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Other companies still make them in Europe lol
Yea, but we mostly call it a kombi or an estate car.
Kombi is mostly used in Germany, estate in the UK. In my ex-soviet corner of Europe we don't use Kombi despite the fact that the Moskvitch Kombi was a thing and was a wagon. We call it an "universaal", and an MPV is a "mahtuniversaal" (so universal and volume universal lol). People who aren't car people will call them pick-ups though. Which I hate.
Wagon is the most universally understood variant* IMO. Though not usually station wagon.
* Yes that's a VW joke. I owned a Passat Variant at one point. Worst car I've ever owned, though that's not saying much, I've owned a bunch of excellent cars and that one I got for 800 euros.
Nice to know
Here in Poland we call it Kombi and VW Passat is our stereotypical boomer car.
And I think in Czech Republic and Slovakia they call it Kombi as well.