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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / May 2007Pontiac GTO
I don't own a Pontiac GTO.But,many years ago,I read in an auto magazine GTO means (not sure if I spelled the last name,O right) Grand Turismo Olimagarto. I was looking around on the internet,but I couldn't find any information (maybe I didn't look around enough?) as regards Auto GTOs.Can someone elucidate on that? cuhulin Ford dealers used to say it means Garbage Truck Option. > I don't own a Pontiac GTO.But,many years ago,I read in an auto magazine > GTO means (not sure if I spelled the last name,O right) Grand Turismo [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > elucidate on that? > cuhulin  SignatureMike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. > I don't own a Pontiac GTO.But,many years ago,I read in an auto magazine > GTO means (not sure if I spelled the last name,O right) Grand Turismo [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > elucidate on that? > cuhulin Its "Omologato," and means "homologation." GTO nominally means a grand touring car, produced in sufficient quantity to "homologate" it (make it legal for racing series that require a minimum production volume.) Interestingly, in the case of the Pontiac GTO it was just a name since the car sold so many copies that homologation was never an issue. The Dodge Charger 500, Dodge Daytona, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler, and Plymouth Superbird, on the other hand, were true homologation vehicles that had to be sold in order to campaign the cars in NASCAR. >I don't own a Pontiac GTO.But,many years ago,I read in an auto magazine >GTO means (not sure if I spelled the last name,O right) Grand Turismo [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >elucidate on that? >cuhulin Gas, Tires & Oil - if you ever drove one, you'd know why! Lugnut OK,Thanks.I sort of knew what GTO means. cuhulin >OK,Thanks.I sort of knew what GTO means. >cuhulin Couldn't resist since Steve already had the correct terminology. Cheers Lugnut Once I got the spelling right,I went to devilfinder.com and I typed,Gran Turismo Omologato Have to watch out for some of those foreign words,they will throw you. cuhulin |
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