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'''Shooting-brake''' (alternately spelled '''shooting break'''{{r|smith|pages=20, 146}}) is a [[car body style]] which originated in the 1890s from horse-drawn [[carriage]] origins. The first automotive shooting brakes were manufactured in the early 1900s in the United Kingdom. The vehicle style became popular in England during the 1920s and 1930s, and was produced by vehicle manufacturers or as conversions by coachbuilders. The term was used in Britain interchangeably with "[[estate car]]" from the 1930s but has not been in general use for many years and has been more or less superseded by the latter term.<ref name="AutoQua-22">{{citation | title=Automobile quarterly | volume=22 | issue=1 | page=1931 | year=1984 | publisher=Princeton Institute for Historic Research | url=https://archive.org/details/automobilequarte22octprin | quote=If milord had it in mind to do a bit of hunting, he and his guns would then be transported to the shooting site in a "brake" (the English term originally applied to horse-drawn wagons). Being somewhat logical, the British determined that if a brake was used for shooting purposes it might well be named "shooting brake." However, the term fell into common parlance and eventually became a generic label...}}</ref><ref name="Woody Gallery - British Woodies">{{cite web |title=Woody Gallery – British Woodies |url=http://www.oldwoodies.com/gallery-shootingbrakes.htm}}</ref><ref name="popmech"/><ref name="chambers2"/><ref name="British Woodies: From the 1920s to the 1950s"/>
A '''Shooting brake''', occasionally spelled '''shooting break''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Shooting Break Archives |url= https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/tag/shooting-break/ |website=The Truth About Cars |publisher=The Truth About Cars |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> is a [[car body style]] that is a [[station wagon]] (estate) version of a [[coupé]] car, instead of being sedan-based.<ref name="nyt"/> Contrary to the occasional usage of the term 'coupé' for four-door models and estate cars with a (low), sleek roof-line, the term 'shooting-brake' is exclusive to (sporty) ''two-door'' models.<ref>Except for Mercedes-Benz, using the term on their 4-door [[Mercedes-Benz CLA|CLA]] and 2nd generation [[Mercedes-Benz CLS|CLS]] coupé-based "Shooting Brake" models.</ref>


Since the 1960s, the term has evolved, describing cars combining elements of both [[station wagon]] and [[coupé]] body styles, with or without reference to the historical usage for shooting parties.<ref name="nyt"/> During the 1960s and early 1970s, several high-end European manufacturers produced two-door shooting brake versions of their sports cars. Following a hiatus from the mid 1970s until the early 2010s, the shooting-brake body style entered a resurgence.
Its historic origin, in the 1890s, was as a [[wagon|horse-drawn wagon]] used to transport shooting parties with their equipment and [[game (food)|game]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard |last=Tames |title=The Victorian and Edwardian Sportsman |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lytfuLKy6zMC&pg=PA17 |year=2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury USA|isbn=978-0-7478-0666-0|page=17}}</ref>


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== Horse-drawn origins ==
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The first automotive shooting brakes were manufactured in the early 1900s in the United Kingdom. The vehicle style became popular there during the 1920s and 1930s. They were produced by vehicle manufacturers or as conversions by coachbuilders. The term was used in Britain interchangeably with [[estate car]] from the 1930s but has not been in general use for many years and has been more or less superseded by the latter term.<ref name="AutoQua-22">{{citation | title=Automobile quarterly |volume=22 |issue=1 |page=1931 |year=1984 |publisher=Princeton Institute for Historic Research |url= https://archive.org/details/automobilequarte22octprin |quote=If milord had it in mind to do a bit of hunting, he and his guns would then be transported to the shooting site in a "brake" (the English term originally applied to horse-drawn wagons). Being somewhat logical, the British determined that if a brake was used for shooting purposes it might well be named "shooting brake." However, the term fell into common parlance and eventually became a generic label...}}</ref><ref name="Woody Gallery - British Woodies">{{cite web |title=Woody Gallery – British Woodies |url= http://www.oldwoodies.com/gallery-shootingbrakes.htm}}</ref><ref name="popmech"/><ref name="chambers2"/><ref name="British Woodies: From the 1920s to the 1950s"/>


[[File:Espeyran,grande wagonnette4.jpg|thumb|A wagonnette]]
The term has evolved to describe cars merging station wagons / estates, with two-door coupé body styles – with or without reference to the historical usage for shooting parties.<ref name="nyt"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Woodard |first1=Collin |last2=Perkins |first2=Chris |title=12 of Our Favorite Shooting Brakes Ever Produced |url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/g6678/ten-of-our-favorite-shooting-brakes-ever-produced/ |publisher=Road & Track |date=22 December 2017 |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> However, being based on four-door coupés, [[Mercedes-Benz]] markets its estate models of their [[Mercedes-Benz CLA|CLA]] and [[Mercedes-Benz CLS|CLS coupés]] as "Shooting Brakes".{{cn|date=March 2023}}
{{See also|Brake (carriage)}}

A horse-drawn shooting brake was a variation of the [[Brake (carriage)|break]] (also spelled ''brake''). Originally built as a simple but heavy frame for breaking in young horses to [[Driving (horse)|drive]], over time it became a gentleman-driven vehicle and was popular for such aristocratic sports as [[shooting party|shooting parties]]. Taking the design from the rear-loading horse-drawn sporting vehicle, the station wagon was born, retaining the term "shooting brake".<ref>{{cite book |title=Motor Body-building in all its Branches |first=Christopher William |last=Terry |year=1914 |page=6 |publisher=E. & F.N. Spon |location=London |url= https://archive.org/details/motorbodybuildin00terrrich/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater&q=shooting |quote=16. Wagonettes. — This type of body should have longitudinal seats placed vis-a-vis in the main portion of the body and usually with a hind entrance, although some varieties have side doors as well. A shooting brake is a wagonette provided with game and gun racks, and accommodation for ammunition. A luggage brake, or estate wagon, is often a wagonette with the long seats made to fold flat against the side of the body and the hind entrance provided with double doors.}}</ref>{{r|chambers2|smith}}
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==Horse-drawn wagons==
[[File:FMIB 41900 Going In--Old Style.jpeg|thumb|A horse-drawn shooting brake in 1903 (photo from the New York Fish and Game Commission)]]
Like many early automotive body styles, the shooting brake was originally a type of [[horse-drawn vehicle]]. A ''brake'' was originally a heavy drag chassis with slowing capability hooked to spirited horses,<ref name="popmech">{{cite journal |title=Sizing up the 1969 Station Wagons |first=Bill |last=Hartford |journal=Popular Mechanics |date=February 1969 |page=104 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=I9gDAAAAMBAJ&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA104}}</ref> while a “break” was a large carriage-frame (having two or four wheels) with no body, used for breaking in young horses. <ref>*1. A large carriage-frame (having two or four wheels) with no body, used for breaking in young horses.{{cite book |last=Loudon |first=John Claudius |author-link=John Claudius Loudon |title=An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture |date=1831 |publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green |edition=Second |page=1002}} *2. The training of coach-horses commences with‥driving in a brake or four-wheeled frame. 1865 Derby Mercury 1 Mar., *3. A horse-breaker's drag, or brake, with two horses harnessed to it. Etymology uncertain. ''Oxford English Dictionary Online'', Oxford University Press 2011.</ref> The term brake later became broader in definition, being used for wagons in general.<ref name="popmech"/><ref name="complex.com">{{cite web |title=What a Shooting Brake Is and Why Automotive Journalists Love Them |url= https://www.complex.com/sports/2014/03/what-a-shooting-brake-is |website=complex.com |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>

