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When talking about cars, what goes GT stand for?

Gran Tourismo, Grand Touring, etc.

It's always the same implication.

When talking about bicycles, GT stands for "Gary Turner". 😉
 
It started out with Ferrari's GTO for Gran Turismo Oblangato (not sure on the last one) which translated basically means: Grand Touring Homoginated (or something like that). From there it went to Pontiac in the '60s then every ricer ever made in the '80s.
 
The 70s brought us the VW GTi (Gran Touring Injection) and the BMW GTe (Gran Touring Enjection). 😉

Can't jump from the Pontiac to rice like that. Gotta get some Euro in there in between. 😉
 
Originally, Gran Turisimo (Grand Touring) indicated a car to take 2 people and their luggage on a 'grand tour'.

Ferrari's GTO stood for Gran Turisimo Omologato.
Omologato translates into English as 'Homologated', which means they built enough of this model to be allowed into certain racing classes.

Many sanctioning organizations used to require a car to be a "production model" before it could be raced in certain classes.
 


<< When talking about bicycles, GT stands for &quot;Gary Turner&quot;. >>


ahah nice, I forgot what that meant.
Brings back 13yr old GT and Dyno memories.
 
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