Classic estate cars.

[gforceg]

Estate cars. Practical worthy and sensible.

Very few rise to the level of exciting and fun, they don't really have to be. A few are devastatingly fast and effective but how many estate cars are, or might become, classics?

Arguably, a handful of Audis make the cut. Any AMGs? BMWs? Maybe the E30 Tourings. Any American iron or Japanese techno wagons?

These don't have to be performance versions, just cars that take estate-ism to its pinnacle.

I can't think of many, so please give your nominations for current or future classic estates.

[Nikko 40691]

Stagea?

[steveT350C]

The one and only Audi RS2 Avant

[blonde boris]

s124 e36 amg estate? or m5 touring in e34 guise? audi rs2 is already a classic imo.

[blonde boris]

damn too slow!

[kdri155]

From past experience I'd say a Volvo 850R estate.

[Camoradi]

Alfa 156 GTA Sportwagon? Good looks and good sounding engine

[billywhizzzzzz]

Estate? The nicest derivative of any car...

Every BMW estate better looking than the saloon
Ditto Mercedes
Ditto Audi

You might have said - 'Saloon - What's the point? Very few rise to the level of exciting or classic, when the estate is always better looking and more practical.'

A few highlights:

W123 Estate
W124 Estate
M5 E34 Touring
M5 E61 Touring
E91 335i (manual)
RS2
RS4
RS6
E30 325i Touring
DS Safari
504 Estate
Ami 8
Renault 16
Volvo 144
Moggy Traveller
Defender 110 CSW

etc...

[FakeConcern]

[Sensibleboy]

Lexus IS200 estate looked awful compared to the saloon...

[gforceg]

billywhizzzzzz said:

Estate? The nicest derivative of any car...

Every BMW estate better looking than the saloon
Ditto Mercedes
Ditto Audi

You might have said - 'Saloon - What's the point? Very few rise to the level of exciting or classic, when the estate is always better looking and more practical.'

A few highlights:

W123 Estate
W124 Estate
M5 E34 Touring
M5 E61 Touring
E91 335i (manual)
RS2
RS4
RS6
E30 325i Touring
DS Safari
504 Estate
Ami 8
Renault 16
Volvo 144
Moggy Traveller
Defender 110 CSW

etc...

Good post, thank you. At least I mentioned Audis and E30 Touring!

I appreciate the non-performance aspect too. I used to have a Pug 305 estate, which was the zenith of does-what-it-needs-to-do farm car estatey-ness.

[LP670]

my personal favourites:

c63 amg
volvo t5r
e36 328i
civic aerodeck
alfa 159
impreza wagon

[mad4amanda]

e34 540i Touring, much waft in auto!

[IceBoy]

My run around cars have been estates for years.

Current shed has more toys than toysRus and is waft-tastic.

Nearly 450lb ft of torque, it doesn't hang about either!! LOL !!

IceBoy

[The Big G]

What about a Mitsubishi Galant vr4, but only because I have one

2.5 TT V6 with some evo 6 goodies thrown in for good measure. Not many estates from their day could match them. Rare with only 50 or so being officially brought to these shores. Surely all of this should put it in the running too.

[B17NNS]

steveT350C said:

The one and only Audi RS2 Avant

Is that the one with all the Porsche bits on it?

[Futuramic]

There are loads of classic estates:

Ford Zodiac Farnham
Ford Granada Mk1 and 2
Reliant Scimitar
Rover P6 (very limited run)
Ford Escort
Vauxhall Victor
Hillman Minx/Husky
Volvo 145 onwards
Mazda 929
Nissan 300C Estate
Morris Traveller

That's nowhere near an exhaustive list - just as many as I could be bothered to type out. And I haven't even started on American stuff - that would run into the hundreds, even thousands.

[J4CKO]

Nobody mentioned the Volvo T5 ?

[MacD1]

Audi B5 S4. My neighbour has a left hand drive 94 C4 S6 with a V8:-)

[320touring]

Lynx Eventer!