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I mean, apart from the fact it's a Jag built in the 1980's, if you had the cash, you would, wouldn't you?
@rustynissanprairie to the forum please.
Surely if you are going shootingbrake you need to go either
Jenson interceptor
Or
Reliant scimitar
It might lag in performance, but I'd have the best-looking estate car in history:
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Surely it would have to be a Series 3 Landrover? Or an early-modern Volvo Estate?
Interceptors would pre-date MTB's surely?
It might lag in performance, but I’d have the best-looking estate car in history:
Not an estate.
Its a shootingbrake. Only got 2 doors innit.
That XJS is awesome, you can buy the company and all the tooling for a mil too
Screw that - Merc S124. I very nearly bought this exact one a few years back - motoring perfection...
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Not an estate.
Its a shootingbrake. Only got 2 doors innit.
If they were more likely to be found on a council estate than a country estate, then I reckon they're estates.
My old Espace Quadra.
Scimitar GTE - but recalling long family trips to Spain and the SO France (in GTE and later SE6s) - probably more room in a current mk polo!
Princess Anne liked them....
My old Espace Quadra.
Looks pretty cool now
As the answer on here is always Berlingo, surely the period correct alternative is a Citroen C15? Here is ours hiding in the pits of a Norwegian Grundig World Cup.
My Choice:
https://skodafeliciafun.co.uk/html/skoda_felicia_fun_model_histor.html
Convince me I'm wrong.
Convince me I’m wrong.
You're wrong!... 🙂
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The Subaru would get my money if I wanted a pickup. For an estate though, there is only one answer
I came in to say Jenson. Now I've seen that P1800 tho, one of those 🙂
I read an article saying that P1800s were surprisingly affordable. They were not, I was sad. Gorgeous though.
I'd like a Volvo 940, nearly bought one but I suspected the gallon of new underbody paint might be straight over rust and isopon so chickened out. But they're just gorgeous, so iconic, and can be decently quick til there's a corner. A beat up one with steel wheels and a roofrack is as handsome as it gets. Dabbled with the idea of an OM606 in a W124 for a while too.
I think you can just about make an argument for the mk3 Mondeo now? Modern classic anyway, they're not old but they've got that air of venerableness and respectability and yesterdayness, and they're actually getting pretty scarce.Mine was a bit of a rusty nail so I could fill it with mud, not stress when bits fell off or when it went on fire that time or that other time when I drowned it in a flood. But it was huge, and not fast but fast enough (the 2.2 diesel was a work of simple genius, just that little bit better than the 2 litre but literally no drawbacks) did 55mph no matter how hard you pushed the pedal, and handled astonishingly well for such a big boat. And very handsome I think. Well, mine wasn't.
Likewise hovering around the "modern classic", but I have a subaru legacy bp5 these days. Could do with being just a little bigger in the back, the boot floor's quite high which is fine for normal estate duties but does impact bikes a wee bit, you can't quite have a 29 inch wheel vertically. But seats down, it can still hold a size large enduro 29er with both wheels on which is ace, just roll it out and go. And it's comfy but great to drive, fast on any sort of road, with some suspension tweaks it handles well enough that I've had it on track a couple of times. And being a jdm import wasn't rusted out like every UK subaru is, and is cheap to tax to boot. Basically it's an impreza hatchback for old people and it's brilliant. Just a shame it can't legally tow as the jdm cars were never plated for it 🙁
IHN
Full MemberFor an estate though, there is only one answer
I know it's blasphemy but they're not really that fast and the awd versions push the front end way too much, for me it was a case of never meet your heroes. Great engine though even if it's mounted 90 degrees from the correct direction. I was always semi tempted to get one and rwd it just for lols but then they got expensive.
I think no self respecting dentist would be seen hauling his FRO or Attitude in anything less than an an E34 M5 touring
Citröen DS Safari.
DS is pre-mtbs. Needs to be a CX Familiale or XM to be the right age.
There's some nice cars there, Jensens, Scimitars, Jags are all lovely. But you'd always be wishing you were in one of these
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DS is pre-mtbs. Needs to be a CX Familiale or XM to be the right age.
Go big or go home
There’s some nice cars there, Jensens, Scimitars, Jags are all lovely. But you’d always be wishing you were in one of these
Here ya go (just paste the URL in, you don't need the tags)
It's gopping, by the way 😉
Mid-'90s, I was in my early teens, and there were occasional mtb races in Tentsmuir Forest. I remember being overtaken repeatedly by some gorgeous 20-something rugby player kinda build girl, and realising that I wasn't into skinny girls at all. At the end, she packed her bike up in a black CSK Rangie, and I fell in lust with that as well.
