GT is the abbreviation of "GRAND TOURING CARCHAMPIONSHIP (FIA Supercar Championship)"
In GTR, R means RACING (race), which is the racing version of GT. GTR racing competition GT is even rarer, and the production of major well-known brands is very small.
The origin of GT:
Let me explain GTI first. GTI is Grand Turismo in Italian (Grand Touring in English). The abbreviation of Injektion. Injektion, gasoline direct injection technology, which directly injects a mist mixture of gasoline and air into the engine cylinder, improves fuel utilization, and completely replaced the use of carburetors at the end of the 20th century. Volkswagen quoted it in the 1976 product Golf GTI, so it was a mixture of Italian and German to indicate that the Golf GTI was a special model with a powerful gasoline engine. 20 years later, in 1996, Volkswagen launched the Golf GTI. Diesel engine version. Since 1976, GTI has been used as a model designation for high-performance cars, and has been favored by many other car manufacturers, who have launched their own GTI models. These manufacturers include Citro?n, Rover, Nissan, Peugeot, Suzuki and Toyota, etc. .
Let’s talk about the origin of GT. As mentioned earlier, GT is the abbreviation of Grand Turismo, which literally translates to "great travel". This phrase was first used in GT cars (cars that can travel long distances). ), the original GT cars made long-distance journeys more comfortable through better comfort and larger interior space. At that time, GT cars were generally equipped with front engines and rear-wheel drive, and sports cars were often mid-mounted. Or rear-engine. The term is now used to label specific sports cars. GT racing originated in Italy, and the earliest Targa Florio and Mille Miglia were held between 1927 and 1957, covering a total distance of 1,600 kilometers, both on Italian circuits. Later, GT racing cars were also used in 24-hour endurance races such as Le Mans and Daytona, as well as races with a duration of about 1,000 kilometers, such as the Nuremberg Ring, Monza, etc., or they could become GT cars at the time in the Carrera Panamericana Rally. To qualify for the competition, a model must reach a minimum annual mileage under normal conditions (usually 1,000 kilometers, haha, don’t be surprised, it’s limited by the times). To this day, GT is the symbol of high-performance sports cars. , has no intrinsic connection with the original meaning, but as a successful market operation, it has been imprinted in the hearts of millions of car fans.
The maximum output horsepower of professional GT racing cars can reach 600 horses in a straight line. The top speed can reach 320 kilometers per hour. Last year's championship in Zhuhai was won by the Maserati MC12 sports car, which ran 113 laps on the 4.3-kilometer track in Zhuhai with a time of 3 hours, 1 minute, 11 seconds and 193 seconds. It is a battleground for global supercar manufacturers. Supercars from Ferrari, Chrysler, Maserati, Lamborghini, Astin Martin, Porsche and other brands are guests at the World Championships. RS is generally a modified and powerful car, such as Audi RS. Simply put: the abbreviation of RS RALLY SPORT, a sports modified version. Some people also say that RS means hatchback sports, such as the RS model of BYD F3. Others are the trademarks of modification factories. For example, some luxury cars are followed by FAB, which have been professionally modified by FAB. GT can be used on all cars. Different brands of tuning factories are different. Mercedes-Benz is usually followed by AMG or BRABUS... BMW is usually followed by M, Audi is generally followed by RS, Cadillac is generally followed by V. Porsche's brand is changed to TECHART instead of PORSCHE. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Some cars have a T behind them, such as 1.8T, then Turbocharged, T stands for TURBO, which means supercharger. Some are BITURBO, such as the Mercedes-Benz S600 BITURBO. BI is the German abbreviation, which means "double". This car is twin-turbocharged.
Do you want to say anything else? QUATTRO is Audi's four-wheel drive technology 4-MATIC is Mercedes-Benz's four-wheel drive technology It is a 12-cylinder W-shaped engine developed by Volkswagen. TDI is a diesel + turbocharged engine developed by Volkswagen. SDI is a diesel + naturally aspirated engine developed by Volkswagen. CGI is Mercedes-Benz’s turbocharged + in-cylinder direct injection technology. It is similar to For more commonly used automobile abbreviations in TSI, please visit this website: /view/e5269d6648d7c1c708a14547.html