OK, This R/T thing is an eternal discussion, like what came first, the chicken or
the eggg.
Now who knows why the Dodge equivaalent to the Road Runner was called Super Bee ?
KW
Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com wrote:
> 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.
>
> -----original message-----
> 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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