The Chevrolet Parkwood was a station wagon

Station wagon

A station wagon is a body style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door , instead of a trunk lid...

 built by the Chevrolet Motor Division

Chevrolet

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 of General Motors

General Motors

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 from 1959 to 1961. As the station wagon equivalent of the Bel Air

Chevrolet Bel Air

The Chevrolet Bel Air is a full-size automobile that was produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1950–1975 model years. Hardtops in the Chevrolet Deluxe Styleline model range were designated with the Bel Air name from 1950–1952, but it was not a distinct series of its own until...

 passenger car series, it represented the middle member of the Chevrolet station wagon lineup of those years, above the lowest-priced Brookwood

Chevrolet Brookwood

Brookwood was a name used by Chevrolet on certain models in its station wagon offerings between 1958 and 1972.-1958–1961:Introduced in 1958 as Chevrolet's mid-priced station wagon, Brookwoods were trimmed in line with Chevrolet's mid-priced Chevrolet Biscayne models...

 models, but below the luxury-leader Nomad

Chevrolet Nomad

The Chevrolet Nomad was a station wagon model made off and on from 1955 to 1972, and a Chevy Van trim package in the late 1970s and early 1980s, produced by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors...

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All 1959 and 1960 Parkwoods were six-passenger models, whereas the Kingswood

Chevrolet Kingswood

The Chevrolet Kingswood was a station wagon produced by Chevrolet in 1959 and 1960 and again from 1969 to 1972. It was based on the rear-wheel drive GM B platform....

 (Chevrolet's other Bel Air equivalent during those two years), had seating for nine. The Parkwood became available in both passenger configurations for 1961, when the Kingswood name was dropped. (The latter name returned for 1969.) The Parkwood name was also dropped for 1962, when all Chevrolet station wagons began sharing series names with their passenger-car linemates. Throughout its three-year production run, the Parkwood was available with either a six-cylinder or V8 engine.