Forget Wagons – How About A Honda Accord Shooting Brake?

by Derek Kreindler

Published: April 19th, 2012

forget wagons how about a honda accord shooting brake

If the Ferrari FF is just a little too common for you, a Minnesota man has what must be the only one of its kind in the United States – a 1987 Honda Accord Aerodeck, practically new with just 29,750 miles on the clock.

Prior to seeing this car, I only thought that Aerodeck meant “station wagon” in European Honda’s nomenclature. The more mundane Accord wagons that were omnipresent in my family when I was a child were branded as such, but I was far too young to ever known of this bizarre, elongated Civic hatch that graced Europe and Japan with its nifty, right-angle hatchback opening.

The 2.0L 12 valve motor may only make 98 horsepower, but the seller claims that the car has a brown velour interior and over $10,000 worth of receipts. Sounds good to me.

Thanks to Bring A Trailer for the link

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Wstarvingteacher on Apr 19, 2012

Was just going to say that it looks like a honda version of somethin much older and bigger in my driveway. Two door 57 chev station wagon. A 210. The shooting brake is a name that never appealed to me but understand it was used for shotguns and hounds in Europe and produced for the gentry. I suppose some folks are too rich to use a normal station wagon for that.

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- Righteousball on Apr 19, 2012
  
  +1 re: the shooting brake concept. The Japanese loved the idea cause it's all... British- and noble-sounding. In terms of the overall Accord range, this is probably the equivalent of the Crosstour today.
  
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- mr - on Apr 20, 2012

This takes me back. My Dad had a red one of these back in the 1980's, he also had a labrador hence the choice of car. My Sister and I had flown the nest by then so a two door estate sort of made sense to him. I seem to remember it had quite a powerful engine (2.2 Ltr?) and the difference in build quality between the Rovers he had had before and this was amazing.

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