In a message dated 1/20/2000 1:53:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
<< I have an old EC mag at home that gives the run-down on the GTI from 1st generation to 3rd gen. This was when the first GTI VR6 came out, sometime in '95. According to them GTI stands for Grand Touring Injection, as someone stated yesterday. If I can find the article I'll try and post the quote. >> raising hand to take credit for that :) back when the Rabbit GTi came out that little "i" was a big thing, now must GTi/GT models are the same, just some companies kept the i and others use gt, it even varies depending on the market the car is being sold in european market cars are where the I is probably most common in names...just like the japanesse like R and X, and we just use whatever we want in america, lol -Mike PS im ashamed of america, ford isnt going to sell a high performance ford focus as a Cosworth, because not many americans appriciate what Cosworth engineering means in the scheme of things, so instead it will be a Focus R _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
