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I'm going to write a dirty word here.



Wagon.



Yes, I know the very term makes auto manufacturers gasp, clutch their hearts and proclaim to the skies "Elizabeth, I'm coming to join you!," when used to describe a vehicle, but the fact is that wagons are good things. And if Toyota is worried that there is some bad connotation to the word, they need to look at demographics.



For example, I'm not exactly wet behind the ears and I barely remember station wagons. Trot the term out on those younger than I and they look at your blankly. Heck (in another sitcom reference), I was talking to someone the other day who didn't know who Kramer was. So I say to you, if today's younger demographic is unfamiliar with Seinfeld, than I can promise you the term "wagon," which precedes Jerry and the gang by a couple of decades, is not an anathema to them.



Now that we've got that cleared up, let's take a look at the new Toyota Venza, a vehicle that is a cross between the company's top-selling midsize sedan, the Camry, and its also-very-popular midsize SUV, the Highlander.

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Camry plus Highlander equals Toyota Venza was originally published by New Orleans Auto Reviews: Toyota. Read the full story by clicking here.