Drew Dowdell

Flex is probably it then if you can find an old enough one in the budget. It is, in essence, the only modern full size wagon left being based on the Taurus. I'm not going to suggest an old Saab 9-5 wagon, too hard to find and too much care and feeding to keep on the road. 9-3 wagon isn't awful and the last ones are GM products. Outside of that, you're looking at minivan.

Do you still need Taurus Estate level of hauling?

I was under the impression this would be a used car purchase

Features are not in themselves a luxury if the rest of the car doesn't match up. The Civic and Elantra offer heated rear seats, but no one would consider them to be a premium luxury brand or trim. Just putting a so-called premium badge on the trunk and adding a couple of features as standard does not alone make it premium worthy. And that's why, except for the Explorer, F-Series, and Expedition, just saying that Titanium/Platinum/Limited trim models are equal to the premium brands at other manufacturers is dubious at best.

In the Edge, Sport and Titanium appear to be basically equal in terms of equipment except for powertrain/suspension/steering. I'm not saying the cost isn't justified. It just that I can put the same creature comforts in both of them equally and the sport will cost more due to powertrain (as an extra charge powertrain should). To me, that puts the Sport above the Titanium since I can't get the high end power train in the Titanium. From a Buick perspective, it would be like saying that the Regal Turbo Premium Group 2 is above the GS. It just isn't. For the Fiesta... no it isn't obvious that the Titanium offers anything more than I listed... at least not on Ford.com's comparison tool. It boils down to nicer radio, nicer seats, bigger wheels and a rear view camera. If it was something obvious, it would jump out at me. If there is something I'm not seeing that makes it a huge leap over the SE, point it out to me.