[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

So the Mercedes T model was (at least in Germany, the manufacturers country) never called a "station wagon" because that category name doesn't exist there. The closest analogue to it in German parlance would be the "Kombi" class of vehicles. Based upon the more numerous sedan models, but shaped like a station wagon with a large rear door, a level trunk (usually) and with the option of considerably expanding cargo space by folding down the rear seats to provide a flat surface

And - since demand for that kind of vehicle never went away - there are still quite a few "Kombi" variants of common sedans. As for why "nobody makes station wagons anymore, but something like it and calls it a different name" - I get the impression that station wagons in the US got a bad rap as "big and wasteful" vehicles. Which is hilarious when you think about the SUV epidemic that happened (and seems to be getting worse still) many years later and very much redefined "big and wasteful" (aside from "silly and dangerous to use due to high center of gravity").