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boylers11
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I was thinking earlier on my way to work and realised that I don't actually know what a lot of the car acronyms stand for.
TD is Turbo Diesel obviously

Some of the basic ones I'm not sure about:
GTi
VRS
RS
ST
STi
VTR
VTS

If anyone can name the above and think of any others on any vehicles, old or new, some of us might find it interesting.....
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RS is Rallye Sport
STI is Subaru Technica International
ST (in Ford land) is Sporting Trophy
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VR6 is a good one imo actually has proper meaning to it.

None of this grand touring injection rally sport recaro turismo racer bullcrap that doesn't really mean much about the car.
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GTi - Gran Tourismo injection
VTR - Vitesse Tres Rapide (Very Fast speed)
VTS- Vitesse Tres Sportif (Very Sporting Speed)

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
Ian
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Grand Touring

Was once told SR stood for Super Razzle, how much truth there is in that I'm not sure.

A lot of them don't have any abbreviation.
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Interesting thread, I dot know many either
3CorsaMeal
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Csi = Crime scene investigation.
Ian
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Aufrecht, Melcher and Grossaspach
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Crummy Interior, Terrible Ride, Ownership Entirely Negative.
Ian
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Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious.
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Luxury for EXport to the US.
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Various Advisories Unattended, eXamine History, Arrange Large Loan
boylers11
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GTE
GSi
VXR?
Gary
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Gte is same as gti but the E is for the German word for injection, well that's what I've been told.

Vxr vauxhall racing
Ian W
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SR (as in Nova)

Sports Refined
sc0ott
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CAR
Carriage
CAR
Customer Account Representative
CAR

[snip!]

CAR
Calais Auto Racing
CAR
Corporate Authorized Representative
CAR
Committee on Accreditation Review
CAR
Contract Action Report




[Edited on 23-05-2014 by Ian]
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Porsche RS
Stands for Rennsport- Motorsport in German

Porsche GTS
Grand Tourismo Sport

Porsche GT3/2 RS
Grand Turismo Rennsport
mwg
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FR = Formula Racing

[Edited on 23-05-2014 by mwg]
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Last time i did this i got banned
Jon_C
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Last time i did this i got banned


Do it again
All Torque
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I know a couple:
CHEVROLET = Cracked Head, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks, Engine Terrible
PONTIAC = Poor Old Niggar Thinks It's A Cadillac
FORD = Fucked Old Rebadged Dodge

Etc etc
All Torque
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MOPAR = Motor Parts (pretty stupid really)
R/T = Racing Trophy
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TVR - trevor
nathy_87
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VRS-

Skoda wanted to use RS on their rally cars but Ford already had the right to use RS so Skoda added a v in front of RS to get around this.
Hence vRS and not RS
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MP = Marketing Ploy

PEB = Profit Earning Pumpers

MPFS = More Profit From Seats

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