Jan 21, 2011

Shooting brake




I was flipping thru the paper's today and I saw a story about Ferrari's new car, styled as a "shooting brake." Well, I like cars and I like shooting so I Googled shooting brake and this is what I found. Wikipedia: "Shooting-brake, or "Shooting Break", is a three-door car body style with a squared-off rear. They generally have a rear liftgate like a wagon or a hatchback although one or a pair of side-hinged doors is also sometimes seen. The term originated with custom built 2-door luxury estate cars altered for use by hunters and other sportsmen such as golfers, riders, and polo players requiring easy access to larger storage areas than offered by the typical automobile boot."

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