What does GT mean?

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GT stands for Gran Turismo, which originally meant luxury touring cars and now generally refers to high-performance sports cars. There are many GT models, such as the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari F12, Ferrari GTC4, etc. In Europe, before the advent of automobiles, Grand Touring referred to the carriage compartments of large horse-drawn vehicles used for long-distance travel. However, with the continuous evolution and changes of the times, horse-drawn carriages have long been replaced by cars. In the 1960s, cars generally lacked the capability for long-distance travel due to low mechanical reliability. As a result, a series of high-performance, high-reliability, high-horsepower sports cars emerged, which were called GT. The meaning of Grand Touring has also evolved to refer to high-horsepower cars. In the history of human automobiles, any model that can be called a GT would not be considered mainstream. Nowadays, GT is commonly referred to as high-performance sports cars, without distinction between luxury and non-luxury. There are many GT models, such as the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari F12, Ferrari GTC4, etc.