Station wagon?

[landmannnn]

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This was sold as a "County Station Wagon" back in 1989. Second only in expense to the Range Rover.

I have fond memories of my 1988 V8 90 County Station wagon that I bought new for £14k. Although horrific fuel consumption and rusted like a Lancia.

 

[Tom109]

In college, I fell in love with and purchased a 1959 Chevy Parkwood station wagon as my daily driver. Many good times!

 

[Paddy]

To simplify, think of the Station Wagon (SW) as the "car".

We use it internally for build specifications because in other parts of the world to the US, there is also a Grenadier Utility Wagon (UW) 5 seater.

Whilst not entirely accurate, think of this as more of a "commercial vehicle". The only major difference is the rear bench of the UW 5 seater sits further forward (5-6 inches), allowing enough space for a euro pallet in the boot space.

In some EU countries this puts the vehicle into a different category and prevents some luxury car taxes etc. In the UK, even though the 5 seater UW doesn't fit all the tax criteria to be fully VAT reclaimable for most businesses, they still sit in a loophole segment meaning that yearly road fund license (or road tax) is currently substantially less than the SW.

Other UWs referred to internally include chassis-cab, any 2 seater variant (including the modified UK VAT reclaimable version) and the QM.