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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:31 pm    Post subject: What does GTV stand for ? Reply with quote
There's been some talk lately about EMPI GTV and I haven't been able to find anything about what the GTV stands for ?

"Grand Touring Volkswagen" ... Maybe ?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I always thought so... Never really realized it hadn't been decoded before. Gran Turismo certainly has more flair!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
EMPI GTV ... GRAN TOURING VOLKSWAGENS
http://cal-look.no/nostalgia/gtv1.html
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Typ3nut wrote:
EMPI GTV ... GRAN TOURING VOLKSWAGENS
http://cal-look.no/nostalgia/gtv1.html


So it's "Great Tanned Vixen?"
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also: Grand Turismo Veloce

Basically touted as a "faster" GT
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Malokin Martin wrote:
Grand Turismo Veloce


without the "d": "Gran Turismo Veloce" (Fast Grand Tourer). at least that was the meaning for Alfa Romeo.
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