8 Performance Wagons That Redefine the Family Car

The dads rejoice – this one is for you. It is an excuse to have a crisis in mid-life of immature mature type, and cool to that. Simply bring a new pair of New Balance 530S. You know you deserve it, so abandon the SUV and buy a car that celebrates your life scene without too much compromise. Go buy a performance wagon.

Okay, but let’s really go really. As an automotive community, we love the wagons and what they bring: style, utility and uniqueness that comes out in a sea of ​​dull SUVs. It is difficult to wrap your head because the wagon was once the SUV in the world, but it was simply lacked. Again, as an automotive community, there is a stigmatization that we all mouss on the wagons, but we hate to buy them. However, if you plan to break this stigmatization, here are 8 performance cars that you can (somehow) buy today:

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BMW M5 Touring

V8 loaded with turbs with turb with an electric motor to make 717 hp, 0-60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds. They complained when the M5 became turbocharged, and they complained when it went to all-wheel drive, but what do they say when the M5 becomes hybrid? Oh, and who are “they”?

“They” are probably those who will never buy an M5 anyway. For those who can, all -wheel drive operates and judging by the outgoing competition model, which I had the pleasure of testing, it is an absolute rocket. This hybrid, in a shot version, will undoubtedly be sublime in its German fight with Audi RS6.

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Mercedes AMG E63 S Wagon

Although ceased in 2023 before this new craze recovered (perhaps Mercedes kicks), some examples still float, sporting the faithful twin-up twin-upded platform of AMG V8, as well as the silky lines of the electronic class, this time in wagon mode.

The output was 603 hp and 627 lb-ft with torque, and it could flex this population from 0 to 60 MPH in 3.3 seconds, equipped with an automatic 9-speed automatic transmission. It is the Supercar territory, but with luggage! I would be childish to harass on the point of knowing why we no longer have to sell, new, but what would be a trio of Wagons on a completely German tour? It is the real trinity of the automobile for which I signed up.

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Volvo V90 Cross Country

A worthy performance car, but not for those looking for an acceleration of brute force, as other options could offer it. It is more a well -balanced cross -crossed car that can be taken on the road and off the road, thanks to its 7.9 -inch ground clearance. If you are looking for terrestrial nuggets to further improve your V90 experience, good hunting here. Volvo has a history of creating performance cars. The British tour Volvo 850R car is what I am referring to, so maybe the V90 has part of this legend forward and has spices.

Sport of soft hybrid technology and no needed plug-in, the V90 Cross Country is responsible for driver-oriented technology. The Swedish firm knows how to make an all-terrain version, and the Swedes know how to make a performance wagon, but do not expect the performance of the breathing of fire here from the 295 hp which offers a respectable time from 0 to 60 MPH in 6.1 seconds.

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BMWS M3 Touring

BMW began the resurgence of performance tourers with the M4 Touring, and now that the world has calmed down a bit above this end, it could be normal to admit that it is a magnificent car. Under these aggressive characteristics is a 3.0-liter six.0-liter turbo engine producing 530 hp and 480 lb-ft of torque. All this translates into a time from 0 to 60 MPH of 3.6 seconds, achieved thanks to the 8 -speed Steptronic sports transmission.

Again, as a continuous trend, there is the M xDrive with an active M differential, and yes, you can light the rear wheels in DSC-Off mode. But be notified. This car will bit in the real BMW tradition M. This will not suffer any insane behavior. Despite the opinions divided on design, one cannot deny the striking presence of one of the coolest and most unique cars to adorn our routes recently.

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Subaru Outback Wilderness

Another less stressful option to consider to have joined our Volvo V90 is the Subaru Outback Wilderness. The heritage of Subaru (without puns) lives in the outback. Although you do not obtain the M-Sport Forrester version of the past, you get DNA, and this is a cool thing, as well as the purchase in the insurance that comes with a sound history and a solid platform to venture and have fun.

The Wilderness Subaru Outback 2025 will include the legendary 2.4-liter turbocharged boxer engine, which produces 260 hp and 277 lb-ft of torque. Although no manual manual is offered, you will get a CVT with it, and if it is something like the outgoing model, it will not be the worst compromise. However, I would prefer one with manual transmission, in the real Subaru style. It’s just good.

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Volkswagen Golf R Before

Volkswagen also jumped on the media threshing train with the Golf 8 R platform. It is a mobile dad with all-wheel drive. A drawback is that it is not available all over the world, including America, but it has “future classic” written everywhere if you can get your hands on one. 330 hp and 309 LB-Pi are healthy numbers of the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine which will bring you 60 mph from 0 in 4.7 seconds. The top speed is limited to 155 MPH.

I had the pleasure of testing both the Golf 8 R and Tiguan R and I can say that if the version of the wagon is also good, it will be a hero of the appropriate working class. Grip for days, balanced chassis with a low center of gravity and the ability to do the work and cut canyons on breakfast.

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Porsche Taycan (4S) Cross Turismo

The 911 do not benefit from the customs of customs clearance of Safari soil, but the same goes for Taycan with all -wheel drive with the Taycan 4S Cross Turismo. The ambitious Porsche tour car is delivered with 690 hp and 449 lb-ft of torque, with motors on the front and rear wheels, and a 5,090 pound sidewalk weight, 156 pounds less than the outgoing model.

The Taycan Cross Turismo is a 320 kW quick loading unit based on 800 V Porsche technology, which means about 10% to 80% in 18 minutes and add 160 additional miles to your daily trip. It is only if you do not plan to use the launch control to reach 0-60 MPH in 3.1 seconds. The top speed of this model is limited to 155 MPH.

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Audi RS6 before

Entering its “goat” time is the last Audi RS6, with a 4-liter V8 with double turbo which produces 621 hp and 627 lb-ft of torque. With the 8 -speed transmission, it reaches 60 MPH from 0 in just 3.3 seconds (then tell children to wrap their neck tacks). If there was a car that could do everything, that’s it. Lots of performance and I care very much. Utility to start. This seems to kill with his presence on stage and has a certified classification “Zaddy” Aficionado, thanks to this very important Audi line which goes back to the grandfather of all, the Audi RS2.

No one can hit the heroes of Ingolstadt to how to make a sports wagon, and no one dares to share. Secretly, despite everyone’s feelings about the brand, if you ask someone, it is the one they want to own. It is the Kingneker that checks all the boxes.

Not that I ask at all, but if Toyota could go to the production of a GR Corolla wagon, we could officially live in the most exciting period for the wagons. At the same time, everyone keeps saying that the automobile becomes boring with all these SUVs. That we finally convince the masses to stop foaming on wagons and starting to buy them, it would be a big demand, but having these types of offers shows us that as an automotive industry, we have not all lost the plot yet.