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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

oooo, don't say that too loud elsewhere or you'll have angry people claiming that the Outback is still a wagon, despite not having been one for over a decade now.

I also had this trouble replacing my third gen Outback. I went with a 2012 Elantra Touring, which has very similar cargo capacity (but lower towing capacity). but it's hard to come by 14 year old cars that aren't rust buckets.

I can still get a newer BMW, Volvo, or VW wagon, but they're outside of my budget and/or offensive/dangerous (distracting tech, LED headlights, etc). because fuck people who just want a Toyota Matrix, I guess. the VWs were probably the closest to my low budget in the used market

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, there are still technically some wagons on the market, but they're $75K luxury vehicles. It's weird, because I only see people with that kind of money driving sports cars or luxury SUVs, but I guess someone is buying them.