Skip forward a decade or two and I'm running around in a ratty classic Rangie - although sadly, not a CSK - and it was perfect as an MTB support vehicle. Packed cleverly, it could take three folk, three bikes, and all their gear. The split tailgate was perfect for bike maintenance, and as it was ratty enough to not worry about, the bonnet put a Weber barbie at the perfect height for cooking. I miss my Rangie so much.
I'm still not into skinny girls, btw.
I wish my user name was just Nissan Prairie and rust hadn't killed it.
It was fitted with a Stanza turbo engine for speed as well as style!
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There is/was 2x Ultra cool Brooklyn machine works bikes in there, my #126 Racelink and my mates #13FQ
@Daffy, that would ground in just about every MTB car park I’ve been to.
I thought the default STW answer for stuff like this was a Unimog?
American wagons and vans are awesome.
I thought the default STW answer for stuff like this was a Unimog?
only if your steed is a Surly Pugsley or Salsa Beargreas both shod with 45°nrth Hüsker Düs
Talbot Matra Rancho would be the vehicle of choice surely!?
Before I was an environmental headbanger, I enjoyed my year with this. A bike would go inside no bother and it was ALL brown inside (seats, dash, carpets, mats) so soil just blended in.
First owner was the bloke who invented Brookside and Hollyoaks.
Mmmmm, retro-tastic.
I was behind a Crawford Cortina 1600GT yesterday.
That would be nice with a period boot rack and some Heath Robinson-esque Thule rack arrangement.
Ideal for Eroica type event
Talbot Matra Rancho would be the vehicle of choice surely!?
Oh, well done sir, well done indeed
Talbot Matra Rancho would be the vehicle of choice surely!?
Oh, well done sir, well done indeed
Except production ended maybe a decade before MTB's were a thing, they were made maybe 1974-1980?
Grandpa had one - running rural healthcare in Zambia....as you do.
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A few Subaru choices, Impreza, Legacy or...... 
Other than my Nissan Prairie posted earlier I'd say any of my current fleet would qualify!
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This was great, pendle bike carrier on the back when out with a mate, or bike stashed in the boot on solo missions.
I miss it greatly, but not enough to get another, just yet.
Would love a jensen, and that volvo may have turned my head. But right now, my sweet deo does all I need, and is far more comfortable 😀.
@Daffy, that would ground in just about every MTB car park I’ve been to.
It would ground on the first pothole out of the drive.
Prairie or the espace for me. Make a statement be bold.
Actually how about a renault avantine
I turned up to many DH race in the mid-nineties in one of these
Volvo 940 Wentworth. Just swallowed up bikes, kit, camping gear, everything and still plenty of space on the back seat.. Adjustable air suspension on the back as well, so if it did get slightly overloaded it was just case of pumping it up a bit.
Id have my 1995 diesel fez back in a heart beat.
Faster and more economical than anything my mates had at the time (they mostly had early 90s 1 litre coke cans.
Front wheels out and the forks dropped.behind the front seats and you could get two full DH bikes in.
At the time a.full tank was 22 quid. And you could go to fort William both days of the weekend from home cheaper than staying over and at the time we didn't worry.about 5am.starts
Wasn't cool . Wasn't fast. But shit that thing took us places. 120000 (s)miles for 800 quid.
Except production ended maybe a decade before MTB’s were a thing, they were made maybe 1974-1980
Oh shut up you 🙂
If we’re going modern (and I win the lottery) then a Taycan Cross Turismo 4S.
@munrobiker, do you still have the roof rack?
Rare as rocking horse poo.
My 86 951 is my bike carrier of choice when I can stomach the fuel cost.
Could get to 26ers in it, these days only one modern bike fits inside.
Id have one of these bohemoths.👌 
If I could post a picture I'd be putting up a Z3 coupe somewhere about here 👇🏿
The bike is long gone, but the car is still bike transport.
For when the pope gets a sudden urge to hit the lifts at BPW?
All the cool stuffs been suggested, so I'll give the Mk1 Mondeo estate a shout, ran one just like this as a shed spec daily workhorse for years with no probs. GLX spec so lots of lovely 90s velour, Massive load area and decent to drive too. Mine had more dents/gaffer tape obvs.
