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Performance Wagons

Best Wagons according to our experts

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Audi RS4
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7.9/10
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The speed of a performance car with the practicality perks of a station wagon? Sounds like a winning formula to us. Does Audi's RS4 Avant really deliver the best of both worlds? We put one to the test to find out.


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Audi RS6
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The RS6 is an endangered species: A performance‑oriented station wagon equipped with a V8 engine.


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Volkswagen Golf
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8/10
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The Volkswagen Golf GTI is still one of the benchmark hatchbacks out there. But it's getting very pricey.


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Skoda Octavia
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7.6/10
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The Skoda Octavia RS wagon might be the go‑to car for families who want a sporty, stylish model with practicality as its middle name, but how did the new‑gen sports wagon deal with family life for Matt Campbell? He lived with it for six months ‑ through the birth of his first child, a 100‑plus‑day lockdown, and through a few annoying car tech glitches. He's what he thought.


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