One of the auto enthusiast’s favorite types of vehicles is the shooting brake, able to transition from sporty two-door coupe to practical station wagon depending on the situation. A group of student engineers sought to create a Porsche Boxster shooting brake from a first-generation example, codenamed 986, and the end result is spectacular.
Found via The Drive, this 986 Boxster is the brainchild of Erik Groenendijk de Laat, a docent of automotive engineering at the Fontys Hogeschool. Fontys is a university in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and the instructor reached out to Van Thull Development to help university students design and engineer the Boxster shooting brake.
Van Thull supervised and assisted four students – Dennis, Yori, Thom, and Bram – through the design and engineering process. Notably, prior to beginning the project, none of the students had any experience in bodywork or vehicle design. That makes the stunning transformation all the…
