And though my parents had Volvo stations wagons, in various trims of 240 and 740 models, I still had a soft spot for the big domestic woody wagons ... s featured ’78 Buick, owned by my friend ...

but minivans and — increasingly — sport utility vehicles were giving such wagons quite a beating in the showrooms by 1992. Buick was down to just two woodies by 1992; here's a discarded ...