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McLaren working on shooting brake estate - car fanatics - 04-19-2012 10:09 AM

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Photo credit: McLaren
April 19, 2012
By: CF staff

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The new model will be based on the MP4-12C and will be similar in concept to the Ferrari FF – although it won’t have the Ferrari’s £230,000 price tag. Instead, McLaren will position the car as a more practical alternative to range-topping Porsche 911s, with a price of around £150,000.

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - G8mike - 04-19-2012 04:53 PM

Someone please explain to me where the name 'shooting brake' comes from???wtf

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - bluestinger66 - 04-20-2012 07:29 AM

A shooting brake is any object massive enough to be used as a bracing perch to maintain a steady aim when firing a weapon. It dates back to before cars were around when guns were large and heavy.
If you were hunting in the woods and saw an animal you wanted to take down, you could brace against a large rock or a fallen tree and they would be shooting brakes.
As it applies here, a shooting brake is usually a station wagon with a roofline just below shoulder height so a shooter can brace his elbow or forearm on the roof to steady the gun without being in an awkward position.

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - The 'Burg - 04-20-2012 10:39 AM

CarFanatics;198115 Wrote:Source
Photo credit: McLaren
April 19, 2012
By: CF staff

[Image: 7093680045_d63244c975_b.jpg]

The new model will be based on the MP4-12C and will be similar in concept to the Ferrari FF – although it won’t have the Ferrari’s £230,000 price tag. Instead, McLaren will position the car as a more practical alternative to range-topping Porsche 911s, with a price of around £150,000.

Let's see... they want to base a shooting brake on a mid-engined sports car - and then use the words "more practical" to describe it?

wtf

I'm not feeling this.

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - ? - 04-20-2012 10:52 AM

Might make a quick chop of this...

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - REVolution - 04-20-2012 11:27 AM

God, these exotic car companies don't make any sense some times.

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - ? - 04-20-2012 11:36 AM

Bleudogyvygecvw lvxje n... I've hit a chopping wall. If anyone wants to finish this, feel free to do so.

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RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - stingraysstudios - 04-20-2012 12:38 PM

I think you got the basic idea in your chop there,....maybe I will take a stab at that for you ?beer

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - ? - 04-21-2012 01:39 AM

Go ahead! I'd like to see what a finished version looks like. I just didn't want the effort of actually finishing it. :yeeees:

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - G8mike - 04-22-2012 11:39 AM

bluestinger66;198390 Wrote:A shooting brake is any object massive enough to be used as a bracing perch to maintain a steady aim when firing a weapon. It dates back to before cars were around when guns were large and heavy.
If you were hunting in the woods and saw an animal you wanted to take down, you could brace against a large rock or a fallen tree and they would be shooting brakes.
As it applies here, a shooting brake is usually a station wagon with a roofline just below shoulder height so a shooter can brace his elbow or forearm on the roof to steady the gun without being in an awkward position.

Thank you! I shall remember that next time I'm on my royal pheasant hunt!

RE: McLaren working on shooting brake estate - jspookss - 04-22-2012 02:52 PM

Lol