A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used), estate car (or just estate, United Kingdom usage) or a break (France usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan, but with an extended rear cargo area.

Most station wagons are modified sedan-type car bodies, having the passenger area extended to the rear window (over the normal trunk area of the vehicle). Unlike a hatchback car, which otherwise meets this description, a station wagon is the full height of the passenger cabin all the way to the back; the rear glass is not sloped too far from vertical. Station wagons also have side windows over the cargo area, whereas most hatchbacks have no cargo area windows. Two exceptions to this rule include Rambler (automobile) station wagons (1952–1962) on which the roof line subtly dipped down over the cargo area, and GM's Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser (1964–1972) and Buick Sportwagon (1964–1970) on which the rear roof section was slightly elevated and combined with four skylights.

A station wagon is distinguished from a minivan (MPV) or SUV by still being a car, sharing its forward bodywork with other cars in a manufacturer's range. The popularity of the minivan in the 1980s and early 1990s is credited with the decline of the traditional station wagon.

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baabycastro (Amanda.) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:03:09 -0000
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@SuzanneDenbow my mother had one of the first 1994 #Volvo 850Turbo station wagons in the states. Fully loaded. Had a dif problem every week.
joelfeder (Joel Feder) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:49:15 -0000
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dizzygiggles (Luke Hand) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:17:36 -0000
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I wish there were more cool station wagons to choose from here in the states like there are elsewhere in the world. Oh well.
M_Maney (Matt Maney) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:38:54 -0000
I wish there were more cool station wagons to choose from here in the states like there are elsewhere in the world. Oh well.

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