We had a Ford LTD Country Squire as a kid with the full V8. It could have survived Hiroshima (it did survive hitting a deer near Lake Tahoe) and idled at 25mph without breaking a sweat. Learning to drive on a tank like that was an experience. My folks bought it with the new fangled centre dash vehicle information system that never showed more than 10mpg at any given time. It seated the entire family and then some with the rear seats up, which always made me motion sick because they faced backwards. It towed and carried anything. And hey, it was the Reagan years. Gas was cheap.

There is no wagon or indeed crossover anymore like those antediluvian beasts.