 405 estate we had a 405 sedan both 1.9 GLTD diesels too(wifes) both white like these. one of the best most reliable economical cars we ever owned .

In the 200s we ran several citroens (Xsara Picasso HDI 2.0) and we had a Citroen Xsara 2.0 HDI Estate with the fantastic DW10 Hdi diesel engine.

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2010s a peugeot 307 SW 1.6 HDI estate Like this one.

I had two ford Mondeo estates a Mk3 and a Mk4, Mk 3 was a 130 Hp 2.0 TDCI Ford Puma diesel, the mk4 was a 1.8 tdci 125 hp lynx diesel.
Liked both but the mk3 was awesome i put nearly 350K ( scraped it with 500K miles on that car) it was unbelievably reliable and great on diesel.

Ford mondeo mk3 TDCI

Ford mondeo mk4 TDCI estate.

Late 20teens onto the 2020s wife had a skoda superb estate 2016 a TDI great car .

I had two skodas from pre covid until last year a mk1 Skoda Fabia 1.4 TDI and a mk 2 Skoda Octavia TDI 140 Estate . Still have the fabia in storage here.

Skoda Mk2 Octavia Estate 2.0tdi

And up to date a Vauxhall Astra J Sports tourer estate CDTI 1.7 (isuzu diesel)

 

[Doug Just Doug]

Bought this new in 2016, which is the only station wagon-like vehicle I've owned. 3.6L pancake six with tow package and skid plates. It's been a great do-it-all car: long distance travel, hauling/towing, camping, light off-roading, snow, etc. Wish a manual tranny was an option, though, instead of a CVT.

 

[Bill_M]

This is our modern day station wagon... 2019 Mazda CX-9. Seats 7 passengers, and it has all the toys - AWD, sunroof, bose audio, navigation, heated leather seats, etc.

Bought it brand new in January 2020, leftover 2019. Got a really good deal on it, just before things got crazy in the car market...

After this pic was taken, we had the dealer install the factory tow package. I originally planned on installing the factory roof rack, but have never gotten around to it. Basically that is the only option it doesn't have...

 

[Hermit]

One of my old girlfriend's dad owned a Chevy Kingswood Estate station wagon with the clamshell tailgate. If I recall correctly, it had a 454 engine. The car was a blast to drive and I always thought it would be cool to own one. This one was for sale a couple years ago on Bring a Trailer.

That model was one of the cars in my Driver's Ed class. The one I always chose and nobody else wanted. The backwards serpentine was my favorite exercise. The instructors were on a raised platform and gave directions over the car radio. Mine were always to slow down.
Family cars at the time were a '73 Chevy van, a Dodge Monaco and a Plymouth Fury III, so this beast was a piece of cake. Good times.