After reading the whole article, I still don't comprehend why the call it the "Shooting Brake".
Weird, weird, weird name .
morrisjvan,
Oct 1, 5:28pm
shooting brake is traditionaly what the Brits call a woody, didn't see much wood on it !
yellowsubmarine,
Oct 1, 6:58pm
a car for the wealthy to go shooting in! I thought they were supposed to be 2 door though.
rob_man,
Oct 1, 7:05pm
Hmmmm. Merc have hi-jacked an almost forgotten term fora specialised vehicle that doesn't really exist any more. I think one uses one's Range Rover nowadays.
mantagsi,
Oct 1, 7:08pm
Shooting brake, as per rob_man it is just an old obsolete name for what we know now as a station wagon. Used for two door wagons originally I think
EDIT: ah, I see they have covered that all in the article. oh well never mind, the more you know, right! :)
Read a little automotive history and it will all make sense.
mm12345,
Oct 1, 7:43pm
"consumers constantly on the hunt for the next new thing"
That's from Wikipedia - there had to be a link to hunting there somewhere, and so there is. One goes hunting using one's reverse mortgage facility, to bag a new thing that's just like an old thing, except rather more mass-produced, lacking in character, and downright ugly.
sr2,
Oct 1, 8:16pm
Don??
mm12345,
Oct 1, 8:56pm
I don't.I have a wikipedia a/c, and frequently contribute. Many of the car related pages are full of crap, cut and pastes from fanboy sites, BS from auto makers press releases stated as fact etc.
However that quote is directly from an article in the NY Times, the link is alive, and I don't have a problem with it.In fact I think it's rather good.
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