Are we car geeks always wrong, or do we love weird things simply because they're weird? Car lovers buy wagons over crossovers; we beg for diesels when manufacturers insist no one wants them. And we seem to be the only ones who love shooting brakes, that odd genre created for the landed gentry of England, who often had their luxury coupes custom-built to accommodate taking their hunting dogs and guns into the field for a day of sport shooting. Most of them were Bentleys or Aston Martins, but Volvo built a production shooting brake in the early 1970s — the 1800ES — that was both stylish and functional, if not entirely popular with the car-buying public.
Nice, I've always liked those. Both the coupe and hatch are distinctive and well-proportioned.
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I can still visualize the bright yellow ES that arrived at Town and Country Motors, in my hometown of Highland, Indiana. It went into the showroom, and sitting amongst all the British Leyland products it shared the room with, it looked like Raquel Welch in a roomful of Rosie O'Donnells. I wanted one SO much. They're still eye-candy.
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i worked with a guy years ago that refurbished one. Didn't go all out because it was a daily driver, but made it pretty darn cool. good write up, I enjoyed the read.
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