[Cars] Hmmm. Not convinced.

[dancefloorlandmine]

Apparently, according to the advertising, the new Audi A5 Sportback should be thought of as "like a coupé with more doors". To me, that means "a large 5dr hatchback, like the old Mk1 Passat", but apparently that's not suitably forward-looking and advanced. Who knows?

Reminds me of working at $CompanyCarFirm and trying to explain to people that, just because BMW call the model "Touring", it's still coded on our vehicle database with an E for 'Estate'. Because that's what it is. (And, similarly, Audi call their estates cars "Avant". It's still an estate, mate.)

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[rich-r.livejournal.com]

Subaru call the Legacy estate a 'Touring Wagon' which suggests some kind of circus sideshow stall to me.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's got nothing to do with Stations? [grin] Does sound like a romany caravan, though!

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

My late father referred to estate cars as a "shooting brake" - I think in some respects my father's brain was made of tweed. When he forgot himself he'd also refer to the stereo as a radiogram.

In the early 80s there was a Jag coachbuilder who offered an XJS shooting brake. It was also surprisingly un-hateful.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

In the early 80s there was a Jag coachbuilder who offered an XJS shooting brake. It was also surprisingly un-hateful.
I remember it - very reminiscent of the Reliant Scimitar.

Shooting brakes are a specific design type - with the front of a coupé and the arse of an estate - two side doors and a hatchback. Actually, the Smart Roadster Coupé looks like a miniature shooting brake!

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

Alternatively, you could just think of the A5 Sportback as a standard eurobox with really poor rear headroom.