Grocery Getters

From the top left, going clockwise: Mercedes, Audi, BMW, and Skoda. All proving that the canonical station wagon (a.k.a., “Grocery Getter”, a.k.a., Swaggin Wagon) can still be attractive in a more aerodynamically friendly configuration than your typical Sport Utility Vehicle.

The 2019 Skoda Combi shown above gets 4.8 l / 100 km, or about 49 mpg, and has 1740 liters of cargo volume (61.4 ft^3).

For comparison, a 2019 Honda CR-V gets about 8 l / 100 km (29 mpg), but has a bigger cargo capacity of 2146 liters ((75.8 ft^3).

That’s 40% better fuel economy for 19% less cargo space. To be fair, I don’t think any of these cars (CR-V included) would seat more than 5 people, but I wish cars like the above were more popular — heck, even offered — in the US.