Dodge sold a whopping 194,000 Darts in 1964, but less than 7% of these rigs were station wagons. Significantly fewer have survived.

What was once a staple on the market has all but disappeared, here is what happened to the American station wagon and what it needs for a comeback.

GM’s 1978 full-size station wagons were only mildly changed from 1977. That’s because ’77 was the arrival of the downsized big GM cars, from the lowest-priced Impala two-door to the Cadillac ...