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Grand touring (car)
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For other uses of this term, see Gran turismo.

BMW M6, a great tourist car.

An Aston Martin DBR9 chases a Ferrari F430 in the 24 Hours of Le Mans of 2007. Despite not being a great tourist, the F430 participates in the races of this modality.

Rimac Concept One, an electric car of great tourism.
The term great tourism (GT) comes from the Grand Tour that developed from the seventeenth century until the po[CENSORED]rization of the railway. The tradition of adding the acronym GT to the name of cars comes from Italy, where many national manufacturers, such as Alfa Romeo and Ferrari, began using these acronyms in some of their models. In 1951, the Lancia Aurelia B20 GT was one of the first to sign up for that fashion. Currently, four-seater or 2 + 2 sports cars, relatively high total weight, high-power central front engine and large wheelbase are often called "big tourism." It is worth noting that they should not always be two-seater vehicles: many large coupe can have only two seats and be authentic GT, since their behavior thus diagrams it.

Unlike a supercar, the GT are designed to handle them both relaxed and fast, for example on long trips.

Examples of current big-tour cars are the Ferrari F12berlinetta, BMW 6 Series, Jaguar XK, Maserati GranTurismo, Mercedes-Benz CL, Bentley Continental GT, Aston Martin DB9, Bentley Brooklands, Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé and Aston Martin DBS.

In motor racing
Likewise, the variant of speed motor racing that runs on street sports cars is called great tourism, even those that do not meet the definition of the previous paragraph.

A large part of the large passenger car categories use the endurance race format, while others compete for short races, such as the GT International Open, most of the major national touring car championships, and the Porsche Super Cup monarch. It is also common for large cars to compete simultaneously with sport prototypes.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the most important car racing race in the world. It is part of the World Endurance Championship, the main competition of the specialty, where sport prototypes also compete.

The GT1 World Championship was one of the world championships recognized by the International Automobile Federation. The contest was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organization, also responsible for the Blancpain Endurance Series and several national touring car championships.

In North America, several categories of large rival cars have coexisted throughout history, such as the Trans-Am, the IMSA GT Championship, the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Sports Car Series and currently the United SportsCar Championship. The main endurance races in the United States are the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans.

Variations of the acronym GT
The acronym GT has many variations:

GTI, acronym for Gran Turismo Iniezione (from the Italian Gran Turismo Injection), first used by Maserati in 1961 for its 3500 GTI model. In 1975 the German company Volkswagen was the first to mass produce a GTI vehicle, it was the Golf GTI. Many manufacturers mimicked the acronym for their hatchbacks with sports features, until Volkswagen claimed the exclusive rights to those acronyms.
GTE or GT / E, acronym for Gran Turismo Iniezione Einspritzung (from the German Gran Turismo Injection).
GTO, acronym for Gran Turismo Omologato (from the Italian Gran Turismo Homologated), acronym that designated the vehicles created and approved for the competition. It was first used by the companies Ferrari and Pontiac.
GTA, acronym for Gran Turismo Alleggerita (from Italian Gran Turismo Aligerado). It has also been used by Ferrari to designate the Grand Automatic Tourism.
GTAm, acronym for Gran Turismo Alleggerita Modificato (from the Italian Gran Turismo Lightened and Modified).
GTV, acronym for Gran Turismo Veloce (from the Italian Gran Turismo Veloz).
GT-R, acronym for "Gran Turismo Racing"
GTS, acronym for "Gran Turismo Sport"
GTX, acronym for "Gran Turismo Xtreme", the case of the Dodge GTX and the Plymouth GTX.

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