If your family needs run extra large, as in extra large loads and extra large trips, you may have to look beyond sedans. Perhaps, though, you're just not into high-riding, box-shaped transport wagons on a par with today's minivans. They don't perform, you say, and they're not pretty. If that's your problem, let us tell you about the Ford Taurus LX Wagon, the minivan that looks like a car.Station wagons are a dying breed, there's no doubt about it. The imports make only a few small wagons. Chrysler is completely out of the wagon business.
Some automakers, however, are still in the game. General Motors makes the huge rear-drive Chevrolet Caprice and Buick Roadmaster, and also the Oldsmobile Ciera, Buick Century and Saturn wagon. And the company that first popularized the station wagon - Ford - is carrying on a tradition with the Taurus family of wagons, as well as with the small Escort and Tracer wagons.