The shooting brake, which began in England in the 1890s, was a wagon (more specifically a type of [[wagonette]]) designed to transport hunting spoils, gun racks, and ammunition on shooting trips.<ref>{{cite book | title= Motor Body-building in all its Branches |first=Christopher William |last=Terry |year=1914 |page= [https://archive.org/details/motorbodybuildin00terrrich/page/6 6] |publisher=E. & F.N. Spon |location=London |url= https://archive.org/details/motorbodybuildin00terrrich| quote=shooting-brake. }}</ref>


==Definition==
==Definition==
There is no universally agreed definition of a shooting brake as an autobody style; however the common themes are the [[coupé]] and [[station wagon]], and the historical usage of the vehicle for hunting trips.<ref>{{cite web |title=World's best ever shooting brakes |url= https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/world%e2%80%99s-best-ever-shooting-brakes/ss-BBLf5F5 |website=msn.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wicked Wagons: 15 Best Shooting Brakes of All Time |url= https://hiconsumption.com/2018/09/best-shooting-brakes-of-all-time/ |website=hiconsumption.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=12 of Our Favorite Shooting Brakes Ever Produced |url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/g6678/ten-of-our-favorite-shooting-brakes-ever-produced/ |website=roadandtrack.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> Descriptions of the body style and usage of the term include:
There is no universally agreed definition of a shooting brake as an autobody style; however the common themes are the [[coupé]] and [[station wagon]], and the historical usage of the vehicle for hunting trips.<ref>{{cite web |title=World's best ever shooting brakes |url= https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/world%e2%80%99s-best-ever-shooting-brakes/ss-BBLf5F5 |website=msn.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wicked Wagons: 15 Best Shooting Brakes of All Time |url= https://hiconsumption.com/2018/09/best-shooting-brakes-of-all-time/ |website=hiconsumption.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=12 of Our Favorite Shooting Brakes Ever Produced |url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/g6678/ten-of-our-favorite-shooting-brakes-ever-produced/ |website=roadandtrack.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> Descriptions of the body style and usage of the term include:
* "A sleek wagon with two doors and sports-car panache, its image entangled with European aristocracy, fox hunts and baying hounds".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=The Shooting Brake Makes a Comeback |work=The New York Times |date= 26 November 2006 |first=William |last=Diem |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/automobiles/26BRAKE.html}}</ref>
* "A sleek wagon with two doors and sports-car panache, its image entangled with European aristocracy, fox hunts, and baying hounds".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |title=The Shooting Brake Makes a Comeback |newspaper=The New York Times |date= 26 November 2006 |first=William |last=Diem |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/automobiles/26BRAKE.html}}</ref>
* "A cross between an estate and a coupé".<ref>{{cite web |last=Pattni |first=Vijay |title=Four-wheel-drive Ferrari shooting-brake revealed |url= https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercar/four-wheel-drive-ferrari-shooting-brake-revealed |website=Top Gear |date=21 January 2011 |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
* "A cross between an estate and a coupé".<ref>{{cite web |last=Pattni |first=Vijay |title=Four-wheel-drive Ferrari shooting-brake revealed |url= https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercar/four-wheel-drive-ferrari-shooting-brake-revealed |work=Top Gear |date=21 January 2011 |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
* "Essentially a two-door station wagon".<ref>{{cite news |title=It's an Audi Shooting Brake and a Plug-In |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Lawrence |last=Ulrich |date=13 January 2014 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/automobiles/autoshow/its-an-audi-shooting-brake-and-a-plug-in.html?src=rechp&_r=0}}</ref>
* "Essentially a two-door station wagon".<ref>{{cite news |title=It's an Audi Shooting Brake and a Plug-In |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Lawrence |last=Ulrich |date=13 January 2014 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/automobiles/autoshow/its-an-audi-shooting-brake-and-a-plug-in.html?src=rechp&_r=0}}</ref>
* An interchangeable term for estate car (station wagon).<ref name="popmech"/><ref name="Woody Gallery - British Woodies"/><ref name="chambers2">{{cite book |title=Chambers 21st Century Dictionary |year=1996 |page= [https://archive.org/details/chambers21stcent00mair/page/1295 1295] |publisher=Allied Chambers |location=India |url= https://archive.org/details/chambers21stcent00mair| url-access = registration | quote = shooting-brake. }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The 2001 Jaguar S-Type Estate |journal=Popular Mechanics |date=August 1999 |page=50 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SWYEAAAAMBAJ&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA50}}</ref><ref name="AutoQua-22"/> In France, a station wagon is marketed as a ''break'', once having been called a ''break de chasse'', which translates as "hunting break".<ref>{{cite web |title=Woodie Gallery: French Woodies – 1940 to 1949 |url= http://oldwoodies.com/gallery-french4.htm |website=oldwoodies.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref>
* An interchangeable term for estate car (station wagon).<ref name="popmech"/><ref name="Woody Gallery - British Woodies"/><ref name="chambers2">{{cite book |title=Chambers 21st Century Dictionary |year=1996 |page= [https://archive.org/details/chambers21stcent00mair/page/1295 1295] |publisher=Allied Chambers |location=India |url= https://archive.org/details/chambers21stcent00mair |url-access=registration |quote=shooting-brake. }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Europe Spy Report: The 2001 Jaguar S-Type Estate |first=Mike |last=Allen |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=August 1999 |page=50 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SWYEAAAAMBAJ&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA50 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="AutoQua-22"/> In France, a station wagon is marketed as a ''break'', once having been called a ''break de chasse'', which translates as "hunting break".<ref>{{cite web |title=Woodie Gallery: French Woodies – 1940 to 1949 |url= http://oldwoodies.com/gallery-french4.htm |website=oldwoodies.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref>
* A body style with "a very interesting profile. It makes use of the road space it covers a little better than a normal coupé, and also helps the rear person with headroom... The occasional use of the rear seat means you can do one of these cars, even if such a wagon lacks the everyday practicality of four doors."<ref name="nyt"/>
* A body style with "a very interesting profile. It makes use of the road space it covers a little better than a normal coupé, and also helps the rear person with headroom. ... The occasional use of the rear seat means you can do one of these cars, even if such a wagon lacks the everyday practicality of four doors."<ref name="nyt"/>
* A vehicle conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs... 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 of 2006). "The most famous shooting brakes had custom two-door bodies fitted to the chassis of pedigreed cars".<ref name="nyt"/>
* A vehicle conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs. ... 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 of 2006]. ... The most famous shooting brakes had custom two-door bodies fitted to the chassis of pedigreed cars."<ref name="nyt"/>


