How Germany's Greatest Hero Invented The BMW 3-Series Wagon

Max Reisböck was a simple man with a simple dream. The BMW engineer wanted to take his family on vacation, but back in the 1980s, his car — a 3-Series sedan — was too small for their luggage. So he set out to fix this problem himself.

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The Best First Cars For New Drivers

In the last month, I’ve had about half a dozen people ask me, "What’s a good car for a new driver?" Some of these are parents, some are kids who know nothing about cars, some want to just go fast. And yet there’s an intersection that usually makes everyone happy.

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The Vauxhall VXR8 Is A Corvette-Engined Wagon For The British

Since Cadillac is reportedly killing off its short-lived CTS-V Sport Wagon, if you want a really badass car with this body style in the US, you have to go for the awesome yet rather expensive Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Wagon. Meanwhile in Great Britain, Vauxhall is giving people the new version of the VXR8 Tourer, a car…

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The Jalopnik Guide To Amazingly Sexy Wagons Americans Can't Have

It's safe to say we talk a lot about things we can't have on Jalopnik, and many of those things include wagons. We don't get a lot of the cool load-luggers Europeans get and that's truly a tragedy, since they include some powerful, attractive and bizarrely cool models we will never get to buy new.

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