gran turismon.
/ɡran tᵿˈrɪzməʊ/ A touring-car (see quot. 1967). Abbreviated G.T. (see GT n. and adj. at Initialisms).
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touring-car1903
tourer1927
grand tourer1955
grand touring1957
gran turismo1960
1960 Times 28 Sept. 16/5 Sports and gran turismo cars.
1961 I. Fleming Thunderball ix. 90 He had..a white convertible Lancia Gran Turismo.
1963 Observer 24 Nov. 37/3 What the Italians call the Gran Turismo..is a high-performance car with good luggage space, very comfortable seats for two and..occasional seats.
1967 E. Rudinger Consumer's Car Gloss. (ed. 2) 52 GT, short for gran turismo, or grand touring. Originally a car designed particularly for covering long distances at high speeds, now sometimes used to describe a sporty version of an ordinary car.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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