Car Spec names

PardonTheWait · 5 Feb 2006 at 15:38

vanpeebles said:
astra gte?

That's the newest I can think of.. do they still make a GTE model? When I think Astra GTE I think of the 80s ones, anyway.

Actually, the Scimitar and Astra GTEs are the only GTE's I've ever heard of...

I've no idea if GTE means Grand Touring Estate as far as the Astra goes, but it deffo does on the Scimitar.

Agent_Smith357 · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:15

If you feel like going insane look at the MK1 Capri range.

1969 3000GT XLR

Gojira · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:33

adwhitworth said:
Can't beat Vauxhall for dodgy names. Expression, Active etc.

What, you mean my Vectra Elite isn't an elite motor?

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you :eek:

Alan Woodford

xcessive · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:43

Zip said:
With BMWs,
Is the last 2 numbers of there names the size of there engine?
Like:
318=1.8L
325=2.5L
330=3.0L

Is this right or did i just get it all wrong?

They used to be like that i think but now they have kind of changed.
The one i know are:
316 = 1.8
318 = 2.0
320 = 2.2

Siliconslave · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:47

vanpeebles said:
a nice long one is daihatsu cuore avanzato tr-xx r4

best explination for that was something along the lines of: the more random Xs, Ts, Zs and numbers you have in the name the more addictive and dangerios the car is

(parraphrased from a top gear review that seems to have been lost in their site update

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thedazman67 · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:48

Take a look at the technical spec page of parkers for the Pug 106 there are so many model variations and some darn right weird names.

thedazman

minidan · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:55

nova GTE aswell

minis had some strange limited editions-
ERA turbo
mayfiar
city
city E
HLE
cooper
cooper 'S'
park lane
advantage
racing green
jet black
red hot
italian job
paul smith
1275GT
tahiti
chelsea
1100 special

theres loads more i cant be botherd to think of and the only thing that really changed was the colours and if they had opening rear windows and a sunroof, also seats material, some had different alloys lol.

i saw a rover 200 gsi a bit ago and thought asif thats the top model rover lol, just ebecouse vauxhalls top models are gsi's same with some small jap car i saw aswell.
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agw_01 · 5 Feb 2006 at 19:16

vanpeebles said:
a nice long one is daihatsu cuore avanzato tr-xx r4

I kinda like my Rover 214 SEi 1.8 Turbo

N0S Edition

:cool:

vanpeebles · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:12

Siliconslave said:
best explination for that was something along the lines of: the more random Xs, Ts, Zs and numbers you have in the name the more addictive and dangerios the car is (parraphrased from a top gear review that seems to have been lost in their site update )

hahah, actually each part refers to either a level of interior trim, outside trim or engine, or possibly drive train, ill have to look it up again

-Mike- · 6 Feb 2006 at 04:29

So with ford then, whats XR2/XR3 ?

pdw8 · 6 Feb 2006 at 09:24

Few more I thought of:

GTO
SRi
GTS
GTR
CL

Zip · 6 Feb 2006 at 10:03

Whats the CSL mean with the M3? and the Ti and Ci

energy · 6 Feb 2006 at 11:57

CSL is Coupe Sports Light (in German, whatever the word "light" translates to).
Ti was Touring injection, Ci is Coupe injection

EDIT: Just looked it up, seems that Ti is apparently Touring international?! Oh, makes sense now I thought of how old they are... I guess they were carb fed.