2025 Toyota Crown Signia Limited - When is a crossover a station wagon?
From time to time my mom, like many moms in the 1950s, drove a station wagon. It started with a '56 Ford Ranch Wagon that my dad "bought" for her (he made the down payment and she paid off the note). The Ranch Wagon lasted to '62 when rust did it in. For a year or two she drove a '58 Ford 2-door wagon. I've owned a few wagons myself. I've always liked the utility of them. I don't know why but it seems that "station wagon" has become a dirty word. This Toyota Crown, despite looking like a station wagon, is a crossover. But I'm old and I claim geezer rights to call it a station wagon. Surprisingly the Crown Signia is about the same size as mom's '56! The Crown is 194.1" long on a wheelbase of 112.2". It stands 64", and is 74" wide. It weighs around 4,200 lbs. Under the hood is where the difference is. Our '56 had a 292 "Thunderbird" V8 that was rated around 200 hp. The Crown has a 188 hp, 2.5-l...