===1900s to 1950s===
===1900s to 1950s===
[[File:1910 Rolls-Royce Silver ghost Croall & Croall Shooting Brake.JPG|thumb|1910 [[Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost]] Shooting Brake]]
[[File:1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Croall & Croall Shooting Brake 7 litre 6 cylinder 50hp 100kmh pic2.JPG|thumb|1910 [[Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost]] Shooting Brake]]
In the early 1900s, the Scottish [[Albion Motors]] began producing shooting brake models, described in the weekly magazine ''[[Commercial Motor|The Commercial Motor]]'' as having "seats for eight persons as well as the driver, whilst four guns and a large supply of cartridges, provisions baskets and a good 'bag' can be carried."<ref>{{cite book |title=The Edinburgh Show |publisher=The Commercial Motor |date=30 January 1908 |page=475 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9X_nAAAAMAAJ&q=shooting-brake+albion+The+Edinburgh+Show&pg=PA475}}</ref>
In the early 1900s, the Scottish [[Albion Motors]] began producing shooting brake models, described in the weekly magazine ''[[Commercial Motor|The Commercial Motor]]'' as having "seats for eight persons as well as the driver, whilst four guns and a large supply of cartridges, provisions baskets and a good 'bag' can be carried."<ref>{{cite book |title=The Edinburgh Show |publisher=The Commercial Motor |date=30 January 1908 |page=475 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9X_nAAAAMAAJ&q=shooting-brake+albion+The+Edinburgh+Show&pg=PA475 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> The 1912 [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] Model 33 was described in England as a shooting brake, on the basis that "it was also used to carry the [[Hunting#United Kingdom|beaters]] to and from the location of the shoot, and for bringing back the game shot".<ref>{{cite book |title=American Cars in Prewar England: A Pictorial Survey |publisher=McFarland |year=2004 |isbn=9780786415403 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5JI2rEeNlQsC&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA89 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>


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Early{{when|date=October 2018}} motorized safari vehicles were described as shooting brakes with no windows or doors. One such description read: "Instead roll-down canvas curtains were buttoned to the roof in the case of bad weather. These cars were heavy and comfortable in good weather and allowed quick and silent exit as no shooting was permitted from the vehicles."<ref>{{cite book |title=White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris |first=Brian |last=Herne |page=174 | publisher=Henry Holt |year=1999 |isbn=9780805067361}}</ref> During the 1920s and 1930s, shooting brake vehicles were popular in England and were produced as shooting brakes from the factory or converted by coachbuilders. The term "estate car" began to be used instead of shooting brake, as the use of the vehicle expanded from just shooting parties to other domestic uses including ferrying guests and their luggage to and from railway stations.<ref name="British Woodies: From the 1920s to the 1950s">{{cite book |title = British Woodies: From the 1920s to the 1950s |first=Colin |last=Peck |page=5 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |date=May 2008 |isbn=9781845841690}}</ref>
The 1912 [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] Model 33 was described in England as a shooting brake, on the basis that "...it was also used to carry the [[Hunting#United Kingdom|beaters]] to and from the location of the shoot, and for bringing back the game shot".<ref>{{cite book |title=American Cars in Prewar England: A Pictorial Survey |publisher=McFarland |year=2004 |isbn=9780786415403 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5JI2rEeNlQsC&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA89}}</ref>

Early{{when|date=October 2018}} motorized safari vehicles were described as shooting brakes with no windows or doors. "Instead roll-down canvas curtains were buttoned to the roof in the case of bad weather. These cars were heavy and comfortable in good weather and allowed quick and silent exit as no shooting was permitted from the vehicles."<ref>{{cite book |title=White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris |first=Brian |last=Herne |page=174 | publisher=Henry Holt |year=1999 |isbn=9780805067361 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lm3OGE6UG1MC&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA174}}</ref>

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During the 1920s and 1930s, shooting brake vehicles were popular in England, and were produced as shooting brakes from the factory or converted by coachbuilders. The term "estate car" began to be used instead of shooting brake, as the use of the vehicle expanded from just shooting parties to other domestic uses including ferrying guests and their luggage to and from railway stations.<ref name="British Woodies: From the 1920s to the 1950s">{{cite book |title = British Woodies: From the 1920s to the 1950s |first=Colin |last=Peck |page=5 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |date= May 2008 |isbn=9781845841690 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=edOlJadQjUgC&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA5}}</ref>


