And when it finally petered out, the station wagon left an indelible imprint on the future of automotive design. For more than 40 years, we trusted it to get us where we needed to go, to haul what needed to be hauled. SUVS and even crossovers might not enjoy the popularity they do today.Īt one point in America’s automotive history, the station wagon defined the typical modern, middle-class family. Now that I have a family of my own, I kind of miss it. It had more than 200,000 miles on it by the time we were done with it and it was traded in for a Daewoo.
The Caprice Classic held on until I moved out. I waited impatiently for it to die so we could buy a smaller, slightly cooler car. I remember gathering as a family, all six of our heads peering at the dashboard as we watched the car surpass 100,000 miles on the odometer, celebrating in its resilience but not me. My friends made fun of the heavy, black smoke it emitted every time someone started the engine. It fit nine passengers comfortably and over the course of its 17-year lifetime, it made no less than 12 road trips from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Florida carrying our entire family’s luggage on its roof. Growing up, my family owned a burgundy 1984 Chevrolet Caprice Classic station wagon, complete with faux-wood paneling and a rooftop luggage rack.
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