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22-05-2012, 07:59 PM
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Sorry if this has been asked before, but was thinking.
G220= GHIA 220kw, G6= GHIA 6 cylinder, GT = Grand Tourer GTHO= Grand Tourer, Handling Option GTP= Grand Tourer presumably Performance So whats XR stand for? Extra maybe? |
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22-05-2012, 08:04 PM
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Awesome car, Awesome price.
Serisously though, Tickford actually stated it once. But my memory sucks and ive forgotten :( |
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22-05-2012, 08:08 PM
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XTRA RACEY.???
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22-05-2012, 08:13 PM
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Wasn't there an XR falcon? similar meaning to the base model XT
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22-05-2012, 08:14 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:22 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:42 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:56 PM
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I remember reading around the time of the BA's launch that the marketing team took the X from XR and the T from GT and combined them to create the 'XT' name that replaced Forte.
Those two letters and the fact that the BA XT had similar headlights to the BA XR and GT was meant to give the base model more of a 'sporty' vibe. I've also read a few times that XR stands for Experimental Racer. |
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22-05-2012, 09:16 PM
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22-05-2012, 09:35 PM
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23-05-2012, 02:59 AM
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Off topic a bit - but I've always thought that "GT" meant "Gran Turismo" or "Grand Touring" and the "HO" meant either "High Output" or in the UK sense "Handling Options" (Jaguar). I think in the Aussie sense that it means "High Output". I'll squat to **** if I'm wrong... That's just my two cents worth guys & girls. No biggie!
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23-05-2012, 08:30 PM
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May have also been done to keep the government unaware. |
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22-05-2012, 09:27 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:22 PM
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Wasnt the XR name in Aus a continuation of the XR brand on performance fords built by Tickford in the UK?
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22-05-2012, 08:23 PM
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First ever GT was a XR Falcon
Think it's sorta ment to be a continuation of that name as the XR being the starting level proformance package
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22-05-2012, 08:23 PM
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experimental research
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22-05-2012, 08:24 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:24 PM
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XR = extreme racing
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22-05-2012, 08:32 PM
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No one knows - the first time it was used by Ford on a product was in 1966 on the Mercury Cougar XR7
Even the guy on the design team couldn't remember if it was model designation or stood for experimental racing or experimental research or was just because the Jaguar, a target market for the Cougar, was called an XK and XR sounded good
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22-05-2012, 08:32 PM
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GT is actually Gran Turismo which means big tourism but as with all things the yanks got involved and changed it to suit themselves. GTHO, well the HO has about 50 different totally true meanings that the mullet, flairs and missing teeth brigade will fight to the death over. GT-P was definitely premium XR actually means "I want to be a GS when I grow up"..... 
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22-05-2012, 08:33 PM
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XT = extra tame
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22-05-2012, 08:36 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:37 PM
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XR = Good bye SS
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22-05-2012, 08:44 PM
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Somewhere when researching my Sierra XR4Ti I read that XR stood for Experimental Racer.
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22-05-2012, 08:48 PM
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From: Acronym Finder.. What does XR stand for?
Experimental Research (Ford Motor Company)
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22-05-2012, 08:56 PM
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I always assumed the 'HO' in GTHO stood for 'Homologation Option' since it was the variant the race cars were based off?
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22-05-2012, 08:58 PM
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high output and homologation option are 2 of the other favourites i may very well be corrected but i believe it was only the ho's that got spoilers |
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23-05-2012, 12:07 PM
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22-05-2012, 08:51 PM
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Interesting wouldnt think they are that experimental now.
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Meaning of XR?
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