R GT X S Z F

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

0

9

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?

HammerheadFistpunch > PS9 09/11/2013 at 14:04

0

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

Nibbles > PS9 09/11/2013 at 14:06

0

Casper > PS9 09/11/2013 at 14:08

1

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.

PS9 > Nibbles 09/11/2013 at 14:08

0

Chteelers > PS9 09/11/2013 at 14:15

3

Maybe the car-namers are all left handed?

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

lonestranger > PS9 09/11/2013 at 14:27

0

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?

PS9 > lonestranger 09/11/2013 at 14:35

0

F40, F50, F355, F430 Firebird Formula

lonestranger > PS9 09/11/2013 at 14:41

0

Oh yeah, I f orgot about F errari.

AbigGRNboot > PS9 09/11/2013 at 15:16

0

You forgot "L"

LX

LS

LTZ

LG...no wait they make phones.