===1960s to 1990s===
===1960s to 1990s===
During the 1960s and early 1970s, several high end European manufacturers produced two-door shooting brake versions of their sports cars, including the 1960 [[Sunbeam Alpine]] Shooting Brake and 1965 [[Aston Martin DB5]] Shooting Brake.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="complex.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=A Short History of the Shooting Brake |url= https://www.acontinuouslean.com/2015/08/04/acl-autos-short-history-shooting-brake/ |website=acontinuouslean.com |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> The 1966 Sunbeam Alpine was a limited-production three-door variant of its two-door open sports car with leather interior and walnut trim, selling at a price double its open counterpart and marketed as a shooting brake.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 1960 Sunbeam Alpine Shooting Brake Estate Wagon |website=SunbeamAlpine.org |first=Ian |last=Spencer |url= http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?categoryid=82&p2_articleid=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Essential Buying Guide – Sunbeam Alpine The Essential Buying Guide – Sunbeam Alpine |url= https://silodrome.com/sunbeam-alpine-buying-guide/ |website=silodrome.com |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lost & Found- In search of the shooting brake estate wagon |url= https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2008/04/Lost--amp--Found/1610366.html |website=hemmings.com |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> The [[Aston Martin DB5]], [[Aston Martin DB6|DB6]] and [[Aston Martin DBS|DBS]] shooting brakes were custom manufactured by coachbuilder [[Harold Radford]] from 1965 to 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.astonmartins.com/db4_5_6_s/db5_radford_shooting_brake.htm |title= Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake by Harold Radford (1965–1967) |website=Aston Martins.com |last=Cottingham |first=Tim |date=9 July 2008 }}</ref>
[[File:Lagonda Rapide Shooting Brake rear.jpg|thumb|Lagonda Rapide Shooting Brake. Based on the stillborn drawings by Touring of David Brown's desisted Lagonda estate, this car was built nearly 40 years later as a "might have been".]]During the 1960s and early 1970s, several high-end European manufacturers produced two-door shooting brake versions of their sports cars, including the 1960 [[Sunbeam Alpine]] Shooting Brake and 1965 [[Aston Martin DB5]] Shooting Brake.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="complex.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=A Short History of the Shooting Brake |url= https://www.acontinuouslean.com/2015/08/04/acl-autos-short-history-shooting-brake/ |website=acontinuouslean.com |date= 4 August 2015 |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> The 1966 Sunbeam Alpine was a limited-production three-door variant of its two-door open sports car with leather interior and walnut trim, selling at a price double its open counterpart and marketed as a shooting brake.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 1960 Sunbeam Alpine Shooting Brake Estate Wagon |website=SunbeamAlpine.org |first=Ian |last=Spencer |url= http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?categoryid=82&p2_articleid=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Essential Buying Guide – Sunbeam Alpine The Essential Buying Guide – Sunbeam Alpine |url= https://silodrome.com/sunbeam-alpine-buying-guide/ |website=silodrome.com |date= 29 May 2017 |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lost & Found- In search of the shooting brake estate wagon |url= https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2008/04/Lost--amp--Found/1610366.html |website=hemmings.com |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> The [[Aston Martin DB5]], [[Aston Martin DB6|DB6]], and [[Aston Martin DBS|DBS]] shooting brakes were custom manufactured by coachbuilder [[Harold Radford]] from 1965 until 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.astonmartins.com/db4_5_6_s/db5_radford_shooting_brake.htm |title= Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake by Harold Radford (1965–1967) |website=Aston Martins.com |last=Cottingham |first=Tim |date=9 July 2008}}</ref>


A prototype DB5 shooting-brake was custom produced by the factory for [[David Brown (entrepreneur)|David Brown]], an avid hunter and dog owner, and a further 11-12 coupés were custom modified for Aston Martin by independent [[coachbuilder]], [[Harold Radford]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Enthusiasts' Guide to Buying a Classic British Sports Car |first=Peter |last=Hingston |isbn=978-0-906555-25-5 |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SmhWHBhKKswC&pg=PA30}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul |first=David |last=Dowsey |page=101 |isbn=978-0-9578759-5-1 |year=2007 |publisher=Images Publishing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u8uJavsDR38C&pg=PA101}}</ref> In August 2019 a DB5 sold for a record $1.765m (£1.456m)<ref name="monterey-sale">{{Cite magazine |url=https://classicandsportscar.com/news/bond-db5-sets-new-world-record-monterey-sale |title=Bond DB5 sets new world record at Monterey sale |first=Marc |last=McLaren |date=16 August 2019 |magazine=[[Classic & Sports Car]] |access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> making it the most valuable Shooting Brake bodied-car of any marque sold at auction.
A prototype DB5 shooting-brake was custom produced by the factory for [[David Brown (entrepreneur)|David Brown]], an avid hunter and dog owner, and a further 11-12 coupés were custom modified for Aston Martin by independent [[coachbuilder]], [[Harold Radford]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Enthusiasts' Guide to Buying a Classic British Sports Car |first=Peter |last=Hingston |isbn=978-0-906555-25-5 |year=2008 |publisher=Hingston Publishing Company |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SmhWHBhKKswC&pg=PA30 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Aston Martin: Power, Beauty and Soul |first=David |last=Dowsey |page=101 |isbn=978-0-9578759-5-1 |year=2007 |publisher=Images Publishing |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=u8uJavsDR38C&pg=PA101 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> In August 2019 a DB5 sold for a record $1.765m (£1.456m),<ref name="monterey-sale">{{cite magazine |url= https://classicandsportscar.com/news/bond-db5-sets-new-world-record-monterey-sale |title=Bond DB5 sets new world record at Monterey sale |first=Marc |last=McLaren |date=16 August 2019 |magazine=Classic & Sports Car |access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> making it the most valuable Shooting Brake bodied-car of any marque sold at auction. In 1992, Aston Martin manufactured in-house a limited production shooting brake variant of its [[Aston Martin Virage|Virage/Vantage]], including a four-door shooting brake.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/22405356@N05/3862968908/ |title=Aston Martin DB5 Radford Shooting Brake Estate August 1972 |author=Bobdcuk |date=27 August 2009 |via=Flickr |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>


