When the esteemed Mr. Brennan initiated Wagon Wednesday here in the Hooniverse, I doubt he considered the far reaching implications of the popularity that Wagon Wednesday would become.
Celebrating Wagon Wednesday over at the uber-fantastic Hemmings Blog, Mr. McGean published a post referencing this Hooniworthy one-off Crown Vic longroof and this olelongrooffan thought my fellow Hoons might be interested in checking it out here.
And note the comment from the Blue Oval designer in the comments section!
A Wagon Wednesday Rarity
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An interesting glimpse into what might have been. The conversion uses a Taurus wagon roof, which is too short and too narrow, making for a VERY awkward rear end. And a designed-from-scratch wagon would have differently shaped upper rear doors. But I'm picking nits. Squint a little and you can easily see how a well designed Vic/Marquis wagon of this generation would have cleaned GM's clock. Damn the Explorer, which is almost surely the reason no wagon was designed for this body.
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The rear isn't as awkward as you might think. Take a look at the rear end of a '58 Ford wagon sometime. It has the same extended hump in the back.
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Yeah, the idea is interesting but it could have been executed better. The beltline shoulders around the rear fenders and tailgate do look pretty odd.
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Nice looking wagon. If the car buying public truly had decent taste, these would have been commonplace back in the day and affordable by the likes of me by now.
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I wonder if the rear section of an Explorer would work better. Hmm. This should not take away from that fact that I want this.
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yeah, kinda stilted or awkward looking….pretty cool, though, you'd think they'd'a built them factory but i assume they didn't think it'd sell.
my car-clueless mom drove a '97 taurus wagon for a few years, the unbelievably offensive concave-sides body style, and that thing was so awful to drive and so hideous i'd think any real driver needing a wagon would have picked the Vic if available.-
My grandfather's '03 Sable wagon is fun to drive in its own right – sure, steering feel and suspension are a bit lacking, but it's far from the least capable thing I've ever driven, save for its large-FWD-car tendency to plow forward if you try to accelerate around a corner. It's also the most torque-steer-prone car I've ever driven – foot to the floor from 20-60, it'll move about a half-lane to the right if you let it. Sure, I wouldn't want to daily-drive it, necessarily – visibility's good, but I'd rather park either of my Volvos – but I don't hate it. Now, if it had the Vulcan instead of the Duratec, to Hell with it.
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That mid 90s Taurus styling was so bulbous and terrible looking. I would prefer not to be seen in one, much less own one.
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Found a couple more pics out there. The direct on rear shot doesn't look too bad, but the side view shot is a bit more disturbing. And I love Crown Vic Wagons (Country Squires even more).
I have a picture of a photoshop image from long ago that looks pretty good, but it's at home. I'll post it later tonight for comparison.
<img src="http://www.carguydad.com/wp-content/gallery/misc/95wagon2.jpg">
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Sorry, it is hideous. Looks like some strange concept model by some fifth tier hearse building company.
Or it could be Sangyong's shot at American wagon. They have a bit similarly styled Kyron:
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Acadia knockoff.
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You can't really compare anything to the hideousness of the entire Ssangyong range. Well you can, but it is a rather damning insult.
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I agree. SsangYong vehicles are hideous and would not go over well in the US, between people being overly fashion-conscious in terms of SUV buying and the name sounding an awful lot like "Pyongyang". This atrocity does remind me of a SsangYong.
-Darnell's Auto Wrecking, formerly of Jalopnik
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Woodgrain would take away from those awkward lines nicely I think. Hell even if they didn't it would still be way cooler.
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Ugghh. Horrible. To cleanse the image from our seared retinas, may I present the high point of wagon design:
<img src="http://www.audipic.com/audi/2010/11/audi-rs6-avant-3.jpg", width=500>
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![https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_EB3gKlxSmQA/SwNbdeAW8SI/AAAAAAAAAVY/0sAgBnoFZwE/s144/1998_Ford_Country_Squire.jpg"](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_EB3gKlxSmQA/SwNbdeAW8SI/AAAAAAAAAVY/0sAgBnoFZwE/s144/1998_Ford_Country_Squire.jpg"){kind=link}
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![http://www.audipic.com/audi/2010/11/audi-rs6-avant-3.jpg"](http://www.audipic.com/audi/2010/11/audi-rs6-avant-3.jpg"){kind=link}
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