From Britain to the World
In part 1 of this article about Shooting Brakes scale models, we featured some of the most iconic examples, based on expensive sports cars, starting with Aston Martin. These are the most famous Shooting Brakes of all, and they started a trend that many other companies followed. The UK led the way in manufacturing this unique type of car, however, other brands from mainland Europe soon followed the trend.
Some of those buyers would prefer to have their Shooting Brakes based on something closer to them, prestige cars produced in Italy or Germany by brands like Ferrari or Porsche, to name just two. Following what we’ve seen from Audi with its shooting brake concept cars, there was also a wish from car stylists to explore this idea. Many were only “what if…” kind of concept-cars, others led to production models.
As we saw in part 1 of this article, shooting brakes started as ultra-exclusive cars used by some fortunate buyers for their hunting parties. However, with the passing of time, the concept turned much more into a lifestyle accessory that could be seen more often at golf courses than at hunting grounds.
Interestingly, many of the shooting brakes made from expensive European cars, were not even referred to as such - some did not have a specific name for the bodywork variant and others received completely different names.
FERRARI WEEKENDINA
Let’s go back to the fifties, in Italy, and to a car maker that was still a very young one - Ferrari. Based on the 212 sports coupe, a shooting brake was produced and received the unique name of 212 Weekendina. This one-off was commissioned by the Italian Count, Giannino Marzotto, so its also known as the Weekendina Marzotto. The car was based on a regular 212 Coupe and the project was to make a very fast chase car to be used in the Carrera Panamericana race, in Mexico. Carrozzeria Paolo Fontana (better