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Other cars combining elements of a wagon and coupé have been described but were never formally marketed as shooting brakes, including the [[Reliant Scimitar|Reliant Scimitar GTE]] (1968–1975),<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliant Scimitar and Friends |work=Jalopnik |first=Johny |last=Lieberman |date=25 July 2007 |url= http://jalopnik.com/271804/reliant-scimitar-and-friends}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scimitar GTE – a Trailblazing Shooting Brake |url= https://dyler.com/posts/155/scimitar-gte-a-trailblazing-shooting-brake |website=dyler.com |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Reliant Scimitar GTE – A Sports Shooting-Brake |url= https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1970/60/reliant-scimitar-gte |website=motorsportmagazine.com |date= 7 July 2014 |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> the [[Volvo P1800|Volvo P1800 ES]] (1972–1973),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.motorvision.de/artikel/a-swedish-fairy-tale,8264.html | title=Volvo P1800: A Swedish fairy-tale |publisher=MV Media |date=2 April 2011 |last=Viehmann |first=Sebastian |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419004027/http://www.motorvision.com/artikel/a-swedish-fairy-tale,8264.html |archive-date=19 April 2012 |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Joslin |title=Found Off the Street: 1973 Volvo P1800ES |url= http://jalopnik.com/5728157/1973-volvo-p1800es |work=Jalopnik |date=9 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hindsight: Looking Back on Volvo's Quirky 1800ES |url= http://www.kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/hindsight/retro_drive_Volvo_1800ES.html |last=Fowle |first=Stuart | work=Kilometer Magazine |date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140929180143/http://www.kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/hindsight/retro_drive_Volvo_1800ES.html |archive-date=29 September 2014 |accessdate=22 March 2021}}</ref> and [[Volvo 480|the later 480]] (1986–1995) – marketed as a coupé, and with a sporty, low nose featuring pop-up headlights, but with a distinctly estate-like rear body.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.retromotor.co.uk/features/volvo-480-euro-wedge/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201030102446/https://www.retromotor.co.uk/features/volvo-480-euro-wedge/ | archive-date = 2020-10-30 | title = Volvo 480: a sporty Swede that wasn't sensible or square | work = Retro Motor | date = 2020-09-28 | first = Gavin | last = Braithwaite-Smith }}</ref> The 1998 [[BMW Z3#Coupé (E36/8)|BMW Z3 Coupé]] (plus associated M Coupé model) is also typically referred to as a shooting brake.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.carthrottle.com/post/classifieds-car-of-the-day-brutal-bmw-m-coupe/ |title=Classifieds' Car of the Day: Brutal BMW M Coupe |first=Matt |last=Robinson |date=18 May 2015 |website=carthrottle.com |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://jalopnik.com/258496/the-jalopnik-fantasy-garage-first-generation-bmw-m-coupe |title=The Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: First-Generation BMW M Coupe |first=Jonny |last=Lieberman |date=26 March 2010 |work=Jalopnik |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/09/capsule-review-1999-bmw-z3-m-coupe/ |title=Capsule Review: 1999 BMW Z3 M Coupe |first=Edward |last=Niedermeyer |date=7 September 2010 |website=thetruthaboutcars.com |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a23509723/1999-bmw-z3-m-coupe-shooting-brake-clownshoe-for-sale/ |title=This BMW Z3 M Coupe Is the Perfect Driver's Collector Car |date=28 September 2018 |first=Brian |last=Silvestro |work=Roead and Track |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
In 1992, Aston Martin manufactured in-house a limited production shooting brake variant of its [[Aston Martin Virage|Virage/Vantage]], including a four-door shooting brake.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/22405356@N05/3862968908/ |title=Aston Martin DB5 Radford Shooting Brake Estate August 1972}}</ref>


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Other cars combining elements of a wagon and coupé have been described but were never formally marketed as shooting brakes, including the [[Reliant Scimitar|Reliant Scimitar GTE]] (1968–1975),<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliant Scimitar and Friends |website=Jalopnik |first=Johny |last=Lieberman |date=25 July 2007 |url= http://jalopnik.com/271804/reliant-scimitar-and-friends}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scimitar GTE – a Trailblazing Shooting Brake |url= https://dyler.com/posts/155/scimitar-gte-a-trailblazing-shooting-brake |website=dyler.com |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Reliant Scimitar GTE – A Sports Shooting-Brake |url= https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1970/60/reliant-scimitar-gte |website=motorsportmagazine.com |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> the [[Volvo P1800|Volvo P1800 ES]] (1972–1973)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.motorvision.de/artikel/a-swedish-fairy-tale,8264.html | title=Volvo P1800: A Swedish fairy-tale |publisher=MV Media |date=2 April 2011 |last=Viehmann |first=Sebastian |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419004027/http://www.motorvision.com/artikel/a-swedish-fairy-tale,8264.html |archive-date=19 April 2012 |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Joslin |title=Found Off the Street: 1973 Volvo P1800ES |url= http://jalopnik.com/5728157/1973-volvo-p1800es |work=Jalopnik |date=9 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hindsight: Looking Back on Volvo's Quirky 1800ES |url= http://www.kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/hindsight/retro_drive_Volvo_1800ES.html |last=Fowle |first=Stuart | work=Kilometer Magazine |date=29 October 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140929180143/http://www.kilometermagazine.com/artman2/publish/hindsight/retro_drive_Volvo_1800ES.html |archive-date=29 September 2014 |accessdate=22 March 2021}}</ref> and the 1998 [[BMW Z3#Coupé (E36/8)|BMW Z3 Coupé]] (plus associated M Coupé model).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.carthrottle.com/post/classifieds-car-of-the-day-brutal-bmw-m-coupe/ |title=Classifieds' Car of the Day: Brutal BMW M Coupe}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://jalopnik.com/258496/the-jalopnik-fantasy-garage-first-generation-bmw-m-coupe|title=The Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: First-Generation BMW M Coupe |first=Jonny |last=Lieberman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/09/capsule-review-1999-bmw-z3-m-coupe/|title=Capsule Review: 1999 BMW Z3 M Coupe|date=7 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a23509723/1999-bmw-z3-m-coupe-shooting-brake-clownshoe-for-sale/|title=This BMW Z3 M Coupe Is the Perfect Driver's Collector Car|date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
File:1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB Breadvan.jpg|[[Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan|Ferrari 250 GT SWB "Breadvan"]] (1961)

