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- From: welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty)
- Subject: Re: What does GT mean in all these sports models ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.235341.6375@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Organization: New York State Institute for Sebastian Cabot Studies
- References: <64532@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:53:41 GMT
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- In article <64532@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0963d@prism.gatech.EDU (Deeptendu Majumder) writes:
- >The subject line says it all :-)
-
- the meaning of GT is obscured in history; but the foundation of the
- term is that it stands for Gran Turisimo, aka Grand Touring. the idea
- is that such a car is larger and more comfortable than a simple, basic
- sports car, but still quite fast.
-
- of course, today, this history is entirely irrelevant to the way which
- ``GT'' is used, primarily in designating cars that manufacturers wish
- to be perceived as `sporty'. also, IMSA uses GT to designate a range
- of race cars which are vaguely related to street cars.
-
- richard
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