Seeking to lure speed-crazy guys with kids, car makers are trying to transform the dowdy old family hauler into something new: the manwagon. In perhaps the most extreme sign of the industry’s horsepower race, some of these wagons are quicker than a Porsche Boxster.
Read the whole thing in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
This manly blogger definitely wouldn’t mind seeing himself in the 469 horsepower Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG. If I could just pony up the $83 grand… Maybe if I hit that MegaMillions tonight 
