My Toffee Brown test wagon with "cornsilk leatherette" interior (marketing-speak for brown with admirably leatherlike tan vinyl) was the top trim level, with sunroof, navigation system, rearview camera and keyless ignition as the big attractions.
The GLX wagon that I tested has a list price of $31,705, including the destination, or delivery, charge.
Though plans called for 70 ePower wagons in the test fleet, it's uncertain how many were actually built before the curtain came down on the automaker last year.
At the Gathering, when they approached the entrance gate with their wagon full of testing kits, there was a distracting incident going on at the same time involving a vehicle and police.
In the hard-core version I tested, the wagon cornered confidently even at speeds that would quickly get you drummed out of the neighborhood association.
Boeing built an unusual training device known as "Waddell's Wagon" (named for a 747 test pilot, Jack Waddell) that consisted of a mock-up cockpit mounted on the roof of a truck.
In one test, we strap a wagon onto a treadmill and load weights or sandbags into the wagon to replicate the experience of pulling a wagon on a sidewalk.
