Was just reading articles for the actual and true meaning of the term GTi.
Heres a caption below:
"What does GTI mean? Nobody knows for sure how a car that was devised by a group of Volkswagen engineers in their spare time and known as the “Sport Golf†got the name GTI. The suffix GT was already commonplace in 1975 but the “I� Injection? The fastest version of the then new Golf hatchback was the first Volkswagen with fuel injection but the German for injection is einspritzung. So that’s not it. Perhaps it just sounded right....."
Full Article:
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14138-1365738,00.htmlI thought it stood for grand tourer injection, but this has given me food for extra thought
Then i checked this:
Definitions of Grand tourer on the Web:
A grand tourer, sometimes initialised GT, is a high-performance automobile designed for long distance driving. Any such car could be considered to be a grand tourer, but the traditional and most common body style is a two door coupe with either a two seat or a 2+2 seat arrangement. Example cars include the BMW 6-Series and the Aston Martin DB9.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_tourer
im even more confused. Is a Golf GTI described as above?
Whats your views???
