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About the term Shooting Brake |
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Shooting Break was the original (or more correct) term, but is often changed to Brake. In France these vehicles were referred to as "Break de Chasse," literally, break in the hunt. Brake has become a common term in England for any station wagon or sport ute. I get the impression the Break was the common early term, but has become Brake in recent times. This is not uncommon in English (or American for that matter), where spellings vary and those variations get accepted. How many reading this have family names that are different from those in the old country, or that have evolved over time? Shooting Breaks and Estate Wagons were originally different vehicles, horse drawn for specific purposes, but sometimes their uses would be combined into one, often on smaller holdings. |
Word IQ includes it in its definition of "Station Wagon". It's the best I found so far: "A station wagon (US and Australian usage) or estate car (UK usage) is a normal sedan car with an extended rear cargo area. The first station wagons were a product of the age of train travel. They were originally called 'depot hacks' because they worked around train depots as hacks (short for hackney carriage, an old name for taxis). They also came to be known as 'carryalls' and 'suburbans'. The name 'station wagon' is a derivative of 'depot hack'; it was a wagon that carried people and luggage from the train station to various local destinations... In the United Kingdom, a very specific type, rare these days, is known as a shooting brake.
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Estratto da Motorbox, in un Articolo sui "Woodies", Dicembre 2001: "Che il mondo vada avanti per contrasti non è certo una novità. Che anche le automobili risentano di questa lotta di forze, motivazioni, valori conflittuali è meno banale. Un esempio sono le woodies, come vengono chiamate negli USA quelle che per gli inglesi sono le estate car o shooting brake. Continua...
Aus dem Technik-Lexikon von Oldtimer Markt Shooting-Brake: Engl. Bezeichnung für einen sportlichen Kombi mit zwei Türen und Heckklappe, bekannt sind etwa Sonderkarosserien auf Aston Martin-Basis aus den Sechzigern. Weiter... |
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