Alfa Romeo Giulia wagon is in the works, but will we get it here?

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Alfa Romeo may be famous for its coupes and convertibles on this side of the pond, but back in Europe station wagons still command a huge chunk of passenger car sales; Alfa will unveil a Giulia wagon late next year, according to Automotive News.

Wagons make up 42 percent of sales of all premium midsize cars on Alfa Romeo's home continent, while sedans only account for 33 percent; that means that Alfa will miss out on a very large audience if it were to only offer the Giulia as a sedan.

"The Giulia sedan is doing reasonably well, but without a wagon it is not competing in the largest portion of the midsize premium segment," Felipe Munoz, an analyst at JATO Dynamics market researchers, told Automotive News.

The sedan is expected to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of the year (just in time for snowpocalypse) and will soon be joined by the Stelvio SUV that will debut at the LA Auto Show next month before going on sale during the first quarter of 2017. The presence of the Stelvio in the U.S. will significantly weaken the case for the Giulia station wagon stateside, a case that would have been shaky to begin with.