With child and cone in a station wagon - A market overview of "Station Wagons" in the mid-fifties

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With child and cone in a station wagon - A market overview of "Station Wagons" in the mid-fifties

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Created on August 1, 1955

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Dr. Hans Woltereck

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GM Corporation / Opel

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DKW Universal (1995) - In the hobby article about station wagons

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Buick Station Wagon (1903) - Built for passenger transportation

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Chevrolet Suburban Carryall (1935) - early station wagon with increased utility

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Willys Jeep Station Wagon - Advertising in the USA

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Ford V8 Station Wagon (1949) - all-steel construction for eight passengers

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1950) - with complete steel body

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Nash Rambler Custom Station Wagon (1954) - four-door station wagon

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Buick Century Estate Wagon (1954) - The Century was positioned between the Super and the Special

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Chevrolet Nomad (1955) - three doors were unusual at the time

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Chevrolet Nomad (1955) - production version, it remained with three doors, but the basis was the standard Chevrolet

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Ford V8 Parklane Station Wagon (1955) - Elegant station wagon with two side doors

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Studebaker Commander V-8 Regal Conestoga Ultra Vista Station Wagon (1955) - with many improvements and cheaper than its predecessors

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DKW Meisterklasse Universal Type F 89 S (1951) - a Woody from Germany

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Opel Olympia Rekord Caravan (1954) - the faithful traveling companion

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Opel Olympia Rekord Caravan (1954) - what doesn't fit in the trunk goes on the roof

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Ford Taunus 12M (1954) - as a station wagon for camping

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Borgward Hansa 1800 (1953) - Station wagon for the craftsman

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Standard Vanguard (1950) - as a station wagon, called "Estate Car"

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Lea-Francis 14 HP Estate Car (1951) - as a station wagon

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Lea-Francis 14 HP Estate Car (1951) - Gullwing doors at the rear

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Commer Express Delivery Van (1958) - panel van with rear door and 1.4-liter engine with 47 hp - Geneva Motor Show 1958

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Aero Minor II (1949) - as a station wagon at the 1949 Geneva Motor Show

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Morris Oxford Station Wagon (1955) - Multi-purpose version with station wagon rear - Geneva Motor Show 1955

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Fiat 1100 Familiare (1953) - the estate car with room for the whole family

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Fiat 1100 TV Viotti (1954) - Station wagon variant from coachbuilder Viotti at the 1954 Geneva Motor Show

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Peugeot 202 (1946) - Version 'Commerciale' - Side view

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Renault Break Dauphinoise (1957) - successor to the Juvaquatre

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Simca Aronde Commericale (1953) - Fast delivery van with small rear side window

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Simca Aronde Chatelaine (1953) - Station wagon with fully glazed side panel

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Simca Aronde Chatelaine (1954) - Station wagon with two-part tailgate

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Simca Aronde Chatelaine (1954) - Station wagon with two-part tailgate

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Simca Aronde Commericale (1953) - Load area up to the dashboard

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Simca Aronde Chatelaine (1954) - It gets a bit cramped when there are eight of them

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Simca Vedette Marly (1955) - at the Paris Salon in October 1954

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Renault Domaine (1957) - Estate version of the Frégate

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Renault Domaine (1957) - Holiday idyll with Notin caravan

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Renault Domaine (1957) - Frégate station wagon with large load compartment

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Summary

"Station wagons" were hardly widespread in Europe in the first half of the 20th century. In the USA, however, the practical multi-purpose vehicles known as "station wagons" gained some popularity in the interwar period. This article reproduces a report from the magazine "Hobby", which was devoted to the increasingly popular "station wagons" in 1955.

This article contains the following chapters

Station wagon in the USA
One size smaller in Germany
England, France and Italy

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Once upon a time there was an American farmer - let's call him John C. Smith. This man owned two cars: a sedan and a light truck with a box body. On Sundays, he took his family for a drive in the sedan; on weekdays, he used the panel van for all the transportation needed to run his farm. Business was booming, he was selling his products quickly and at worthwhile prices, so he didn't have to worry about the maintenance costs for the two cars. But one day things changed. The boom was followed by an economic slump, sales faltered, prices fell - John C. Smith found himself in the predicament of having to cut corners. He sat down in his rocking chair and thought hard. Did he really need two cars? What if he got rid of the lorry and had the passenger car bodied so that it could be used to transport living people or dead objects alternately, as required.

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