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File:Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake.jpg|[[Aston Martin DB5]] Shooting Brake (1965–1971)
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File:BMW Z3 Coupé (E36.8).jpg|[[BMW Z3]] Coupé (1998-2002)
Streetcarl Aston Martin - DB6 Vantage Shooting Brake (6435660945).jpg|1969–1970 [[Aston Martin DB6]] Vantage Shooting Brake
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===2000s to present===
===2000s to present===
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Mostly dormant since the mid-1970s, the shooting brake term was used in 2004 to describe the [[Chevrolet Nomad#Concept cars|Chevrolet Nomad]] concept car.<ref name="nyt"/> The following year, the [[Audi Shooting Brake]] concept car debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show. Several other cars have been described by journalists as shooting brakes, including 2005 [[Dodge Magnum]] Station Wagon,<ref>{{cite book |title= Chrysler 300 Series: Pedigree, Power and Performance Since 1955 |first=Robert |last=Ackerson |page=190 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=9781904788904 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ign8btHPbvMC&q=dodge+magnum+shooting+brake&pg=PA190 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2006 Dodge Magnum |website=Worldcarfans.com |url = http://www.worldcarfans.com/10506178925/2006-dodge-magnum |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120908054638/http://www.worldcarfans.com/10506178925/2006-dodge-magnum |archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Unattractive and Overhyped: The new Chrysler 300 |website=About.com |url= http://cars.about.com/od/designandstyle/a/hemi_critique.htm |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050918120133/http://cars.about.com/od/designandstyle/a/hemi_critique.htm |archive-date = 18 September 2005}}</ref> 2006 [[Renault Altica]] concept car,<ref>{{cite web |title=Renault Altica |url= https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/16453/renault-altica |website=autoexpress.co.uk |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> 2008 [[Mini Clubman (2007)|Mini Clubman]],<ref>{{cite book |title=A New Kind of Club |publisher=Torque Magazine |date=October 2007 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_PUDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22shooting-brake%22+mini+clubman&pg=PA65 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> 2011 [[Fisker Surf]] concept car,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martine |first1=Nate |title=2012 Fisker Surf Say Hello to the Future's Coolest Niche EV Segment |url=https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2012-fisker-surf-look/ |work=Motor Trend |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> and the 2011 [[Ferrari FF]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/ferrari-ff-an-all-wheel-drive-shooting-brake/ |title=Ferrari FF, an All-Wheel-Drive Shooting Brake |first=Jonathon |last=Shultz |date=21 January 2011 |website=wheels.blogs.nytimes.com |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.supercars.net/cars/2736.html |title=2004 Chevrolet Nomad Concept |website=upercars.net |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> The first production model of the 21st century marketed as a shooting brake was the 2012 [[Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class (W218)|Mercedes Benz CLS-Class Shooting Brake (X218)]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Mercedes-CLS-Shooting-Brake-2012-first-official-pictures/ |title=Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake (2012) first pictures |last=Kew |first=Ollie |date=29 June 2012 |work=Car Magazine |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.topspeed.com/cars/mercedes/2013-mercedes-cls-63-amg-shooting-brake-ar118307.html |title=2013 Mercedes CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake Review |work=Top Speed |access-date=2018-05-31|language=en-US}}</ref> which was previewed as the Shooting Brake concept car at [[Auto China]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Mercedes-Benz CLS-class Shooting Brake|url= http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-mercedes-benz-cls-shooting-brake-photos-and-info-news |work=Car and Driver|access-date=21 August 2014 |date=June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://autoweek.com/article/china-auto-show/china-auto-show-mercedes-benz-shooting-break-concept-previews-new-cls-0 |title=China auto show: Mercedes-Benz Shooting Break concept previews new CLS |work=Autoweek |access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> This model has four passenger doors, which is at odds with some definitions of a shooting brake as having two doors. In 2015, Mercedes-Benz added the smaller [[Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class|CLA-Class]] four-door shooting brake to the model range.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake arrives in Geneva |url= https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mercedes/cla/89563/mercedes-cla-shooting-brake-arrives-in-geneva |website=autoexpress.co.uk |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake: Vehicle concept |url= https://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/passengercars/mercedes-benz-cars/models/cla/cla-shooting-brake/explore/concept-intro.module.html |website=mercedes-benz.co.uk |access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake review | date=9 November 2015 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46muyJM-ivk |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/46muyJM-ivk |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live |via=youtube.com |publisher=Telegraph Cars |access-date=21 December 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake (2015) review |url= https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/mercedes-benz/mercedes-cla-shooting-brake-2015-review/ |website=carmagazine.co.uk |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
Mostly dormant since the mid-1970s, the shooting brake term appeared in 2004 with the [[Chevrolet Nomad#Concept cars|Chevrolet Nomad]] concept car.<ref name="nyt"/> The following year, the [[Audi Shooting Brake]] concept car was revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show.


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The 2018 [[Porsche Panamera#Sport Turismo|Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo]],<ref>{{cite press release |title=Porsche shooting brake: past and present |url= https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/history/porsche-museum-secret-storehouse-928-shooting-brake-panamera-sport-turismo-landenberger-13483.html |website=porsche.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> along with the [[Volkswagen Arteon#Arteon Shooting Brake|Volkswagen Arteon]] despite the Arteon having five doors,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Arteon Shooting Brake |url= https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/arteon-shooting-brake-6239 |website=volkswagen-newsroom.com |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> are both described by their manufacturer as shooting brakes. The trend is to associate the shooting brake body style with "performance" and also making the cars "more practical" than a coupé.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angelov |first1=Dim |title=Cool Shooting Brakes You Probably Didn't Know About |url= https://www.topspeed.com/cars/cool-shooting-brakes-you-probably-didn-t-know-about-ar191778.html |publisher=Top Speed |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> The marketing descriptions have been further blurred between variations of the terms with names such as sports tourer, sportback, or "shooting break" as a way to differentiate from SUVs and reposition ordinary body styles with "sleeker lines" in the minds of consumers to "ooze sex appeal".<ref>{{cite web |title=What is a shooting brake and why are they a good idea? |url= https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/news/what-is-a-shooting-brake? |website=autotrader.co.uk |date=23 March 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> BMW unveiled the ''Concept Touring Coupé'' based on the Z4 at the [[Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kacher |first1=Georg |title=BMW's Z4 Concept Touring Coupe Could Herald the Return of the Clown Shoe |url= https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43941429/bmw-z4-concept-touring-coupe-revealed/ |work=Car and Driver |date=19 May 2023 |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> The Chinese electric vehicle brand [[Zeekr]] also describe their [[Zeekr 001]] and Zeekr 001 FR models as shooting brakes, although unlike other shooting brake cars both models have five doors.
Several other cars have been described by journalists as shooting brakes, including 2005 [[Dodge Magnum]] Station Wagon,<ref>{{cite book |title= Chrysler 300 Series: Pedigree, Power and Performance Since 1955 |first=Robert |last=Ackerson |page=190 |publisher=Veloce Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=9781904788904 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ign8btHPbvMC&q=dodge+magnum+shooting+brake&pg=PA190}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2006 Dodge Magnum |website=Worldcarfans.com |url = http://www.worldcarfans.com/10506178925/2006-dodge-magnum |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120908054638/http://www.worldcarfans.com/10506178925/2006-dodge-magnum |archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Unattractive and Overhyped: The new Chrysler 300 |website=About.com |url= http://cars.about.com/od/designandstyle/a/hemi_critique.htm |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050918120133/http://cars.about.com/od/designandstyle/a/hemi_critique.htm |archive-date = 18 September 2005}}</ref> 2006 [[Renault Altica]] concept car,<ref>{{cite web |title=Renault Altica |url=https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/16453/renault-altica |website=autoexpress.co.uk |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> 2008 [[Mini Clubman (2007)|Mini Clubman]],<ref>{{cite book |title=A New Kind of Club |publisher=Torque Magazine |date=October 2007 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_PUDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22shooting-brake%22+mini+clubman&pg=PA65}}</ref> 2011 [[Fisker Surf]] concept car<ref>{{cite web |title=Auto Shows: First Look: Fisker Surf Concept |work=Automobile Magazine |date=13 September 2011 |first=Donny | last=Nordlicht |url = http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/frankfurt/2011/1109_fisker_surf_concept_first_look/index.html}}</ref> and 2011 [[Ferrari FF]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/ferrari-ff-an-all-wheel-drive-shooting-brake/ |title=Ferrari FF, an All-Wheel-Drive Shooting Brake |first=Jonathon |last=Shultz |date=21 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.supercars.net/cars/2736.html |title=2004 Chevrolet Nomad Concept - Supercars.net|date=30 March 2016}}</ref>

