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2007-10-19 22:12:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ BMW
It is an acronym for Gran Turismo Omologato, Italian for homologated for racing in the GT class........
2007-10-19 23:38:53 · answer #1 · answered by PRINCEUPP 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As for those three letters, GTO stands literally for (in Italian) Gran Turismo Omologato or Homologated Grand Touring. It was a reference to a European racing class based on production vehicles. At the time Pontiac had a trend of naming their vehicles in this manner: Bonneville, Grand Prix, and LeMans were all from that era.
2007-10-20 05:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As for those three letters, GTO stands literally for (in Italian) Gran Turismo Omologato or Homologated Grand Touring. It was a reference to a European racing class based on production vehicles. At the time Pontiac had a trend of naming their vehicles in this manner: Bonneville, Grand Prix, and LeMans were all from that era.
2007-10-20 05:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kingston D 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Gran Turismo Omelagata---it's Italian for grand touring something...
Gran Turismo is/was a road racing circuit in Europe. GTO was taken from the name of a Ferrari created for the circuit (Gran Tourismo Omelagata )...in 1964 Pontaic beefed up their Tempest coupe and used the abreviation of the Ferrari moniker as sort of a slap at Ferrari. Thus, giving birth to the GTO.
2007-10-20 05:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by paul h 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Gran Turismo Omologato
2007-10-20 05:15:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pontiac's GTO stands for GRAN TOURISMO OMOLOGATO in Italian. I don't think all Pontiac GTOs were homalogated, but more likely just a few that were to be entered into official racing events.
2007-10-20 05:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by Phillip S 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