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Shooting-brake (alternately spelled shooting break [2] : 20, 146 ) is a car body style which originated in the 1890s from horse-drawn carriage origins. The first automotive shooting brakes were manufactured in the early 1900s in the United Kingdom. The vehicle style became popular in England during the 1920s and 1930s, and was produced by ...
In August 2019 a DB5 Shooting Brake sold for a record $1.765m (£1.456m), making it the most valuable Shooting Brake-bodied car of any marque sold at auction. James Bond's DB5 [ edit ] Two Aston Martin DB5s were supplied to EON Productions, one of which had no gadgets.
- 1963–1965 (1,059 units), 2020- (25 units)
- Aston Martin
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The Vanquish Zagato is available in four body styles – coupé, convertible, speedster, or shooting brake. Ninety-nine each were built of the coupé, convertible, and shooting brake, while 28 speedsters were made, for a total of 325 cars.
Mar 23, 2022 · The shooting brake first launched in England in the 1890s, and was a horse-drawn wagon designed to transport goods and spoils from hunting trips, although modern variations have dramatically transformed over the years and the term was dropped for a time. Shooting brakes are designed with certain similar features which allows them to stand out ...
Aug 4, 2015 · A Short History of the Shooting Brake. August 4, 2015 posted by Jared Paul Stern. The story goes that one day in the early 1960s, David Brown, chairman of Aston Martin, “entered a board meeting at which some of his engineers were in attendance, plunked his hunting dog down on the table and said, ‘Build me something for him to sit in ...
Jul 29, 2020 · And while the company is planning a 100-unit series of those coachbuilt SUVs, it also continues to work on one-offs such as its Breadvan Hommage, a Ferrari 550 Maranello-based shooting brake ...
Oct 6, 2023 · Simply put, a ‘shooting brake’ is a wheeled transport – either pulled by horses or propelled under its own power – with enough rear cargo space to fit people and all the equipment needed to go on a hunting trip.
