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"Hupmobile?" What's that? I think it's funny the way "old fashioned" station wagons are being replaced by the same thing...just renamed to "SUVs." | |||
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They're not really the same thing. A station wagon is a car, has an automobile chassis, and is designed to be driven on public roads. An SUV is considered a truck, with a truck chassis, designed (at least theoretically) to be driven off-road. Station wagons are usually 2-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. SUVs typically have 4-wheel drive capability. Crossovers, I understand, are really station wagons. | |||
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Not necessarily, Tinman and Kalleh. The origin of "SUV" has bugged me for years, but at last I found it. Crosley originated it in 1947. Theirs was a light two wheel drive station wagon with a canvas rear cargo/passenger area. Also, keep in mind that the early large four wheel drive utility vehicles such as the Jeep Wagoneer (Original version), and the International Travelall, were billed as station wagons, but were built on a truck chassis. It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti | |||
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