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Different thing, I think.
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:21:26
In Reply to: what about the Ferarri connection?, andy [Profile/Gallery]
, Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:48:10
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You're right, the true original GTO (Gran Turismo Omlogato) was a Ferrari, somewhere between 1958 and 1962, I think. It's where Pontiac pulled the name from. If I talk to the Ferrari collector in my town, a GTO to him is a Ferrari, not a Pontiac.
But in the U.S., Pontiac has registered the name GTO as a trademark, so no one else can legally call a car sold in the US a GTO. I don't know whether they bought the designation from Ferrari, but anything is possible.
As you know, the GTO designation was used the designation of a usually limited run of "production cars" that were the basis for race cars that would run in races like LeMans and other sports car races, back when racing was a lot less specialized than it is today. This "homologated" the cars (omlogato) according to the rules of FIA that said sports cars had to be based on production models, rather than pure race cars.
In the case of the Cobra, the name was Carroll Shelby's which he sold to Ford somewhere in the late 70s, IIRC. He regretted that decision later, because Ford put the label on some real wimpy cars. But at the time he needed money.
So yeah, there are similarities with GTO and Cobra as names. But to anyone who has been around real Cobras, the Mustangs are a bit of a joke. Even when Shelby had a deal with Ford to produce special Mustangs (from about 1966 to 1969 or so) they were Shelby Mustangs (GT 350, GT 500, etc) not Cobras.
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Posts in this Thread:
- COBRA: Creative license ideas for SVT Cobra ?, STICKMAN, Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:31:18
- THANKS. And yes I do know the difference..., STICKMAN, Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:25:32
- Not to be picky, but that ain't a Cobra..., Noel, Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:09:06
- saw one the other day, KL, Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:39:50
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