No more Volvo wagons for the US

Just like it says. Link:

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1736/the-death-of-the-station-wagon/

I really enjoyed every one of the 60k miles I put on my '95 Volvo 850 with manual trans.

When I lucked into a company car, I gave the wagon off to my brother who still drives it to this day.
When he is done with it, I may just try to get it back from him.

The article says just 480 Volvo V50 wagons were sold in 2010. Now that is a rare vehicle. Imagine how rare it is to find one with a manual trans.

Sad...

The XC70 will still be coming in. The V70 dropped from %50 of sales in the 90's to less than %5 in 2010. The V50 never really caught on, but I think a "Cross Country" version would have been a hit.

jrw1621 wrote: The article says just 480 Volvo V50 wagons were sold in 2010. Now that is a rare vehicle. Imagine how rare it is to find one with a manual trans.

My brother had an '05 V50 T5 AWD with the six-speed manual. It drove just like a mini-V70R.

No more wagons?

Volvo, you are dead to me. DEAD!

I wasn't about to buy a Chinese Volvo. This is just another reason not to buy.

I love the quote "customers flee to more utilitarian vehicles". It should have said, "customers inexplicably flee to more stylish, less practical gas-guzzling vehicles". As if there could even be a more utilitarian vehicle than a wagon. The very idea! Ludicrous.

Volvo has now joined the many automotive marques whose best years are now in the past. I will enjoy the memory of my 945T. It was a great car.

Yep. This has been known in the Volvo community for awhile now. Oddly enough, at a VCOA meeting at the corporate HQ in NJ last year, the US-head was grilled about this news and was apparently perplexed by the negative response. The trouble is, Volvo "enthusiasts" (the ones who go to these events) don't really buy very many new cars.

Some friends of ours (who own 2 1800's) are using this as an excuse to buy a new V50 and are taking advantage of the overseas delivery program. They are also picking a couple of OSD-only options that are unavailable on normal US cars (limited to paint and trim items, unfortunately).

I still want a v70R........:(

People really buy wagons? Seriously?

How many? 3 in the whole U.S.?

Ian F wrote: Yep. This has been known in the Volvo community for awhile now. Oddly enough, at a VCOA meeting at the corporate HQ in NJ last year, the US-head was grilled about this news and was apparently perplexed by the negative response. The trouble is, Volvo "enthusiasts" (the one whole go to these events) don't really buy very many new cars. Some friends of ours (who own 2 1800's) are using this as an excuse to buy a new V50 and are taking advantage of the overseas delivery program. They are also picking a couple of OSD-only options that are unavailable on normal US cars (limited to paint and trim items, unfortunately).

Sounds a lot like the situation with SAAB. Back on topic I really want a V70R.

I buy wagons or coupes and pretty much despise 4-door sedans. I can tolerate 5-door hatchbacks, but would rather have a wagon. So no US-wagons pretty much means no new car for me.

Of course, I already have a wagon... with no intention of replacing it any time soon... Current wagon owners tend to be the types that keep cars forever...

so sad... the end of the line for Volvo

Ian F wrote: I buy wagons or coupes and pretty much despise 4-door sedans. I can tolerate 5-door hatchbacks, but would rather have a wagon.

As if it had been ripped from my own mind. +1 internets for you, sir.

carguy123 wrote: People really buy wagons? Seriously? How many? 3 in the whole U.S.?

prolly the same reason we never got the audi rs4 avant......which would have been awesome...

So what happens to the C30, one of the few (IMO) cars Volvo has gotten right in almost a decade?

In reply to HiTempguy:

don't think they consider it a "wagon" since by the name it is considered a coupe, and i'd agree. it is much more like my old rsx than it is like a two-door wagon

carguy123 wrote: People really buy wagons? Seriously? How many? 3 in the whole U.S.?

Travel to the Northwest. Every other car is a Volvo wagon or a Subaru wagon. Seriously.

Yep. The C30 is considered a coupe or 3-dr hatchback.

C30 is staying for now. In the northeast for the last couple of years, a V70 was the kiss of death. The only way you got a deposit on one was if a pigeon flew over it.

I thought the wagons were the only ones that sold!?

all I got to say bout all this, I love me some wagon! a lot of beatings and turning the car around ultimatum's were made in wagons, taking them away will just encourage the no dicipline that kids are getting nowadays.

killerkane wrote: I thought the wagons were the only ones that sold!?

Years ago this was true... then SUV's arrived on the scene... and the only Volvo wagon that sold well was the XC70 - which is staying. So in a way you will be able to buy a Volvo wagon... providing you can stomach the higher ride height, AWD and additional body plastic.

The V50 is gorgeous. Sad to see it go.

Still, the only Volvo I can see myself buying, new or used, is another classic like the 240 or 1800.

I for one will miss then.