Meaning of gran turismo?

[Peace]

Sorry to ask this, im sure it has been answered before, but what does it mean??
i have gathered that it it a racing term (obviosly) but is it just a fancy way of saying grand touring??
Peace

 

[f1king]

Read the manual, it tells you what it means.

 

[Peace]

well dont i look stupid then.......

 

[f1king]

Originally posted by Peace
well dont i look stupid then.......

Not really it took me a year to read it, well till I found out it was in the book.

 

[SkylineObsession]

/me makes a mental note to read the manual.

 

[boombexus]

For those who don't want to read the manual or don't have one.

Gran Turismo is Italian for Grand Touring.

 

[12sec. Civic]

And short for Grand Touring is of course GT, the definition for any car labeled a GT is : Boasting as much and no more luxury than performance, capable of crossing miles of terrain with 4 passengers and their belongings comforrtably; the GT cars usually have a front mounted engine and rear-wheel drive with only 2 doors.

This is from "The History of the Automobile" some old book my Dad has.

 

[Joey]

how informative.
i found out what it meant on the ride home from Wal-Mart when i bought GT2. that was a while ago...

 

[f1king]

 

[viperguy]

It's in the GT3 VERSUS book. this book is a good help.

 

[12sec. Civic]

Originally posted by viperguy
It's in the GT3 VERSUS book. this book is a good help.

I have found more errors and misinformation's in that book, than I can count!!! They must have used a different version or some pre-release version of GT3 to get all of their info because you can hardly go by what it says....

 

[CrackHoor]

Where's Jordan? Maybe he'll repost his multi-page history of Grand Touring... These guys need to see it!

 

[CrackHoor]

Found it, go here.