Hunting in style
The shooting brake is a body style that in the past was mainly made to easily throw guns in the back, as an ideal means of transport for hunting. Nowadays, manufacturers mainly use the term to market a station wagon a bit slicker and they often look a bit more stylized than normal home-garden-and-kitchen combinations. However, these seven shooting brakes are based on exclusive models or sporty coupés of which there was never an official station wagon.
Mustang Country Squire GTA (1965)
The Ford Mustang was not only transformed into a shooting brake by the Italian coachbuilder Intermeccanica, but also by our ‘own’ Haarlemsche Auto Centrale. They created the Country Squire GTA, ‘a station wagon with allure, ideal for the busy businessman, the angler and the hunter’.
Aston Martin Lagonda (1996)
As if an ‘ordinary’ Lagonda wasn’t special enough, this 1987 model was converted into a shooting brake by Roos Engineering in 1996. It is a one-off, which is offered for auction at Pebble Beach. Expected Revenue: Between $150,000 and $200,000.
Luchjenbroers Sport Combi (1982)
Before BMW itself came up with the Touring version of the E30, the brothers Henk and Henny Luchjenbroers from Emmen were already building it. A two-door model, called Sport Combi, with the tailgate of a Volkswagen Golf. It was so neatly done that the original BMW warranty was retained. Four were built.
Fiat 130 Maremma (1974)
Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli was friends with Sergio Pininfarina, who built the Maremma for him. Although the design was successful and Agnelli was enthusiastic, it never came to series production because Fiat saw no profit in it.
Porsche 924 DP Cargo (1986)
The German DP Motorsport built shooting brakes for the Porsche 924, which they provided (except for one of ten) with the bodywork of a 944 and the technology of the 924 Turbo. The roof comes from a Volkswagen Passat.
Bentley Mulsanne Turbo (1983)
The company Coway Ltd. from West Horton, Lancashire, took care of this Bentley Mulsanne. They not only added a piece of extra bodywork, but also filled the car with all kinds of luxury such as navigation, parking sensors and a refrigerator.
Peugeot 504 Riviera (1971)
Look at this shooting brake of the 504 Coupé and it immediately becomes clear where Pininfarina got the inspiration for the Fiat 130 Maremma. Unfortunately, the ‘production’ was also limited with this Riviera; three seem to have been built, one of which survives to the present day.
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