Wagon

The family, also called wagon (in English wagon or summer and in French familiale or break ), is a type of bodywork d ' car , usually derived from a corresponding model sedan, from which resumes the front center of the vehicle body, while the rear part is longer and increased in volume, by joining the trunk with the passenger compartment, so as to create more space available for loading luggage, freight or other.

Subaru Wagon Impreza

Particular is the use of that car manufacturers have made the trade name of these versions. Many brands have sought to distinguish itself by adopting a particular name for their cars with bodywork family. Together with the first name Giardinetta of Viotti (later re-used by Alfa Romeo between the seventies and eighties), we note the general use by manufacturers of the French term Break (now little used), then Giardiniera, Panorama , Weekend and Multiwagon ( used gradually over time & Wagon ( Ford ), Compact Wagon ( Subaru ), Cross Wagon ( Hyundai ). Several of these are still ( March 2011 ) in use, while others have had it very short.

Kia Soul

Starting then from the end of the eighties, when in Europe the western wagon began to be fashionable, Alfa Romeo gave rise to a phenomenon of marketing is still in progress, to characterize in a sporting sense versions family, beginning with the name. In 1988 the station wagon versions of the Alfa 33 , formerly called Giardinetta became Sport Wagon, a name no longer left the house Italian and used even now. gradually followed by other brands, including the first for the Subaru wagon version of its first Impreza of 1992 used the same designation. They then others continued as Renault ( Sport Tourer ), Opel ( Sports Tourer ), Kia ( Sporty Wagon ) and Saab ( SportCombi and SportCombi ).

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