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PRESS RELEASE
From 2th April until 30th May 2021
AUTOWORLD BRUSSELS
Breaks & Station Wagons ... in the spotlight
Autoworld pays tribute to those cars with their extended rear ends which arrived from theUnited States during the ‘50s and ‘60s and which were all the rage in our countries overmany years. Breaks are older than the car. In fact, horse-drawn carriages were also called breaks. InAmerica, they are called Station Wagons, because they were originally used, notinfrequently, to transport travellers with their luggage to and from the station. Thesevehicles were similar to regular cars but had much more space, thanks to their extendedrear ends. Before the war, they were commonly constructed, as least partially, from wood,hence the nickname “Woody”. After the war, in the height of the baby boom, these carsbecame popular as family vehicles, first in the US and soon thereafter in Europe.
From 2th April through to 30th May Autoworld is exhibiting a selection of some fifteen outstanding
models, primarily from the ‘50s and ’60s.
Seeing the Station Wagon concept initially emanated from the United States visitors will obviously
come across several American models, the oldest being a superb Packard Deluxe One TwentyWoody dating from 1941.
The Chevrolet Nomad combines sport with utility. The same goes for the 1988 Jaguar Eventer,the youngest station wagon of the exhibition.
And what to say about the spectacular Chrysler 300 New Yorker Town & Country Wagon, the
American dream in all its splendour or a unique Packard Model 22 transformed into a station
wagon!
Among the European models, the gorgeous Ford Taunus P2 Baroc dating from 1958 is probably
the only one still to be found in Belgium.
Among the more classic versions we have the Citroën ID Familiale and the Volvo PV445 Duett. Nowadays we rarely come across period models seeing the breaks of earlier times were generally
worn down to the bone. This is why most of the models exhibited at Autoworld are rare and in a
well advanced condition, as proven, for example by this Mercedes 230S Universal, which
moreover is a Belgian product developed and built in Malines.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Autoworld Museum Brussels Parc du Cinquantenaire 11 / Jubelpark 11, 1000BrusselsMetro Merode
Opening hours : Open daily 7/7 from 10am until 6pm
Entrance fee : Adult : 12 € Senior : 10 € Student : 9 € Child 6-12 years : 5 €
Visitors' info : www.autoworld.be or +32 2 736 41 65
Press officer : Patricia Raes [email protected] +32 476 34 42 04
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