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

[Supersprynt]

IMO Japanese names are the original names of cars and anything else they are called is just a distortion of the truth. Meaning RSX is Integra, TSX is Accord, Mirage was Lancer etc. Toyota doesnt seem to do this with their cars as they all seem to have the same names over in Japan, just pronounced differently.

If the car isnt a factory GT4 it'll never become one.

[saleeka]

Toyota doesnt seem to do this with their cars as they all seem to have the same names over in Japan, just pronounced differently.
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not totally true, some JDMs do have different names

US - JDM

echo - platz
avalon - dont rememebr exactly, cygnus i think
highlander - kluger
4Runner - hilux surf

This post has been edited by saleeka: Nov 19, 2004 - 11:10 PM