End of the Road: 1991 Mercury Colony Park

The American station wagon is gone. Some European brands will sell you one, as will Subaru, if those cars are really station wagons rather than "5-door hatchback SUVs" or something.
* This was the last full-size wagon from Ford. GM would offer them through 1996. Chrysler last offered a full-size wagon in 1977.
* The biggest Mercury wagon had been called "Colony Park" since 1957.
* Washington state "collector vehicle" license plates are a good deal if you just like driving something old. Anything 30-plus years old qualifies, and they're around $100 and considered to be a "permanent registration". After you buy them you don't have to pay for new tabs every year.

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