Answering Questions No One Asked: The Pontiac Solstice Shooting Brake (Wagon)
01-04-2006, 04:21 PM
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Answering Questions No One Asked: The Pontiac Solstice Shooting Brake (Wagon) http://www.edag.de/pr/press/News_Ite...-12-21.5929/en
That's what it basically is afterall. For those of you who don't know about English car history, Shooting Break refers to a wagon variation of a typically 2 door sports car. There's a whole history of the name you can probably find a Wikipedia about how it was derived from "Shooting Break" because people would take a break from hunting or target shooting or whatever. Go read if you're interested.
Anyway, this thing seems to be an answer to a question no one asked but whatever. From the pic, I can't tell if the hardtop replaces the soft top, or if it fits right over the factor soft top. Regardless, uhh, I think it's a little ugly. Good looking shooting brakes include the Ferrari 456M Shooting Brake and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Shooting Brake. I'm sorry to say this, but this thing is not one of the better looking examples.
That's what it basically is afterall. For those of you who don't know about English car history, Shooting Break refers to a wagon variation of a typically 2 door sports car. There's a whole history of the name you can probably find a Wikipedia about how it was derived from "Shooting Break" because people would take a break from hunting or target shooting or whatever. Go read if you're interested.
Anyway, this thing seems to be an answer to a question no one asked but whatever. From the pic, I can't tell if the hardtop replaces the soft top, or if it fits right over the factor soft top. Regardless, uhh, I think it's a little ugly. Good looking shooting brakes include the Ferrari 456M Shooting Brake and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Shooting Brake. I'm sorry to say this, but this thing is not one of the better looking examples.
01-05-2006, 08:39 PM
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Well if they produce the top, supposedly it's for people who were fans of the Nomad that never made it to showrooms. The Nomad was also built off of Kappa. I can't believe GM was actually pondering building the Nomad along with that 5 cylinder Bel Air concept they had a few years ago. DUMBASSES.
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Offer it as a 2K dollar option?
Not bad for an aftermarket company to throw out there.
Maybe somebody wants something like this?
I'd like to see a more traditional hardtop design as I'm not a big fan of 2 seat wagon like vehicles...
Rather see a hardtop like the Z06 C5.
That would work better as far as I could tell.
Not bad for an aftermarket company to throw out there.
Maybe somebody wants something like this?
I'd like to see a more traditional hardtop design as I'm not a big fan of 2 seat wagon like vehicles...
Rather see a hardtop like the Z06 C5.
That would work better as far as I could tell.
01-06-2006, 11:16 AM
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I actually like the Nomad concept. But like the SSR, it has no purpose or market for it. And based on its limited numbers, would be pretty expensive. The sports car wagon idea is not new to GM or Pontiac. They tried putting a wagon roof on the hatch of a Trans Am in the mid 80s and had another wagon concept built off a Trans Am in the 70s.
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Originally Posted by dgformula2k
I actually like the Nomad concept. But like the SSR, it has no purpose or market for it. And based on its limited numbers, would be pretty expensive. The sports car wagon idea is not new to GM or Pontiac. They tried putting a wagon roof on the hatch of a Trans Am in the mid 80s and had another wagon concept built off a Trans Am in the 70s.
