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Lots of room in
urban wagon

THERE ARE vers few
small, Japanese econamy
cars that are roomy enough
for large, North American-
sized people. especialiy
people over six feet tall.
The most commons gripe
with six-footers is a lack of
headroom, so it’s nice to
tind a small economy car
that doesn’t trade its roomy
interior for a sleek, fash-
ionable exterior.

TEST ORIVE

The Honda Civic Wavon has an
unusually tall bods style, 140 aim
higher than the Civic batehback
and sedan, Compared to the hat-
chback, the Wagon has 33> mim
more front headroom and 37 mm
more Jegroom. Rear passenger
room is noticeably roomier with
36 mm more headroom, 73 mim
more legroam, and Péc mnt mare
hiproom than the hatchbaes
inodel.

In addition. the rear seats are
positioned higher up than in the
hatchback, so passengers’ lees
point straigln down cither than
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more omatural seatite position,
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heme.

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length means more cargo space : “ let.
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sears up, or folded down, is more
than twice thar of the hatehback.
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