Ford Club Wagon Overview

The undisputed market leader in the full-size passenger van segment is the Ford Club Wagon, the passenger version of the Econoline van. The Club Wagon, until this model year the only full-size passenger van with body-on-frame construction, has always been head-and-shoulders better than the Chevrolet and Dodge full-size vans, which are built with unitbody construction techniques and simply aren't as stiff or as quiet as the frame-built Ford. The 1996 Chevrolet G-van (see page 112) has switched over to body-on-frame construction and should finally give the Ford some competition in the marketplace.