VeloceToday.com https://velocetoday.com The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:02:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Gauld Checks Out the Ferrari Estate Car https://velocetoday.com/gauld-checks-out-the-ferrari-estate-car/ https://velocetoday.com/gauld-checks-out-the-ferrari-estate-car/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:16:18 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=172244

The Series II Ferrari 330GT. American design, Italian coachwork. Hugues Vanhoolandt photo.

Story by Graham Gauld

At the risk of a rebuttal, I would say that the terminology “Estate Car” or “Shooting-brake” came from the good old United Kingdom. One can trace this class-conscious terminology applied to a motor car to the early days of horse-drawn travel in the 1880’s when rich landowners needed a bulkier carriage to carry the guns and shooting impedimenta for blasting partridge and grouse out of the sky.

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