I know how you feel! I have the same year while a couple of my family members have the newer (larger) ones. They don’t even look like they’re from the same series.
ICE Cars are getting bigger (and heavier).
EVs are significantly heavier again.
The combination of passive safety systems (like impact bars, SRS and crumple-zones) improve your chances of survivability when interacting with a larger vehicle at the expense of weight.
The problem as that this has resulted in a rat-race of bigger and bigger (and less manageable) vehicles.
To deal with such large vehicles, Driver Assistance Systems need to be integrated, which adds more weight and increases driver complacency.
As a fan of wagons, yes it sucks that there are so few left to buy.
The European manufactures still sell wagons here. But $$$
There is also still the WRX wagon.
My 06 forester was tiny compared to my friends 2019 one.
I know how you feel! I have the same year while a couple of my family members have the newer (larger) ones. They don’t even look like they’re from the same series.
ICE Cars are getting bigger (and heavier). EVs are significantly heavier again.
The combination of passive safety systems (like impact bars, SRS and crumple-zones) improve your chances of survivability when interacting with a larger vehicle at the expense of weight.
The problem as that this has resulted in a rat-race of bigger and bigger (and less manageable) vehicles.
To deal with such large vehicles, Driver Assistance Systems need to be integrated, which adds more weight and increases driver complacency.
Impreza wagons are technically wagons, but more closely resemble a Hot Hatch.
Pretty much every subcompact wagon is really a hatch.