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The first production model of the 21st century marketed as a shooting brake was the 2012 [[Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class (W218)|Mercedes Benz CLS-Class Shooting Brake (X218)]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Mercedes-CLS-Shooting-Brake-2012-first-official-pictures/ |title=Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake (2012) first pictures |last=Kew|first=Ollie|date=29 June 2012 |work=Car Magazine|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.topspeed.com/cars/mercedes/2013-mercedes-cls-63-amg-shooting-brake-ar118307.html |title=2013 Mercedes CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake Review |work=Top Speed|access-date=2018-05-31|language=en-US}}</ref> which was previewed as the Shooting Brake concept car at [[Auto China]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Mercedes-Benz CLS-class Shooting Brake|url= http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-mercedes-benz-cls-shooting-brake-photos-and-info-news|website=Car and Driver|access-date=21 August 2014|date=June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://autoweek.com/article/china-auto-show/china-auto-show-mercedes-benz-shooting-break-concept-previews-new-cls-0|title=China auto show: Mercedes-Benz Shooting Break concept previews new CLS|work=Autoweek|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref> This model has four (passenger) doors, which is at odds with some definitions of a shooting brake as being a two-door car but makes sense if one accepts the idea of a four-door coupé. In 2015, Mercedes-Benz added the smaller [[Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class|CLA-Class]] four-door shooting brake to the model range.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake arrives in Geneva |url= https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mercedes/cla/89563/mercedes-cla-shooting-brake-arrives-in-geneva |website=autoexpress.co.uk |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake: Vehicle concept |url= https://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/passengercars/mercedes-benz-cars/models/cla/cla-shooting-brake/explore/concept-intro.module.html |website=mercedes-benz.co.uk |access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake review |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46muyJM-ivk |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/46muyJM-ivk |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live |via=youtube.com |publisher=Telegraph Cars |access-date=21 December 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake (2015) review |url= https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/mercedes-benz/mercedes-cla-shooting-brake-2015-review/ |website=carmagazine.co.uk |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> Similarly, the 2018 [[Porsche Panamera#Sport Turismo|Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=Porsche shooting brake: past and present |url= https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/history/porsche-museum-secret-storehouse-928-shooting-brake-panamera-sport-turismo-landenberger-13483.html |website=porsche.com |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> and [[Volkswagen_Arteon#Arteon_Shooting_Brake|Volkswagen Arteon]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=Arteon Shooting Brake |url= https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/arteon-shooting-brake-6239 |website=volkswagen-newsroom.com |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> are described by their manufacturers as a shooting brake (despite the Arteon having 5 doors).

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The automotive press seems to "like shooting brakes" that seems to express a "yearning" for the design.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Matheson |first1=Stirling |title=What a Shooting Brake Is and Why Automotive Journalists Love Them |url= https://www.complex.com/sports/2014/03/what-a-shooting-brake-is |publisher=Complex |date=8 March 2014 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> The trend is to associate the shooting brake body style with "performance" and also making the cars "more practical" than a coupé.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angelov |first1=Dim |title=Cool Shooting Brakes You Probably Didn't Know About |url= https://www.topspeed.com/cars/cool-shooting-brakes-you-probably-didn-t-know-about-ar191778.html |publisher=Top Speed |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> The marketing descriptions have been further blurred between variations of the terms with names such as sports tourer, sportback, or "shooting break" as a way to differentiate from SUVs and reposition ordinary body styles with "sleeker lines" in the minds of consumers to "ooze sex appeal."<ref>{{cite web |title=What is a shooting brake and why are they a good idea? |url= https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/news/what-is-a-shooting-brake? |website=autotrader.co.uk |date=23 March 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>


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File:Mercedes.Benz CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake (8083845395).jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class (C218)|Mercedes-Benz CLS 63]] AMG, four-door Shooting Brake
File:Audi Shooting Brake.jpg|2005 Audi Shooting Brake Concept
File:Mercedes.Benz CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake (8083845395).jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class (C218)|Mercedes-Benz CLS 63]] AMG (2012), a five-door station wagon that the manufacturer dubbed shooting brake
File:Ferrari GTC4Lusso (43154212401).jpg|[[Ferrari GTC4Lusso]]
File:Ferrari GTC4Lusso IMG 4354.jpg|[[Ferrari GTC4Lusso]]
File:Aston Martin Bertone Jet 2+2 Shooting Brake (2014) (19649403798) (cropped).jpg|[[Aston Martin Rapide Bertone Jet 2+2]]
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== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
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<ref name="complex.com">{{cite web |title=What a Shooting Brake Is and Why Automotive Journalists Love Them |url= https://www.complex.com/sports/2014/03/what-a-shooting-brake-is |website=complex.com |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="popmech">{{cite magazine |title=Sizing up the 1969 Station Wagons |first=Bill |last=Hartford |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=February 1969 |page=104 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=I9gDAAAAMBAJ&q=shooting-brake&pg=PA104 |volume=131 |number=2 |via=Google Books |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="smith">{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Horse Drawn Vehicles |first=D.J.M. |last=Smith |year=1988 |publisher=J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd. |isbn=0851314686 |ol=11597864M}}</ref>

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==External links==
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* [https://www.coachbuild.com/index.php/about-coachbuilding/the-shooting-brakes-archive Coachbuild.com Shooting Brakes Archive]
* {{cite web |title=The Shooting Brakes Archive |url= https://www.coachbuild.com/index.php/about-coachbuilding/the-shooting-brakes-archive |website=coachbuild.com |access-date=5 December 2023}}


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Volvo 1800ES (1972–1973)
Jaguar XJ-S-based Lynx Eventer[1]

Shooting-brake (alternately spelled shooting break[2]: 20, 146 ) is a car body style which originated in the 1890s from horse-drawn carriage origins. The first automotive shooting brakes were manufactured in the early 1900s in the United Kingdom. The vehicle style became popular in England during the 1920s and 1930s, and was produced by vehicle manufacturers or as conversions by coachbuilders. The term was used in Britain interchangeably with "estate car" from the 1930s but has not been in general use for many years and has been more or less superseded by the latter term.[3][4][5][6][7]

Since the 1960s, the term has evolved, describing cars combining elements of both station wagon and coupé body styles, with or without reference to the historical usage for shooting parties.[8] During the 1960s and early 1970s, several high-end European manufacturers produced two-door shooting brake versions of their sports cars. Following a hiatus from the mid 1970s until the early 2010s, the shooting-brake body style entered a resurgence.

