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What does "GT" mean when talking in sports car language?

  • For example, I like the Porsche Carrera GT. I noticed that Google Images suggests Porsche Carrera without the GT. I know NOTHING about cars what-so-ever (obviously) so...yeah. What ...show more

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    Answers so far have it half right: GT was used for Gran Turismo (literally Grand Touring), and applied to cars that were meant to be comfortable and fast. That much is straight forward (and an echo of what's been said so far). However, when applied to sports cars, it suddenly gets hazy as GT (still Grand Touring) was also used as the designation in sports car racing for race cars based on production road cars (which is the basis for the Porsche names like GT1, GT2, and GT3 - all of which correspond to the classes where the race versions of the cars competed at the time of their original introduction). So, it could apply to a fast comfortable car (the Bugatti Veyron or an M5 would be ideal examples of the traditional meaning of GT Car; the Turbo or Panamera would be the logical offerings in Porsche line to best fit here), or it could refer to a competition car (like the GT3 Cup or GT3R Hybrid), or it could be any number of street cars that are close to being street driven race cars (like the GT2, GT3, or older Carrera GT).

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Mel is right, yet the Carrera GT is not one of those cars, but a track focused sports car. A Porsche Carrera (without the GT) is a variant of the 911, a completely different car. And in truth the Carrera (non) GT is more of a GT than the Carrera GT. Whew. And then you have cars with multiple trim levels, like the Pontiac G6, where GT is just a midlevel package, not really any different and certainly not especially sporty or adapted to touring. In shout GT, like EX, LX, S, R or the million other little monikers doesn't really mean anything.

GT in a sports car usually means Gran Turismo (Italian for Grand Tourer), a name given only to high-performance luxury automobile designed for long-distance driving (perhaps you could say a 'grand tour'). These cars are engineered from the start as large, and heavy, with comfort being more important over straight-out performance. The GT abbreviation was begun by Italian manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lancia from the end of 1920s. Variations include: GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato), GTS (Gran Turismo Spider), GTS (Gran Turismo Sport), GTB (Gran Turismo Berlinetta), GTV (Gran Turismo Veloce), GTI or GTi (Gran Turismo Iniezione), GTE (Grand Touring Estate), GT/E (Einspritzung - German for fuel injection), GTA (Gran Turismo Alleggerita (lightened)/Automatic), GTAm (Gran Turismo Alleggerita Modificata), GTC (Gran Turismo Compressore/Compact/Cabriolet/Coupe/Cros... GTD (Gran Turismo Diesel), GTR or GT-R, (Gran Turismo Racing), and HGT (High Gran Turismo). GT is not to be confused with GT3 which is the complete opposite (especially in Porsches). For example, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is the light version of the 911, which is made light by taking luxuries away such as air conditioning, radio, etc (Oddly enough, they charge you more for taking all that stuff of...)

TheSpaceCowboy

Usually it means Gran Turismo. A more souped-up version of the standard model.

scoutma53

Strictly speaking, GT stands for 'Grand Tourismo' Means that a car is capable to cover long distances carrying 2 persons in comfort with full luggage. For the Carrera GT it is rather an attractive and nice-to-hear add.

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