Shooting Brake
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Americans still aren't too keen on wagon body styles, and that likely makes the 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake off limits stateside. However, the compact wagon made its debut at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday where it will join the CLA sedan in Europe. The CLA Shooting Brake is aimed at customers who perhaps wouldn't put Mercedes-Benz on their vehicle shopping lists. The CLA-Class is a stepping stone into the luxury brand, and the CLA Shooting Brake provides more space for drivers and passengers and their cargo. The coupe-like look of the CLA sedan translates well...
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Tesla Model S shooting brake headed for Geneva, but it needs a coachbuilder
This past May, a Dutch coachbuilder brought designer Niels van Roji's gorgeous Tesla Model S shooting brake design to life. Next month, it will touch down in Switzerland for the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, but alas, there's a unfortunate twist. The coachbuilder responsible for production has closed up...
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British start-up Alcraft aims to build an electric shooting brake
You've never heard of Alcraft Motor Company. That's because this is the start-up's very first attempt at building a car. Foremost, may we say it looks lovely. It's called the Alcraft GT, and it's attempting to bring sex appeal to the electric car. At the helm of the project is David Alcraft, the...
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Mustang Shelby GT500 Shooting Brake Is Vaporware, But We Want It Anyway
If you were to imagine the worst possible Photoshop of a fictional Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Shooting Brake, this is what you'd likely end up with. Strand Craft is great at making vaporware (both road-going and ocean-going). Almost all of it is wholly unbelievable. But we want this to be real. Or...
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Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake: Future Forbidden Fruit
Mercedes has a new version of the CLA in the works, but it won't be coming to the U.S.
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Mercedes-Benz CLA Class Shooting Brake On The Way?
The CLA Class may get a shooting brake variant in the near future, but will it come to the U.S.?
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For anyone interested in a Corvette shooting brake, Callaway's AeroWagon conversion has a projected cost of less than $15,000.
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Bertone’s Geneva Concept Is An Aston Martin Rapide Shooting Brake
It turns out Bertone’s new concept for next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show isn’t a four-door coupe as earlier predicted, but a stunning shooting brake based on the latest 2014 Aston Martin Rapide. The new concept, dubbed the Jet 2+2, is a follow-up to the Italian design...
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Porsche Details The Development Of Its Panamera Sport Turismo: Video
Porsche’s latest video gives us a rare behind-the-scenes look at the development of one of its concept cars, in this case the Panamera Sport Turismo that turned out to be a surprise star of the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The video details the concept car’s gestation from initial drawings to...
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Porsche Shows Its Panamera Sport Turismo On The Road: Video
Though some have panned the styling of Porsche’s Panamera sedan, we think the car’s lines do a reasonable job of making it seem sporty while linking it, design-wise, to the rest of Porsche’s product line. That said, we’d also admit that it looks much better as a shooting...
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Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Concept Live Photos: 2012 Paris Auto Show
Porsche revealed the Panamera Sport Turismo Concept in Paris before its big debut on the show floor tomorrow. Looking like a Panamera with an extended roof, the Panamera Sport Turismo Concept features proportions that are quite fitting of an estate. Back in July we reported that Porsche was working...
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Driver Totals New Ferrari FF In Nashville
To make Ferrari’s FF shooting brake more civil for everyday driving, the automaker incorporated its first-ever all-wheel-drive setup in the 651-horsepower grocery-getter. Combined with its sophisticated electronic stability control systems, the Ferrari FF is arguably one of the most forgiving...
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Fisker is bringing a production version of its 2013 Surf shooting brake to the Paris Auto Show.
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Porsche Pajun Sedan Speculation Deepens
Talk about a "Panamera Junior," or Pajun for short, has been whipping about the web all year long. The latest moves the talk into more detailed territory, but remains tentative at best. Dug up by CAR Online as part of its ongoing "scoops" on Porsche's next round of vehicles, the details say the...
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2013 Fisker Surf Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Shooting brake, n.: (1) A sports car, generally a two-door coupe, with an elongated roof and hatchback-like rear cargo area; (2) completely awesome. The 2013 Fisker Surf, though it's a five-door and perhaps more accurately categorized as a sports hatchback or as a member of the funky new breed of...
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Fisker Surf Concept Preview: Plug-In Hybrid Shooting Brake
The Frankfurt Auto Show is ramping up its action a full week out of the first press days, and the latest to join the fray is the Fisker Surf concept. In this teaser image, we get an idea of what to expect, and it's good. Fisker hasn't had a hard time generating the right curves and lines to get...
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Mercedes-Benz To Build Two Shooting Brakes?
Mercedes-Benz is expected to launch a CLS-based shooting brake next year, and a second, smaller one based on the upcoming BLS four-door coupe in 2014.
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2012 Ferrari FF Mega-Gallery
Love it or hate it, the 2012 Ferrari FF marks a bold step for Ferrari into relatively new territory. Not only is the shooting brake body a first for a volume model from the Italian automaker but the car also sports its first all-wheel drive system. If just a year or two ago you said Ferrari would...
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A custom builder has created what may be the ultimate interpretation of the original Ford Mustang.
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Video: Ferrari FF Gets Helicopter Lift To Top Of Snow-Capped Mountain
In the Alto-Adige region lies the Dolomite mountain range, and at 2,350 meters (about 7,700 feet) you'll find the top of the Plan De Corones. That's where the helicopter-lifted 2012 Ferrari FF is destined in the video below. We're just days away from the first press drives of the car, and the Plan...
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Gallery: Ferrari FF Goes Dune Hopping, Shows Off Luggage Space
The new four-seat, shooting brake, all-wheel drive Ferrari FF has proved a divisive element among supercar fans, even those whose wool is dyed Rosso Corsa. There's no denying it's also the most useful Ferrari to date, either. These photos show the FF doing things no other Ferrari has even...
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2012 Ferrari FF Live Photos: 2011 Geneva Motor Show
You've seen it plowing through snow and rocketing through dusty dunes, but now you get to see it on display live from Geneva. The 2012 Ferrari FF, the Prancing Horse's first all-wheel drive car, looks fantastic in its shooting brake glory. With 651 horsepower from its 6.2-liter V-12 engine and 504...
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Video: Ferrari FF Spotted By Passing Dog Sled
Most remain divided on the styling of the new Ferrari FF and its controversial ‘shooting brake’ bodystyle, and it seems no amount of official photography is going to persuade its detractors. However, we now have a new video of the car captured by the pilot of a dog sled that came across...
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Yet More Photos Of Ferrari FF Shooting Brake In Action
Spitting snow from all four tires, the Ferrari FF is once again hooning it up this winter. This new batch of five shots shows an "advanced prototype" as well as a final version of the car as they barrel through snowdrift-rimmed roads. Whether you like the long back end or not, you have to admit: it...
Nelson Ireson