Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a pipe dream. An exhaust pipe dream, to be particular.
And it entails station wagons.
The brand new requirements would cut back the miles-per-gallon business fleetwide common for light-duty autos from 50.4 miles per gallon underneath a Biden-era rule to roughly 34.5 miles per gallon by the 2031 mannequin yr.
“This rule will really mean you can deliver again the Nineteen Seventies station wagon — perhaps a little bit wooden paneling on the aspect,” Duffy proposed. “We are able to deliver again option to customers, so yeah, the minivan is superior, however perhaps the station wagon is cool, too.”
Though the station wagon was a typical sight on American roads through the mid-Twentieth century, they misplaced market share to SUVs and crossovers and haven’t been produced within the U.S. since 2020, in accordance with TopSpeed.com.
However whereas Duffy could also be nostalgic for the wood-paneled station wagon, his zeal didn’t seem like shared by others on social media.
Duffy’s station wagon revival dream isn’t his solely current want to return to the times of yore that has made him a goal of ridicule.
CORRECTION: This story has been amended to right the primary identify of fictional character Clark Griswold.
