High roof combination
A high-roof station wagon is a passenger car with an above-average interior height, which was developed based on the concept of the van for passenger transport. The term is used today for the vehicle class that was created by the Citroën Berlingo in 1996 and is mainly represented in Europe.
General
With a floor space corresponding to the compact class, high roof combos have a roof height of 1.7 to 1.9 m, an interior height of 1.0 to 1.2 m and a resulting load volume of 2.5 m³ to 4.0 m³. Other similarities are one or two sliding doors for the rear passengers and a vertical tailgate or rear doors. The target group are mainly young families, as the vehicles are inexpensive and, for example, a stroller can be put in the trunk without folding it up. Most high-roof station wagons also offer the option of accommodating three child seats in the rear.
Demarcation
Unlike Vans build leisure activity vehicle design on the concept of a pickup truck on. Conceptually, they therefore correspond more to the requirements of a commercial vehicle , but are tailored to passenger transport. The body is fully glazed; they have more comfortable equipment, sometimes a lower payload and always a second row of seats. To distinguish them from commercial vehicles, the high-roof station wagons often have an addition in the model name, for example Opel Combo Tour or VW Caddy Life . Most high-roof station wagons are designed as panel vans in the corresponding commercial vehicle variant ; there are also derived flatbeds , for example from the Fiat Doblo. Only a few high-roof station wagon models do not have a corresponding commercial vehicle variant; this is the case with the Mercedes Vaneo . Of larger vans derived vans with more than two rows of seats are usually considered minibus called while models without high roof Combi are called.
Volkswagen Caddy as a car
Dacia Dokker , 2012.
Ford Transit Courier , 2013.
Opel Combo Tour (2003-2010)
Mercedes-Benz Citan station wagon
Models
Representatives with a vehicle height between 1.65 m and 1.80 m
With the trio around the Peugeot Bipper, the class of high-roof wagons was expanded downwards in height from 2008, since the first high-roof wagons from these manufacturers have grown significantly in the second generation. Nevertheless, thanks to their width of around 1.65 m, these models have a loading volume of 2.5 cubic meters (or 2.8 cubic meters with the front passenger seat folded). Ford also expanded its Transit range downwards with the Courier.
- Škoda Roomster
- Peugeot Bipper , largely identical to the Fiat Fiorino / Qubo and Citroën Nemo
- Ford Transit Courier / Ford Tourneo Courier
Representatives with a vehicle height between 1.80 m and 1.90 m
This size class includes the first and most typical representatives of the high-roof station wagon.
- Citroën Berlingo , largely identical to Peugeot Partner , Peugeot Rifter and Opel Combo E.
- Fiat Doblò , also similar to the Opel Combo D
- Ford Transit Connect / Tourneo Connect
- Mercedes-Benz Vaneo
- Opel Combo (from generation "C"), which is also offered by GM under other brand names, from Combo D as the platform brother of the Fiat Doblò
- Renault Kangoo , largely identical to the Nissan Kubistar offered from 2004 to 2009 , also largely identical to the Mercedes-Benz Citan
- Dacia Dokker
- VW Caddy
Timeline of some high roof station wagon models
Timeline and widths of the typical high-roof station wagon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1.65-1.70 m | lengthways, one | / Renault Kangoo I / Nissan Kubistar | ||||||||||||||||||||
/ / / Opel Combo C / Vauxhall Combo / Holden Combo / Chevrolet Combo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1.70-1.75 m | / / Peugeot Bipper / Citroën Nemo / Fiat Qubo | |||||||||||||||||||||
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XXXX Fiat Doblò I / Pyeonghwa Ppeokkugi
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/ Peugeot Partner I / Citroën Berlingo I | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1.75-1.80 m | Dacia Dokker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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VW Caddy III | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ford Transit Connect I. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1.80-1.85 m | / Peugeot Partner II / Citroën Berlingo II | |||||||||||||||||||||
/ Renault Kangoo II / Mercedes-Benz Citan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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XXXX Fiat Doblò II / Opel / Vauxhall Combo D / Ram ProMaster City
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Ford Transit Connect II |
Adjacent models
High-roof station wagons with larger dimensions often have more than two rows of seats and form the transition to minibuses . These are mostly models from 4 cubic meters of load volume such as B. the models:
- Peugeot Expert , largely identical to Fiat Scudo and Citroën Jumpy
- Nissan NV200
In the lower limit of the high-roof station wagon class, station wagons are found that are only slightly higher than typical station wagons. There are also microvans or minivans with a higher design.