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Gran Turismo is Italian for Grand Tour ing or "Grand Tourisme." in reference to the Grand Tour . The GT naming tradition comes from Italy, eg. Alfa Romeo and Ferrari named often their cars as Gran Turismo. 1951 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT was also one of the first cars to have such name. The GT term has many variations like GTI, meaning Gran Turismo Iniezione (Grand Touring Injection), first used on 1961 Maserati 3500 GTI. The Volkswagen Golf GTI (1975) was first mass produced car to have such name. Other variations of GT are GTE or GT/E (Einspritzung, a German word for injection) used in Germany, GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato) meaning homolagated car for racing (used by Ferrari and Pontiac ), GTA (Gran Turismo Alleggerita) meaning lightened GT car, GTAm (modified lightened car) and GTV (Gran Turismo Veloce) meaning a fast GT car. Today the term '' Grand Tourer '' or ''Gran Turismo'' is used to describe long distance or Endurance Race s like 24 Hours Of Le Mans , Mille Miglia , Targa Florio , Carrera Panamericana and the high-powered Sports Car s which compete/competed there. Some examples are the BMW M3 , Saab GT750 , Ferrari 250 GTO , Porsche 911 GT3 , Porsche 904 GTS , and the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 . After these famous races and cars, several road cars and even computer games adopted the Gran Turismo name:
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