What's your favorite Shooting Brake conversion?

RobAMerc

wendell borton

The Mk ii (?) Polo came in a shooting brake.

davycc

wendell borton wrote: »

The Mk ii (?) Polo came in a shooting brake.

the breadvan

V Eight

Shooting brake definition is "simply a badly designed estate" going on the previous selection of car photos........

christy02

the culture of deference wrote: »

I saw one of these last week on the N4.

Not as bad as this




Jag XF sportbrake, my next car
when i win lotto

Some are not really getting it. That jag is an ESTATE. Shooting brake has no back doors.

cerastes

the culture of deference wrote: »

I saw one of these last week on the N4.

Not as bad as this




Jag XF sportbrake, my next car
when i win lotto

What do you mean, not as bad as this? thats the best micra? bastadization I've seen yet, I like the jag mk2 look of it.
The actual jag is nice, but Im still confused over this shooting break definition, no back door, maybe 2 side doors only or maybe not?

Bigus

Ferrari FF

L-M

Saw this ugly thing over in Birmingham last year.

Kaiser D

Not really a looker, but I love the idea of it.

the culture of deference

christy02 wrote: »

Some are not really getting it. That jag is an ESTATE. Shooting brake has no back doors.

The term was later applied to custom-built wagons by high-end coachbuilders and subsequently became synonymous with station wagon or estate.


In contemporary usage, the term shooting-brake has broadened to include a range of vehicles from five-door station wagons — to three-door models combining features of a wagon and a coupé.


In 2006, The New York Times said the shooting-brake was conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs."[9] and "although [its] glory days came before World War II, and it has faded from the scene in recent decades, the body style is showing signs of a renaissance as automakers seek to invent (or reinvent) new kinds of vehicles for consumers constantly on the hunt for the next new thing

wotswattage

davycc wrote: »

Looks the image of the mk3 sirocco:eek:

That's prob why VAG only released one.. Looks less like a Sirocco from other angles. I still like it though no idea if I'd ever have wanted to buy one!

Dord wrote: »

Hatchback.

Shooting brakes are by nature hatchbacks. Audi marketed this specifically as a shooting brake, it even says so on the number plate!

lomb

The shooting brake is just a tasteless poorly styled estate. In fact in the UK the CLS shooting brake leases for 50% off the standard saloon rates as Merc cant sell or lease them at a fair market value. I think it leases for around what a mid C Class leases for.

Dord

wotswattage wrote: »

That's prob why VAG only released one.. Looks less like a Sirocco from other angles. I still like it though no idea if I'd ever have wanted to buy one!





Shooting brakes are by nature hatchbacks. Audi marketed this specifically as a shooting brake, it even says so on the number plate!

It's no longer than an A3 hatchback! Where can I put my shooting rifles and large hats? :mad: :pac:

To me, a proper shooting brake is essentially the European version of the El Camino. Coupe up front, and workhorse in the back (but with a roof because it rains over here).

visual

3 door estate car will always be a shooting brake in my mind

the marketing guys pushing out coupes or 5 door estates as shooting brakes is just wrong.

Coupe is a coupe is coupe.

Estates can be touring or sports or just family estates depending on engine and suspension set up.

The hunting crowd have been in range rovers and similar SUV for a very long time most of these SUV where considered estates when estates where cool.

tom_k

visual wrote: »

3 door estate car will always be a shooting brake in my mind

the marketing guys pushing out coupes or 5 door estates as shooting brakes is just wrong.

Coupe is a coupe is coupe.

Estates can be touring or sports or just family estates depending on engine and suspension set up.

The hunting crowd have been in range rovers and similar SUV for a very long time most of these SUV where considered estates when estates where cool.

I too think of shooting brakes as 3 door estates.

The marketing guys will stop at nothing to create new niches. Hell, I remember the E30 BMW 3 series being marketed as a 2 door and 4 door saloon, with the 2 door being cheaper. When the E36 came along the 2 door was now called the coupe and cost more than the equivalent 4 door.

They'll call 'em anything if it means better sales. Convertible estates, coupe station wagons or roadster SUVs. :D

jimgoose

I saw a Mk. 7 Accord estate today, and I liked the look of it. Fine long C-box on it: