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Gran Turismo is Italian for grand touring or "grand tourisme". These terms are used to describe long distance or endurance races like 24 hours of Le Mans, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Carrera Panamericana and the high-powered sportscars which compete there. Some examples are the Ferrari 250 GTO and Porsche 911 GT3. A grand tourer, sometimes initialised GT, is a high-performance automobile designed for long distance driving. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Mille Miglia (Thousand miles) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957. ... Targa Florio The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held near Palermo, Sicily. ... The Carrera Panamericana was a race on open roads in Mexico, similar to the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio in Italy. ... Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Ferrari 250 GTO The Ferrari 250GTO was a sports car and auto racing car made by Ferrari in the early 1960s. ... The Porsche logo. ... A 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS A 1977 Porsche 911s Targa The Porsche 911 is a famous and distinctive sportscar made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. ...


After these famous races and cars, several road cars and even computer games adopted the Gran Turismo name:



 

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