Years produced: 1956-1991 Original starting price: $3,140 This wasn't a car of its own, but Pontiac's designation for each of its wagons. The Star Chief, Astre, Bonneville, Catalina, Executive, Grand Ville, LeMans, Parisienne, 6000, Sunbird, and Tempest all got the Safari tag as wagons, but the Grand Safari built on the Bonneville and Grand Ville body was the most impressive — more than 19 feet long, with 5.5 feet of interior space from side to side, and weighing nearly 5,300 pounds at its peak, which would become its greatest drawback. “One of the bigger issues the wagon has versus the SUV is that when you get the passengers all sitting upright, you can shift the way things are arranged and fit a lot of cargo space in a relatively small footprint,” Kaufman says. “Wagons are usually longer vehicles, so people who live in cities will take up a smaller footprint with a small SUV.”
