All Shooting Brake articles
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Porsche 942 (1984) & H50 (1987)
Two concepts – Porsche 942 & H50 – that pointed the way to the Porsche Panamera
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ArticleAlcraft crowdfunds GT shooting brake EV
We get the inside line on the latest British electric car concept
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pontiac Firebird Type K (1978)
When Chevrolet introduced the Corvette Quartet in 1954, an unusual amount of interest was shown in the shooting brake/wagon variant, the Corvette Nomad. Chevrolet wanted to develop this car as a competitor to the Ford Country Squire, but elected to build the car on a Bel Air frame instead. The two-door Nomad wagon sold in modest numbers but became an instant classic, an iconic car of the 1950s. The Nomad name was transferred to a more conventional wagon later, but the idea of a two-door, sporty wagon stuck in the minds of GM design staff.
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ArticleShooting Brakes: Masterstroke or Monstrosity?
Is combining the low-slung emotion of a GT car with the practicality of an estate brilliance or lunacy? We explore a peculiar niche