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Re: Avant, Variant, Brake....



The term Brake is a carryover from the horse carriage days.
If I remember correctly a Brake was a type of enclosed carriage meant
for cross country jaunts. (SUV??) A Shooting Brake was used for hunting.

The rest of the names may have simmilar origins.

Smitty