Shooting-brake

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."[11]

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".[12]

Early 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."[13]

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.[6]

The 1955 to 1957 Chevrolet Nomad is an early modern day Shooting-brake. SEE Chevrolet Nomad

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.[7][9][14] 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.[15][16][17] The Aston Martin DB5, DB6 and DBS shooting brakes were custom manufactured by coachbuilder Harold Radford from 1965 to 1967.[18]

In 1992, Aston Martin manufactured in-house a limited production shooting brake variant of its Virage/Vantage.[19]

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)[20][21][22] and the Volvo P1800 ES (1972–1973).[23][24][25]

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  Reliant Scimitar GTE (1968–1975)
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  Volvo 1800ES (1972–1973)
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  Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake (1965-1971)

2005 Audi Shooting Brake Concept

2011 Ferrari FF

2013 Mercedes Benz CLS Shooting Brake

Mostly dormant since the mid 1970s, the shooting brake term appeared in 2004 with the Chevrolet Nomad concept car.[7] The following year, the Audi Shooting Brake concept car was revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show.

The first production model shooting brake of the 21st century was the 2012 Mercedes Benz CLS-Class Shooting Brake (X218),[26][27] which was previewed as the Shooting Brake concept car at Auto China.[28][29] This model has four (passenger) doors, which is at odds with some definitions of a shooting brake as being a two-door car. In 2015, Mercedes-Benz added the smaller CLA-Class four-door shooting brake to the model range.[30][31][32][33]

The 2018 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo is described by Porsche as a shooting brake.[34]

Several other cars have been described by journalists as shooting brakes, including the 1998 BMW Z3 Coupé (and associated M Coupé model),[35][36][37] 2005 Dodge Magnum Station Wagon,[38][39][40] 2006 Renault Altica concept car,[41] 2008 Mini Clubman,[42] 2011 Fisker Surf concept car[43] and 2011 Ferrari FF.[44][45]