R GT X S Z F

Kinja'd!!! "PS9" (PS9)
09/11/2013 at 14:01 • Filed to: None

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Why do these letters keep popping up when time comes for someone to name their sports car? Or name the trim level? Or suggest their totally-not-at-all-a-sport-car has a sporty trim level?


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Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > PS9
09/11/2013 at 14:04

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same reason Ferrari's are red. Those, my friend, are the "sexy" and "exciting" letters.


Kinja'd!!! Nibbles > PS9
09/11/2013 at 14:06

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Kinja'd!!! Casper > PS9
09/11/2013 at 14:08

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Well, GT has nothing to do with sports car... X typically denotes an experiment or AWD system, S implies an increase of sporty-ness not that it is a sports car, Z has nothing to do with sports car in any cars I can think of (in Z cars it's actually basically a model name), and F is a rarely used letter which could mean almost anything. So, with those, I think it's more confusion than anything.

The one up there that is almost always abused is "R". Honda runs the letter into the ground with Type-R everything. A Civic will never be a race worthy vehicle from the factory, but that won't stop them from stamping R all over it.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > Nibbles
09/11/2013 at 14:08

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Kinja'd!!! Chteelers > PS9
09/11/2013 at 14:15

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Maybe the car-namers are all left handed?

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edit: oops, forgot Z. But it's there too.


Kinja'd!!! lonestranger > PS9
09/11/2013 at 14:27

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R acing

G rand T ouring

e X perimental

S port

Z just has a nice shape to make an emblem out of, and since it's not as frequently used in English as other letters, it has an exotic quality to it.

F , uh, I dunno. I didn't know F was too commonly used in sports cars. IS-F, LFA, F-Type, and, uh, what else? F-Series trucks?


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > lonestranger
09/11/2013 at 14:35

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F40, F50, F355, F430 Firebird Formula


Kinja'd!!! lonestranger > PS9
09/11/2013 at 14:41

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Oh yeah, I f orgot about F errari.


Kinja'd!!! AbigGRNboot > PS9
09/11/2013 at 15:16

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You forgot "L"

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LX

LS

LTZ

LG...no wait they make phones.