RE: New Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake pictures

[DonkeyApple]

BNC47 said:

DonkeyApple said:

BNC47 said:

jdw1234 said:

Yes, I always understood "estate" as a practical car for picking people + luggage up from the station.

So, 'station wagon' then

Ah, well, that's what the Americans termed an estate car as they didn't own estates in the way that Europeans did. So in logical terms, in the U.K. We'd call this car an estate but in America a station wagon. It's a fender/bumper scenario.

Hood/Bonnet, Trunk/Boot, Wrench/Spanner, Gas/Petrol......
Two nations separated by the same language...

Edited by BNC47 on Tuesday 8th November 15:27

We might be about tonne brought back together by our mutual dislike of other languages though!!!!

Interestingly, for most of these differences our word is French in origin, so we ought to naturally prefer the American version.

[BNC47]

DonkeyApple said:

BNC47 said:

DonkeyApple said:

BNC47 said:

jdw1234 said:

Yes, I always understood "estate" as a practical car for picking people + luggage up from the station.

So, 'station wagon' then

Ah, well, that's what the Americans termed an estate car as they didn't own estates in the way that Europeans did. So in logical terms, in the U.K. We'd call this car an estate but in America a station wagon. It's a fender/bumper scenario.

Hood/Bonnet, Trunk/Boot, Wrench/Spanner, Gas/Petrol......
Two nations separated by the same language...

Edited by BNC47 on Tuesday 8th November 15:27

We might be about tonne brought back together by our mutual dislike of other languages though!!!!

Interestingly, for most of these differences our word is French in origin, so we ought to naturally prefer the American version.

Works for me.

[Matt UK]

Tickle said:

Perfect for when you need to get that coffin to the church quick!

On that first picture, my thoughts also!

[Alan_I_W]

I always call saloons sedans. Sedan is a nicer word to say