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Originally Posted by gmblack3a
Oh yes the old dragin' wagon. Parents has a 1974 pontiac grand safari station wagon. I'm guessing it got worse MPG then your neighbors YD gets. 
Besides for how tall the SUVs of today are, they are about the same length as a XL denali. I think the wagon was 500lbs less. |
I suspect you are right on the MPG, but that's comparing a '74 to now. A current car-based large wagon, say, based on something like the Buick Lacrosse, would weigh about 3800 lbs, and get 16/24 MPG even with a 300HP V-8, which is tons more scratch than my mother's last Buick wagon circa 1978 which was pumping out about 160HP, although I think it was a few hundred pounds lighter. I'd list the exact numbers but I cleaned out my old factory manuals a few years ago. With the 200HP V-6, the Lacrosse gets 17/28.