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Aston Martin Virage Shooting Brake
Aston Martin was a company that always had some kind of shooting brake on offer. During the ‘50s and ‘60s, you could order a shooting brake conversion of the legendary DB4, DB5 or DB6 sports cars straight from the Aston dealer. The company would produce the chassis and contact coachbuilding firm of your choice to deliver a fully finished car straight to your door.
British aristocrats loved this body shape since it allowed them to carry guns and equipment for hunting trips, yet it still retained the performance of a sports coupe. At that time, Aston didn’t have any shooting brakes on offer, which is a shame.
The last one was the Virage Shooting Brake they introduced in 1992 which Aston built themselves instead of by an outside company. It was a fast and good-looking car with a 5.3-liter V12 engine producing 330 HP. With a whopping price of $334,000 in 1992, they didn’t build many of them. In fact, by the end of the production run, Aston managed to sell 75 of them, mostly in Europe.