A/W: 11 wagons from the 80s you no longer see
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:38 pm
http://autoweek.com/article/classic-car ... ee-anymore
Still looking for 80s numbers, but I have 77-79 sales numbers for Impala and Caprice wagons. Over 120k a year, and that is just the Chevrolet wagons. Each division had their own B-body wagons.
14,000 sold in the peak year? Holy crap, talk about wildly unsuccessful.Mercury Colony Park
The Colony Park that debuted in 1979 was the last of the line when it came to full-size Ford and Mercury station wagons. Unapologetically huge and sporting acres of faux wood siding, the Colony Park was already showing its age just a few years into production. When Ford debuted the longroof version of the Taurus and Mercury Sable a few years later, the larger Colony Park, named for the small southeastern Pennsylvania town whose size it resembled, remained relatively unchanged.
In terms of sales, 1985 was the best year with Mercury moving just over 14,000 examples of the wagon, but sales had trickled into the low four-figures by 1990. The last model year was actually 1991, which allowed this classic to dip into three decades and four presidential administrations.
Still looking for 80s numbers, but I have 77-79 sales numbers for Impala and Caprice wagons. Over 120k a year, and that is just the Chevrolet wagons. Each division had their own B-body wagons.