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Originally Posted by Mavus
Because people need wagons to buy shit at Costco and Home Depot but there aren’t many wagon choces for nicer models so they end up buying suvs. Add to that body sizes and you end up with round people in oversized vehicles with huge boxes.
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Wagons weren't and still aren't popular in the US. Which is a shame because that's why we don't have the touring models. SUVs reign supreme, for a wide variety of reasons. Too many reasons to really dissect here effectively.
Crossovers have sorta filled the gap wagons fill. They are bigger than wagons but smaller than your full size SUV, and are popular.
My suspicion is this is part a manufacturing decision, as SUVs and crossovers are usually built off a shared chassis and share many components. Wagons likewise typically share a chassis and components from a sedan.
Since SUVs are more popular than sedans here, it is more financially efficient to build crossovers for those that need less car than an SUV but more car than a sedan, than to build wagons. Allows volume to be more easily soaked up with one class of vehicles sharing a platform and components than over two.