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Cool Estates

Published on October 25, 2011 in BMW and Shooting Brake. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

Tourings, Avants, Estates, Shooting Brakes – call ‘em what you want, I think they’re very cool.

I saw the tidiest BMW E30 316i Touring ever, on a 1994 reg, this morning on the motorway around Limerick. In navy. Absolutely mint. Reminded me of how classy these cars look. Prettiest BMW convertible 4 seater made in recent times (and probably by any manufacturer)- E30. Tidiest coupe – E30. Classiest estate – E30. Most purposeful saloon – E34. Ah well, 3 out of 4 isn’t bad. Saw an extremely tidy E30 318iS yesterday as well. Very rare in original condition, reminded me of my one. All these sightings of tidy E30′s – is someone trying to tell me something. Sadly they never did a sub 2 ltr. turbo diesel.

   

Shooting brake

Published on February 25, 2011 in BMW, Ferrari and Shooting Brake. Closed

Ah, the time honoured tradition of the shooting brake.  My most recent favourite of that particular genre of cars was the BMW Z3 “Breadvan”.  I love these yokes:

Now there’s a new kid in town, and it’s not from one of the traditional haven of shooting brakes, England, but instead it comes to us from Italy.  Ferrari’s newest is a four wheel drive, four seater shooting brake.  Loving it.
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