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Has anybody noticed that car manufacturers are shying away from the use of the term ‘station wagon?’ Like, I’m returning to my estate for an elegantly prepared meal of foi groi and escargot (you have to say that with a fancy English accent). The alternative is hurrying home in my station wagon to beat the pizza delivery guy that I ordered dinner from on my cell phone during soccer practice.
I’m willing to swear Audi’s been making perfect cars for women and moms since the wheel was invented. My husband understands perfectly when I tell him I am moving out of the house and into the car. It is comfortable, fast, nimble, and smart. It’s that good, ladies.
The double sunroof tricks me into thinking that there is some room in here after all! Wow’di Audi! My kids love the added vantage point when admiring the skyscrapers downtown.
As a mom, my personal space is violated consistently and starts to wear on me after a week of being inside during the winter. The best way to cope is to go for a drive in the 2006 Outback.
The Volvo V50 has this cool “ultra-slim center console” where the stereo and climate controls are. There’s a small area behind it to put a small purse. Nifty! A place for my purse other than the passenger seat is the best design innovation since cupholders. I’m serious.
I immediately dim the red-lighted dash which I find annoying. The color red is hunger inducing ... now I can blame my binging of left-over Halloween candy (a sacrifice I am only willing to make for the sake of my son and his oral health, of course) on this phenomenon.
Here’s a curious fact: The Volvo logo is the male gender symbol. You know, the circle with the arrow pointing up and to the right. Why not the female gender symbol? Also the symbol for Venus and Copper, the circle with a cross pointing down could be a great new 21st Century image update for Volvo.
I have the uncanny ability (gift or curse?) of sniffing out good and bad Latch connector designs from a mile away. These actually work! BMW must have a new mom on their design and engineering team who goes through the hassle of installing car seats on a regular basis.
I recently traveled 300 kilometers above the Arctic Circle to test the Volvo V50 and XC90 on the ice tracks. OK, the real truth is that 13 hours in the plane each way without kids was quite appealing to me. A good book, some mindless magazines and a long nap would do any mom a world of good.
Sure, it’s a descendant of our mom’s station wagon used to bring us home from soccer practice in time to partake in a lovely crockpot or fondue dinner. But the station wagon has evolved over the years into a new species that is stylish and functional enough to meet our generation’s high standards.
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