Chris,
Most commonly, in Britain, a station wagon with wood sides is called a
"shooting brake" or "break". Basically the original station wagons were Rolls
Royces (in the 1920's), and were built for English nobles who wanted a car
for the hunt. The reason for the wood on the sides was to make the car less
conspicuous to the prey (usually foxes). Hunters also call shooting blinds
"breaks" in England. The term (and the idea of the station wagon) caught on,
and nowadays the term is applied to all station wagons in Britain, wood sided
or not.
Citroen wagons, in France, are more commonly known as "familiales". These
have jump seats in the rear that fold up from the floor. The ones without the
seats are more properly referred to as "breaks".
Frank
In a message dated 9/29/99 12:05:33 PM, JordanVw writes:
<< Subj: RE: Avant, Variant, Brake....
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:51:29 AM
From: mullens@phillynews.com
To: JordanVw@aol.com, quattro@audifans.com
From: mullens@phillynews.com (shaun d mullen)
To: JordanVw@aol.com ('JordanVw@aol.com'), quattro@audifans.com
(quattro@audifans.com)
Aston Martin Shooting Brake (made over several years and prolly still
available as a custom order). It's one of the three most beautiful station
wagons on the planet (the other two being the 1971-73 Volvo P1800ES and
2000 Audi RS4).
Shaun Mullen
West Grove, PA
-----Original Message-----
From: JordanVw@aol.com [SMTP:JordanVw@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 2:55 AM
To: quattro@audifans.com
Subject: Avant, Variant, Brake....
was just flipping thru a old magazine that listed some specs on some
european
station wagons...
and it seems as if every car maker has it's own term for it's station wagon
bodied cars..
Audi calls it a "Avant"...
VW calls it a "Variant"..
Citroen calls it a "Brake"
anyone know of any others?
chris
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