shooting brake

BMW has unveiled a concept at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2023. The Concept Touring Coupe is a combination of a sports car and a station wagon – creating what might be considered a shooting brake – yet this concept is uniquely eye-catching.

Ferrari has unveiled a new four-door, four-seat vehicle – it's the first time the Prancing Horse has done so. Swearing that it's not an SUV, Ferrari bills the Purosangue as more of a shooting brake, with all the expected performance.

The $120,000 Audi RS6 Avant is a station wagon with four-wheel-steering, four-wheel-drive and an eight speed auto transmission. Now ABT is offering a 200 mph 740 hp RS6-R version with a four-year, 100,000-mile warranty for an additional $76,000.

The Jaguar XF Sportbrake takes the goodness that is the XF sedan and makes it sexier with a wagon-styled rear. This not only adds beauty to the already good-looking XF, but it brings better dynamic balance to the car’s feel on the road.

Late last year, UK firm Qwest Norfolk completed a stylish rework of the back end of a Tesla Model S P90D to transform the electric car into a shooting brake. Now Dutch firm RemetzCar has also attacked the rear of a Model S for the first of 20 electric shooting brakes.

The rapid development of electric powertrains has opened the door for new manufacturers with new ideas about what constitutes a luxury car. Alcraft Motor Company from the UK has announced plans to build a battery-powered shooting brake blending big performance and luggage space in a pretty package.

Having teased the concept back in 2012, the engineers in Stuttgart have brought the bootylicious Panamera Sport Turismo to production. With room for four people and their luggage it's eminently practical, but the Porsche genes under the skin should mean it handles too.

Callaway Cars previewed its AeroWagen Corvette shooting brake way back in 2013 before the C7 Corvette had even hit the market. It took a little longer to launch than originally planned, but now the AeroWagen is here and ready to give Corvette drivers a bit of extra luggage space.

Beside a mid-life redesign of the Toyota GT86 in New York, very little has changed since the ToyoBaru twins launched in 2012. At least very little had changed, until Toyota whipped the covers off the GT86 Shooting Brake concept.

Minis have not been that mini for some time now. Similarly, the firm's description of its new Clubman as a "shooting brake" ​also feels like poetic license. Nonetheless, it's designed for everyday and long-distance usage and looks both practical and comfortable for those purposes.

Mercedes continues to expand its lineup into new niches with the new CLA Shooting Brake, which takes the CLA's four-door compact body and adds a more usable load bay, for people who want the practicality of a wagon coupled with the CLA's slick styling.

Italian coachbuilder Zagato has unveiled the Aston Martin Virage Shooting Brake. Specially constructed for a European client, the 1960s-inspired Shooting Brake comes complete with functional trunk space for carrying the likes of golf clubs and hunting equipment.