Have you ever wondered .. whenever a performance car or a sporty car is launched.. It has to have one or two of these: T, R and S? GT .. RS..etc.?

Why these letters especially?

Might vary from model to model but:

R = Racing
S = Sport
T = Turbo, or Touring
GT = Grand Tourer (i.e. comfortable luxury car with sports performance)

Mustang GT :D

GMC --> Genetically modified car

They all stand for something and they have a reason for that specific letter...i dont understand most of the letters either:p

GMC --> Genetically modified car
Rossonero is talking about these letters that might come with the car name to define something about the model.

By the way, GMC stands for General Motors Corporation.

911 GT-3 RS :)

sometimes they have a meaning and sometimes just to differentiate between them and the standard models...

Rosso you forgot the "///M" :bored:

My dad had a 1967 Mustang Covertible GT. It was NICE!

Yes, the "M" on BMW's sportier versions stands for "Motorsport", just like others use "R" for "Racing", "S" for "Sport" or even as Ama said, "RS" for "Racing Special". Chevrolet use "SS" ("Super Sport") as another example.

Nightface is right that these letters usually just denote a special equipment package or engine variation from the normal model. Sometimes it's as little as a special colour and change in body trim, and perhaps a slightly different fuel mapping in the electronic injection system to give less efficient but more responsive performance...but other times it's a whole different engine, trim, brakes and suspension set up, like the BMW's "M" series, made with the racetrack in mind.

Nissan GT-R = Gran Turismo Racer.
VW Golf MK-V = Golf Mark-V(5) (applies for many other brands as well).
Audi TT = Tourist Trophy

Lexus:

LS = Luxury Sedan
ES = Executive Sedan
IS = Intelligent Sports
IS-F = Fuji
GS = Grand Sedan
SC = Sport Coupe
RX = Recreational Crossover

You forgot the LX .. Guess it's Luxury 4x4

Rossonero is talking about these letters that might come with the car name to define something about the model.

By the way, GMC stands for General Motors Corporation.

I was making a joke...you know? Where you go "haha!" and smile :p

Im only familiar with GT cause tehre in Mustangs :D

I was making a joke...you know? Where you go "haha!" and smile :p
I went to come back with something new to know :)

You forgot the LX .. Guess it's Luxury 4x4

Oh right, forgot about that.

Yeah its Luxury 4x4.

wt about RC :D?
racing car :p ?

Nissan GT-R = Gran Turismo Racer.
VW Golf MK-V = Golf Mark-V(5) (applies for many other brands as well).
Audi TT = Tourist Trophy



not to confuse us Tiesto...

there are numbers and letters representing which generation is the car from,,,,, and there are numbers n letters...

MKV represent the 5th generation Golf...
GTI represents the model, Gran Tourismo injection...

^ Thanks for clarifying ;)

Didn't have an idea about that. I thought they were randomly chosen lol! Thanks guys :)

More:

Toyota:

FJ Cruiser: Fixed Jeep
SE: Special Edition
LE: Limited Edition
CE: Compact Edition
VX-R: couldnt find out
GX-R: couldnt find out
RAV4: Recreational Active Vehicle 4WD

Subaru:

WRX: World Rally Experimental
STi: Subaru Technica International

Mazda:

RX: Rotary Experimental
MX: Mazda Experimental

Others:

BMW: Bavarian Motor Works
MG: Morris Garages
Nismo: Nissan Motorsport
TRD: Toyota Racing Development
SEAT: Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (Spanish Society of Touring Cars)
McLaren SLR: Sport, Leicht, Rennsport (Sport, Light, Racing)


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P.S The FJ part is just a joke. It actually stands for nothing and references the old Toyota FJ vehicle.

jeep will send toyota to court if it was true :p

^ hahahaha!

lol guess we can throw random stuff here :p

330i : 3 series, with 3.0 engine, using fuel injection

330d: 3 series, with 3.0 engine, using diesel power.

330xd: same as above, but with x-Drive (all wheel drive).

130si: 1-series, with 3.0 engine, using fuel injection and with sport package

Interesting thread :p!

Viper S-RT/10

S: super

R: Roadster

T: Tourer

10: 10 Cylinders