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Gran Turismo is Italian for grand touring or "grand tourisme". These terms are used to describe long distance or endurance races like 24 hours of Le Mans, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Carrera Panamericana and the high-powered sportscars which compete there, like, e.g., Ferrari, Porsche 911 GT3.After these famous races and cars, several road cars and even computer games adopted the Gran Turismo name:
- On the Internet, http://forum.granturismo.com/ is a forums site for lovers of car-racing and related issues. Due to restructuring of this site, much of its community is now located at http://www.granturismox.net/forum/index.php
- Gran Turismo (GT) series of games for the Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 gaming consoles.
- There is also a 1998 CD by The Cardigans called Gran Turismo.
- There is a Saab GT750Saab GT750 Gran Turismo 750 is an automobile from Saab produced between 1958 and 1960. The GT750 was a sporty model, mainly aimed at the US market. It had the same body shell as the Saab 93 but a different interior and engine. It had twin carburettors and, Gran Turismo 750, as well as other automobileAn automobile usually called a car (an old word for carriage) or a truck is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own engine. Older terms include horseless carriage and motor car with "motor" referring to what is now usually called the engine. The act of opes designated "GT"--for instance, the Ford GT40The Ford GT40 was one of the most distinctive sports cars ever, winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times straight from 1966 to 1969. It was built to win long-distance sports car races against Ferrari (who had won at Le Mans four times in a row 1958 62.
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