A mate has a Jumbuck (not his pictured)
I had the hatchback version, the Persona, as my first car, 1.6XLi, 1996, which I bought in 2005 for £200. Surprisingly good car, decent suspension, disc brakes all round and weighed next to nothing so actually quite nippy for a 1.6. And not bad as a bike car, it was nicknamed the Tardis, you could fit a surprising amount of stuff in there. Head gasket killed it after 8 months/12k miles, total depreciation of £140 as I got £60 scrap for it.
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Get the one with the Holbay tuned 1725cc with twin Webers and enjoy that induction
For an estate though, there is only one answer
I know it’s blasphemy but they’re not really that fast and the awd versions push the front end way too much
More than fast enough on the majority of British roads; 237bhp back then was quite adequate in a car that size.
Gotta say, I’ve had a huge crush on ‘55/‘57 Nomads, particularly the 57’s, although having the rails chopped and running it down in the weeds like that ‘55 is just not practical on our roads - I hit a virtually invisible speed bump earlier today at the posted limit, and it certainly jolted my car, imagine on our potholes!
You’re wrong!… 🙂
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Best mate at primary school's Dad had a Rancho. I think we thought it was a Land Rover at the time.Subaru Brumby was my first car in Oz. Sometimes the throttle cable would get stuck on full beans ... not that you could tell much. Could just sleep in the back.
Surprisingly hard to get even two bikes in the back... but Isuzu 2.5 engine helps for driving.
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How I used to roll... looked best when I had a Kona Hei Hei Trail in matching colour
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Christ, look at the shut lines. Quality British engineering that. When they said they “cleverly incorporated the rear screen from a Citroen Ami into it” was cleverly by way of crashing into it?
polo bread van with a g40 conversion FTW, or an Uno Turbo.
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@Daffy, that would ground in just about every MTB car park I’ve been to.
It’s on air ride suspension. You can raise and lower it.
We had one of these when I was young. Vauxhall 101 estate. Same colour as this one and the same year I think 1965
Ideal vintage barge for your steel Kona
Citroen BX Estate (or BX mistake as we called it) would fit the bill date wise, I had a rather tired 2.0TRi version when the kids were young - embarrassing when I had to jump out & turn the starter a smidge to get it to crank over, but great for us on our camping trips.
Except production ended maybe a decade before MTB’s were a thing, they were made maybe 1974-1980?
Grandpa had one – running rural healthcare in Zambia….as you do.
But surely any self respecting mountainbiker spunked any spare cash on the bike leaving them carting about their pride and joy around in a shitbox rust bucket.
We had one of those big Peugeot 504 estates for years. I could sleep in the boot without having to fold the back bench seats down! And it would easily do a ton in super smooth comfort. I wondered where they all went to until I went out to work in north Africa. I think 90% of all prodection endd up there eventually as taxis! I have a 1983 Land Rover One Ten which is a pretty cool MTB carrier though it is surprisingly small in the back for modern LLS bikes. But it is tax and MOT exampt and only costs £100 for historic insurance!
Christ, look at the shut lines.
TBF, the ones that are left have often had some pretty dodgy "restoration" work happen to them. They weren't that bad originally.
Citroen BX Estate
Ohh, good call. We had one when I learned to drive in 1991. Loved the quirkyness and waftyness. Ideal for bikes too.
Dad then bought a sporty ZX Furio which I took on honeymoon - again a great car to zip around the Highlands in for a fortnight with boots, bikes and bride...an Estate one would have been an perfect bike hauler.
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But it is tax and MOT exampt and only costs £100 for historic insurance!
And how much of it is actually still 1983?
And how much of it is actually still 1983?
The good thing is that that information is completely irrelevant to it's historic vehicle status as long as it's like for like
Dad then bought a sporty ZX…an Estate one would have been an perfect bike hauler.
I had one and they were until they tried to kill you. The passive rear wheel steering (basically, the back axle was mounted in the middle on a big block of rubber that flexed when going round corners) meant that if the rear wheel caught a deep puddle at speed the axle would turn. This happened to me with 3 bikes in the boot and 2 mates as passengers one June evening, after a very heavy storm. Trashed the car completely, which was a real shame as it was normally a lovely car to drive.
I desperately want that zacato z eco.
Like can i just build myself one? How fast and loose can i play with doctoring the structure of a car?