What MAKES a GT4? Options

[shid]

In the forum 3si.org (which my housemate moderates on) a very stupid and silly thread has broken out.

The 3000GT VR4 is almost the exact same as the JDM only Mitsu GTO- in USDM release Mitsu changed the name to avoid upsetting pontiac (as well as badging changes; different front turn likes and changing LHD and RHD)

However, people in the US who have done the conversion have started calling their cars GTOs- although their title says 3000GT VR4. Same engine, same tranny (some models of the GTO have different gear ratios- some)

The poster of this thread stated that he hated people who called their cars GTO; and that it will never be a GTO.

What do you guys think?

Thread here

So, what makes a GT4? I realize in our cars, we have the problem of AWD-

but if someone completed a full swap- AWD and everything (including badging)

Would it be a GT4? Or just a GT (or even ST hehe) in GT4's clothing?

I'm inclined to believe that it would be a GT4.. just not a very stable one

[Batman722]

I had a Stealth and was on 3si for years (batmobile). The Stealth/3KGT/GTO is the same car. There are only a few differences between GTOs and VR4s (side markers, LHD, ect.) really no difference. If someone who has a VR4 wants to call or badge it a GTO, then that is fine by me. Would people in Japan be upset if someone badged their GTO a VR4 ? doubt it.

Back to us here. GT2 for the GT4 body and swap is my vote. I don't think anyone here would badge GT4 on their US celica unless it had AWD.