That may well be so. Like I said, I'm unsure of why the US manufacturers
named the cars R/T or G/T here, but in Europe cars have had R/T and G/T
designations since the 30's (Check out Ferrari, Jaguar, and Maserati mags and
sites for specifics). So if US makers want to name them Road/Track or
Great/Trunk, I don't care. It seems to me like they are just applying
Euro-designations with thier own interpretation. To copy is to copy no matter
how you spell out the letters.
Shaun H.
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Check the early ads for the R/T and they reference Road/Track. This all
happened
in the mid to late 60s.
The GT in amaerican usage goes back to Studebaker who used the GT designation
on
the Hawk coupe in the 60s. I think even beefore Pontiac used GTO.
KW
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