What a shame, Volvo, the once-esteemed guardian of the station wagon is now reduced to a mere shadow of its former self. With an ‘eight or even seven-vehicle global lineup,’ wagons must feel like the forgotten stepchild in a family of trendy SUVs. CEO Jim Rowan? Sounds like he’s on a diet of ‘different editions of the same base car’ – no wonder wagons are being culled like so much unwanted fat. It’s like Volvo is trying to reinvent the wheel, but instead, they’re just rolling out a tired old model with a shiny new paint job. And let’s not even get started on the sales figures – if the XC60 is selling like hotcakes, the wagons must be as cold and dusty as an old Volvo trunk. But hey, who needs wagons when you can have a sleek, ‘very wagon-like’ SUV that’s just as much a wagon as a polar bear is a penguin? It’s like Volvo is trying to be hip and relevant, but they’re just left with a ‘V’ that’s about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
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