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- From: paraska@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Pete Paraska)
- Newsgroups: alt.autos.rod-n-custom
- Subject: Re: Pontiac GTO vs. Ferrari GTO
- Message-ID: <paraska.42.725024502@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 11:41:42 GMT
- References: <BzMJuz.AA0@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
- Sender: news@oasys.dt.navy.mil
- Organization: David Taylor Model Basin
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- In article <BzMJuz.AA0@cmptrc.lonestar.org> neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org
- (Neal Howard) writes:
- >>I have no idea where the original term GTO came from so I won't even try to
- >>speculate. But I do know what it is currently used for. The IMSA uses the
- >
- >Grand Turismo Omoligatto ?? (not too sure about the "O" word but it's some
- >Italian word that sounds something like that)
-
- Omoligatto (sp?) is the Italian word for Homologation (sp?), which roughly
- means something like "You have to make and sell _X_ of these to race it".
- _X_ was something like 500 for NASCAR in the 60's.
-
- Pete
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