This, my friends, is the Golf SportWagen TDI (Sportwagon in Canada) currently taking residence in my driveway this week. It's a brilliant little car, even if it isn't manual, brown, or all-wheel drive.
Even though it's wonderfully good – the DSG is sharp and smooth, the ride is firm yet svelte, and the torque, oh the torque! – I still wouldn't buy one.
This past week, I've been inundated with different versions of a similar question: are there any modern vehicles I'd actually buy? This is opening up Pandora's Box and finding a can of worms inside.
Proving the Pandora's Box part of the above metaphor, automotive journalists are weird degenerates and we desire cars that are truly horrible. Case in point: the Crown Victoria. Sajeev's unending love for one of Ford's worst creations, powered by the modular 4.6L V8, is proof of his masochistic ways. Also, he lives in Houston, further cementing his devotion to being eternally uncomfortable, whether it be on sitting on a bench seat or sweating in 95 percent humidity. Or both, assuming the Vic's air conditioning is on the fritz.
The can of worms part is simple. As an automotive journalist, saying you would buy a particular car, truck, or SUV is akin to endorsement. There are literally tons of vehicles I would buy for myself but would never suggest to others. Much like Sajeev's "beaten spouse" acceptance of the Panther platform in its many guises, I love one of Ford's other forgotten heroes: the Bronco. Oh, do I love the Bronco. Not even the cool old Broncos upon which ICON does its magic. I (again) want a plastic-adorned Bronco of the '90s emblazoned with XLT or Eddie Bauer on the side.
However, I won't tell anyone else to buy a Bronco. They're thirsty, problem prone, and completely impractical. A two-door SUV with a removable roof (held down with tamper-proof Torx bolts, no less) powered by not one, but two, V8 engines spitting out very similar horsepower figures? Yup, that's for me. Give me that, please.
That said, if there existed a long-roof version of a lot of today's sedan or hatchback offerings, I'd probably switch my tune.
Impreza? They used to do a wagon. And I would buy it, too. With real money. The hatchback? Not a chance.
Focus? You can get it in Europe. Yet, bringing it to North America would put it in competition with the Escape.
Impala? Oh god. This used to exist in the '60s and whenever I see one I get that feeling. The nostalgia might push me over the edge.
So, B&B, what wagon version of a normal car would you buy with real non-Internet-commenter money?
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