Cars That Looked Best/Worst as an Estate

[r11co]

Seeing as the estate car seems to be a dying product thanks to it being gradually edged out by the oversized SUVs, as the title says - what cars are/were best rendered by their manufacturers* as an estate version, and which were horrid?

(*Means no shooting brake coachwork specials, so anyone posting the Lynx Eventer or that horrid DB5 thing or similar gets a red card!)

Here's my starters for 10...

Best:







Worst:

Edited by r11co on Tuesday 24th February 17:33

[Dave Hedgehog]

one of the best ever imo

[Jim AK]

Audi A6' the B7? My mate has a 53 plate RS 6 of the model I'm on about.

Hideous thing as a saloon.

[fezst]

Best: XFR-S Sportbrake

[r11co]

Dave Hedgehog said:

one of the best ever imo

Good shout. Keep 'em coming.

The field is open as even ugly cars that looked best as estates, and great looking cars ruined by having a lardy squareback count!

Edited by r11co on Tuesday 24th February 17:38

[sheepman]

best



worst

[Spoof]

Any Audi RS looks so much better as an Avant.

[marmitemania]

I was thinking of the 400 series estate. I'm very surprised and pleased that a Rover has been mentioned, let alone in the first post.

[DoctorX]

MK 2 Laguna Tourer was a fine looking car. Nearly bought one, lucky escape. Now appear to be extinct.

[r11co]

sheepman said:

worst

I might call you on that one as while the hatch was quite pretty the saloon was a minger too..



On second thoughts, the estate edges it.

[Chimune]

Best:
Alfa 156
Alfa 159
MG ZT

Worst:
Subaru Impreza
Porsche 911 ( Panamaera )

[Gad-Westy]

Always thought that the E60/61 5-Series looked far better as an estate. Especially the M5 variant.

[chrisb92]

Agree totally on the Audi RS models!
However, like others have posted, my initial thought when I read the title was the Jag XF!

[Khaki Suit]

Volvo 850 T5R. I think it was the early years it done in touring cars, before it was outlawed, which cemented it for me.

Mind you the older 245glt & 145 etc I prefer in estate version.

[B17NNS]

r11co said:

Seeing as the estate car seems to be a dying product

Is it?

[GT6 Jonsey]

[gazz81]

I have no shame in adding my own car!

[ian_c_uk]

r11co said:

The field is open as even ugly cars that looked best as estates, and great looking cars ruined by having a lardy squareback count!

Not sure which category this falls under!



(I do have a soft spot for it tho, as my mum had one when we were little)

..and in a similar vein (upturn into C pillar):

[MattHall91]

This or latest RS6.

[Blueprint]

Best