Horse-drawn origins

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A wagonnette
See also: Brake (carriage)

A horse-drawn shooting brake was a variation of the break (also spelled brake). Originally built as a simple but heavy frame for breaking in young horses to drive, over time it became a gentleman-driven vehicle and was popular for such aristocratic sports as shooting parties. Taking the design from the rear-loading horse-drawn sporting vehicle, the station wagon was born, retaining the term "shooting brake".[9][6][2]

Definition

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There is no universally agreed definition of a shooting brake as an autobody style; however the common themes are the coupé and station wagon, and the historical usage of the vehicle for hunting trips.[10][11][12] Descriptions of the body style and usage of the term include:

  • "A sleek wagon with two doors and sports-car panache, its image entangled with European aristocracy, fox hunts, and baying hounds".[8]
  • "A cross between an estate and a coupé".[13]
  • "Essentially a two-door station wagon".[14]
  • An interchangeable term for estate car (station wagon).[5][4][6][15][3] In France, a station wagon is marketed as a break, once having been called a break de chasse, which translates as "hunting break".[16]
  • A body style with "a very interesting profile. It makes use of the road space it covers a little better than a normal coupé, and also helps the rear person with headroom. ... The occasional use of the rear seat means you can do one of these cars, even if such a wagon lacks the everyday practicality of four doors."[8]
  • A vehicle conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs. ... 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 of 2006]. ... The most famous shooting brakes had custom two-door bodies fitted to the chassis of pedigreed cars."[8]

1900s to 1950s

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1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Shooting Brake

In the early 1900s, the Scottish Albion Motors began producing shooting brake models, described in the weekly magazine The Commercial Motor as having "seats for eight persons as well as the driver, whilst four guns and a large supply of cartridges, provisions baskets and a good 'bag' can be carried."[17] The 1912 Hudson Model 33 was described in England as a shooting brake, on the basis that "it was also used to carry the beaters to and from the location of the shoot, and for bringing back the game shot".[18]

Early[when?] motorized safari vehicles were described as shooting brakes with no windows or doors. One such description read: "Instead roll-down canvas curtains were buttoned to the roof in the case of bad weather. These cars were heavy and comfortable in good weather and allowed quick and silent exit as no shooting was permitted from the vehicles."[19] During the 1920s and 1930s, shooting brake vehicles were popular in England and were produced as shooting brakes from the factory or converted by coachbuilders. The term "estate car" began to be used instead of shooting brake, as the use of the vehicle expanded from just shooting parties to other domestic uses including ferrying guests and their luggage to and from railway stations.[7]

1960s to 1990s

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Lagonda Rapide Shooting Brake. Based on the stillborn drawings by Touring of David Brown's desisted Lagonda estate, this car was built nearly 40 years later as a "might have been".

During the 1960s and early 1970s, several high-end European manufacturers produced two-door shooting brake versions of their sports cars, including the 1960 Sunbeam Alpine Shooting Brake and 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake.[8][20][21] The 1966 Sunbeam Alpine was a limited-production three-door variant of its two-door open sports car with leather interior and walnut trim, selling at a price double its open counterpart and marketed as a shooting brake.[22][23][24] The Aston Martin DB5, DB6, and DBS shooting brakes were custom manufactured by coachbuilder Harold Radford from 1965 until 1967.[25]

A prototype DB5 shooting-brake was custom produced by the factory for David Brown, an avid hunter and dog owner, and a further 11-12 coupés were custom modified for Aston Martin by independent coachbuilder, Harold Radford.[26][27] In August 2019 a DB5 sold for a record $1.765m (£1.456m),[28] making it the most valuable Shooting Brake bodied-car of any marque sold at auction. In 1992, Aston Martin manufactured in-house a limited production shooting brake variant of its Virage/Vantage, including a four-door shooting brake.[29]

Other cars combining elements of a wagon and coupé have been described but were never formally marketed as shooting brakes, including the Reliant Scimitar GTE (1968–1975),[30][31][32] the Volvo P1800 ES (1972–1973),[33][34][35] and the later 480 (1986–1995) – marketed as a coupé, and with a sporty, low nose featuring pop-up headlights, but with a distinctly estate-like rear body.[36] The 1998 BMW Z3 Coupé (plus associated M Coupé model) is also typically referred to as a shooting brake.[37][38][39][40]

2000s to present

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Mostly dormant since the mid-1970s, the shooting brake term was used in 2004 to describe the Chevrolet Nomad concept car.[8] The following year, the Audi Shooting Brake concept car debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show. Several other cars have been described by journalists as shooting brakes, including 2005 Dodge Magnum Station Wagon,[41][42][43] 2006 Renault Altica concept car,[44] 2008 Mini Clubman,[45] 2011 Fisker Surf concept car,[46] and the 2011 Ferrari FF.[47][48] The first production model of the 21st century marketed as a shooting brake was the 2012 Mercedes Benz CLS-Class Shooting Brake (X218),[49][50] which was previewed as the Shooting Brake concept car at Auto China.[51][52] This model has four passenger doors, which is at odds with some definitions of a shooting brake as having two doors. In 2015, Mercedes-Benz added the smaller CLA-Class four-door shooting brake to the model range.[53][54][55][56]

The 2018 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo,[57] along with the Volkswagen Arteon despite the Arteon having five doors,[58] are both described by their manufacturer as shooting brakes. The trend is to associate the shooting brake body style with "performance" and also making the cars "more practical" than a coupé.[59] The marketing descriptions have been further blurred between variations of the terms with names such as sports tourer, sportback, or "shooting break" as a way to differentiate from SUVs and reposition ordinary body styles with "sleeker lines" in the minds of consumers to "ooze sex appeal".[60] BMW unveiled the Concept Touring Coupé based on the Z4 at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in 2023.[61] The Chinese electric vehicle brand Zeekr also describe their Zeekr 001 and Zeekr 001 FR models as shooting brakes, although unlike other shooting brake cars both models have five doors.

See also

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References

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