[car fanatics]

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

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.

[G8mike]

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

[bluestinger66]

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.

[The 'Burg]

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

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?



I'm not feeling this.

[?]

Might make a quick chop of this...

[REVolution]

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

[?]

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

[stingraysstudios]

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

[?]

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:

[G8mike]

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!

[jspookss]

Lol