---
title: "What Car Deserves a Wagon Variant?"
description: "Fact: five doors are better than four."
date: "2020-06-18"
modified: "2020-06-18"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/34194/what-car-deserves-a-wagon-variant"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Wagon"
---

# What Car Deserves a Wagon Variant?

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If the recent reveal of the [always-awesome Mercedes-AMG E 63 S](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34185/2021-mercedes-amg-e63-s-gets-the-amg-gt-face-and-it-looks-awesome>) and its wagon variant, as well as the [leaked Volkswagen Arteon shooting brake](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34167/volkswagen-arteon-shooting-brake-spotted-online-in-leaked-images>), have reminded us of anything, it's that all cars are better as wagons. It's a fact. They're more practical than the accompanying sedan, handle better than the equivalent crossover, and vastly better looking than both. This got us thinking: What car would make the best wagon?

[Diesel Maserati "Cinqueporte"?](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32905/this-one-off-diesel-maserati-cinqueporte-wagon-is-full-of-questionable-decisions>) Tesla Model S? [R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R?](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33884/this-iconic-nissan-skyline-gt-r-r33-speed-wagon-can-be-yours-for-85000>)

If we were given the opportunity to will one wagon variant not just into existence, but into the U.S. marketplace, it'd probably be one that might [already be coming](<https://www.carscoops.com/2020/06/2021-genesis-g70-shooting-brake-spotted-in-korea-or-is-it-a-fastback/>): the [Genesis G70](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32321/genesis-admits-enthusiast-friendly-g70-wagon-could-be-coming-to-market-report>). Hear me out.

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Would something like a reborn [BMW M5](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/24259/2018-bmw-m5-test-drive-review-luxury-sedan-or-supercar-but-never-both-at-the-same-time>) Touring be a "better" car with more pace, prestige, and create more buzz with enthusiasts? Probably. Would a bread-van [Bugatti Chiron](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/32806/it-takes-another-bugatti-and-wildlife-sensors-to-film-a-chiron-doing-250-mph>) be a bigger internet-story hit with the under-18 crowd? Sure. But between the aforementioned AMG and the [Audi RS6 Avant](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/31209/2020-audi-rs6-avant-first-drive-review-wagon-ber-alles>), the world probably has enough uber-fast German wagons to go around, and let's not kid ourselves into thinking a Bugatti of any bodystyle is a realistic purchase for anybody reading this right now.

No, we'd like to see a wagon G70 because of the absolute power move it would represent on the part of the Hyundai Motor Company. Here's an automaker, once the oft-mocked underdog of the industry, building an unpopular variant of a luxury car that's already part of a [dying](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34083/2021-lexus-is-a-mild-design-update-and-apple-carplay-aim-to-keep-you-from-buying-suvs>)-yet-[fiercely-competitive](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33796/2021-bmw-4-series-coupe-axes-manual-transmission-goes-hybrid-adds-that-grille>) segment not because it'll do anything for its bottom line (because it certainly will not), but just because it can. Bonus points if it comes with a manual transmission.

Do it, Genesis. Your accountants will hate it and, frankly, so will most of the American buying public. But loosely paraphrasing [Victor Hugo](<https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/528157-you-have-enemies-why-it-is-the-story-of-every>), haters gonna hate.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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