2 door sportwagon?

[DKL]

I like estates, I find them far more useful than saloons and often better looking. But for my own use they can be a bit large so what is out there that is a sportwagon. By my definition this is a 2 door estate but I'm sure there are other descriptors for this.
Initial thoughts are they tend to be specials and have a special price, Lynx Eventer, 456, QP, virage estate etc. I saw a Jenson GT on another thread which was nice.
I recall an alfa from the 80/90s.
So what else is out there?

Edited by DKL on Thursday 16th April 18:13

[Pericoloso]

There was a FIAT 130 coupe based estate car ,not a production model ,probably made in single figures only.

[TurboBlue]

Reliant Scimitar, although I can't remember if they have a proper full hight tailgate or just a window.

Lancia Beta HPE

I share your enthusiasm, I think these are some of the best looking cars with added practicality.

[robemcdonald]

If you fancy something more modern a Volvo C30 has always been appealing.

If you have slightly more you could look at a Ferrari FF (or whatever it’s called today)

[S100HP]

They're referred to as shooting brake I think. There was a Volvo Amazon shooting brake iirc.

[TurboBlue]

That reminds me, Volvo 480

[DKL]

It turns out this has been asked before
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

not a wealth of choice mind

[bigandclever]

First 4 generations of ford escort.

[DKL]

https://carbuzz.com/features/greatest-shooting-bra...

forgot about a p1800 and the FF

[DKL]

S100HP said:

They're referred to as shooting brake I think. There was a Volvo Amazon shooting brake iirc.

I think this is Guy Martin's isn't it?
https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media...

I assumed the 2 doorness was part of the build, most amazon estates are 4 door.

[griffter]

Does the VW type three squareback count?
Polo breadvan?

What about one of these:

[Shifter1]

robemcdonald said:

If you fancy something more modern a Volvo C30 has always been appealing.

I would say that Volvo is just a regular hatchback. The BMW Z3 coupe is more of a shooting brake than that.

It would be great if something modern would be available and priced right. The FF is too much in several ways.

The Lynx Eventer is infinitely better looking than the regular Jaguar XJS.

[MDL111]

[TurnedEmo]

Accord Aerodeck.

Love these things, but hardly any left in the UK now.

[Doofus]

[MDL111]

There is a Corvette hatch conversion - forgot the name though (and no clue about price)
250 GT Breadvan (unobtainable I guess, even if one had the money)
456 estate versions and Aston Martin shootingbr. version - forgot the names

[flatso]

TurnedEmo said:

Accord Aerodeck.

Love these things, but hardly any left in the UK now.

Nice..I used to love these!

[mike9009]

griffter said:

Does the VW type three squareback count?
Polo breadvan?

What about one of these:

I love the Allegro estate. My dad had one from new in 1976.

We used to travel from Cardiff to London quite frequently and it would need topping up with oil at Swindon. My dad said it had character!

[Pericoloso]

[TurnedEmo]

flatso said:

TurnedEmo said:

Accord Aerodeck.

Love these things, but hardly any left in the UK now.

Nice..I used to love these!

I wanted my dad to get one when he was looking to replace his first generation Civic Shuttle.

He didn't want 3 doors, but we ended up with something almost as cool - a 1989 Integra. The one with pop up lights and a bubble hatch. Shame it was only the 1.5LX Auto, rather than the EX-16. (I'd quite like an EX-16 even now).