Sad news for wagon enthusiasts, Volvo might stop making wagons in the future.

Volvo CEO hinted that there is a future for them with no wagons
Claims they want to focus more on what the market wants: SUVs
They have limited resources, and platforms with little demand (like wagons) are probably going to get cut.

Look, I drive a wagon, was it my choice? Uhm not really, but I was in a rush so I just bought the car only after 10 minutes of test driving it, and then went straight into a long road trip. But the thing is that while initially, I scuffed off the idea of driving a wagon, or an estate/touring, as we call it over here in Europe, well… I eventually learned to love it for the practicality but also for the more different look on the road.

And I kid you not, even before I knew I would end up with a Bimmer wagon, one of the only other cars I cross-shopped it with was a Volvo V60 in R-design trim.

I know that in the US, wagons are considered niche but also rad (that’s the word right?), like people just dig a nice wagon over there, and I know that on many occasions when Europe and the rest of the world got the touring version, the US only got the sedan and people got pretty bummed out.

Imagine now, a future in which Volvo no longer sells their brick-looking awesome wagons, everywhere, not just in the US. Now that’s straight up a weird thing to happen to the automotive world. But I guess the market dictates, and sadly, people just love SUVs more nowadays.

The Volvo 850 wagon is nothing but legendary, as are the others that came after, especially those with a bit of Polestar tuning to them. Well… I have a feeling almost every Volvo wagon is going to skyrocket in price now after the latest hints from Volvo CEO Jim Rowan about their future lineup.

In an interview with Autocar magazine, he went on to say that he sees a future with no wagons and then doubled down with:

“Rather than bring a V90, for example, are we better to position that car [the XC60] in a slightly different way?”

So basically the XC60 can eat up the slot for the V90 wagon, and update it to make it more estate-like. He then went on to say that they have limited resources to develop new platforms:

“We’re a reasonably small company with limited resources. We’re making very conscious choices about where we want to play the game and where we’re differentiated.”

So there you go, that’s coming straight from the boss. So does it mean that we 100% aren’t going to see any more Volvo estates soon? Well, no, of course not, plans change even if he said that, but it’s looking more than likely that that’s going to be the case sadly.

They are going to continue to support and update their current wagons the V60 and V90, but the sales of these cars are already limited only to a select few countries and not available in the US anymore. Ouch.

But then again, if Alpine, which is known for light-weight sports and racing cars, is now planning to enter the US market with their newly unveiled A390 Electric SUV, then it’s no wonder that the rest of the manufacturers, Volvo including, are going to do the same.