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[Vamps]

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Chap was asking what the 'M' in MV6 stands for....

I read the initial question. I was just pointing out that the M might not actually stand for anything as the other terms mean opps all too!    

It's unlikely to be owt specific, as the MV6 in Continental Europe is the same spec as our Elite.

Very valid point, originally GT meant Gran Tourisme (or some such franglais) and was only applied to large touring cars which were a bit sporty like Bentley Continentals or DB2s, modern equivalent would be something like the big Volvos or the Chrysler/SAAB thingy...these days it gets used as sporty (in their dreams) and can even be seen on 'super-minis'. What they used to mean and what they are used for seem to have lost any link.

Cobblers GT means, Cortina, Hunter, Mini with suped up bits and Rally heritage, nothing as flash as you suggest
I agree that nowadays means little..............

[Jay w]

MV6 = Motorsport V6
SRi = Sport Ralley injection
GSE = Grand Special einspritzung
GTE = Grand Touren einspritzung
GTi = Grand touren injection
GL = Grand Luxus
GLS = Grand Luxus Speciale
L = Luxus
VXR = VauXhall Rallye

MX3/5 = Mazda eXperimental
RX7/8 = Rotary eXperimental

[Leomas]

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Chap was asking what the 'M' in MV6 stands for....

I read the initial question. I was just pointing out that the M might not actually stand for anything as the other terms mean opps all too!    

It's unlikely to be owt specific, as the MV6 in Continental Europe is the same spec as our Elite.

Very valid point, originally GT meant Gran Tourisme (or some such franglais) and was only applied to large touring cars which were a bit sporty like Bentley Continentals or DB2s, modern equivalent would be something like the big Volvos or the Chrysler/SAAB thingy...these days it gets used as sporty (in their dreams) and can even be seen on 'super-minis'. What they used to mean and what they are used for seem to have lost any link.

Cobblers GT means, Cortina, Hunter, Mini with suped up bits and Rally heritage, nothing as flash as you suggest
I agree that nowadays means little..............

Youngsters today....no respect for ther elders mumble mumble.....
definition of a Grand Touring car was [ch8220]a road going lightweight semi-luxurious coupe built on a high performance chassis.[ch8221]
...mutter mutter buggrit millenium hand and shrimp

[Darth Loo-knee]

I thought the "M" was for Motorsport too  

[vauxnut]

its an omega  m must be for might work/might not.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Motorsport V6 was the official line

[Lizzie_Zoom]

MV6 = Motorsport V6
SRi = Sport Ralley injection
GSE = Grand Special einspritzung
GTE = Grand Touren einspritzung
GTi = Grand touren injection
GL = Grand Luxus
GLS = Grand Luxus Speciale
L = Luxus
VXR = VauXhall Rallye

MX3/5 = Mazda eXperimental
RX7/8 = Rotary eXperimental

In England from the 1970s when all this special category badge, purely sales orientated, exercise really started, after the GT's of the 1960s, motorists classed each as follows in English:

GT - Grand Tourer

SRi -  Sports Racer injection

GSE - Grand Sports Executive

GTE - Grand Tourer Executive

TGi - Grand Tourer injection

GL - Grand Luxury

GLS - Grand Luxury Sport

L - Luxury

Anything without one of these badges was classed as "basic", which by the 1980s we didn't want! .

The great achievement of this wonderful sales orientated initiative, led mainly by Ford at the time with their Cortina's, Escort's, Consul's, Granada's, Capri's, etc, as the leading volume car manufacturer in at least Britain, was that customers traded up to a badged model, rather than be seen in a "basic" version, which on your drive and more importantly in the Company car park, in Thatcher's Britain, was damaging to your perceived status in life.  Initially the men were far worse than the women at this, but we soon caught up!!  

Now you cannot imagine motoring life without these precious badges, that still indicate to others the perceived quality of your car, and your status in life.  

I certainly treasure my V6CDX badge, but would love to have a V12 Elite (if there was such an animal!! ), so Thatcher lives on; power, status, money, property owning for all!

[webby23]

Oh dear!! looks like nobody realy can say. So it would seem to be down to what choices are in your own mind. .........

What do any model name mean? Delux, Elite, Comfort, GSE/GSi etc etc  

And I could only suggest that Elite means The Best or The Ultimate.....

[Banjax]

MV6 = Motorsport V6
SRi = Sport Ralley injection
GSE = Grand Special einspritzung
GTE = Grand Touren einspritzung
GTi = Grand touren injection
GL = Grand Luxus
GLS = Grand Luxus Speciale
L = Luxus
VXR = VauXhall Rallye

MX3/5 = Mazda eXperimental
RX7/8 = Rotary eXperimental

Toyota's MR2 = Mid-engine Rear wheel drive, 2-seater
which is fine for everywhere apart from France where MR2 is pronounced "merde"

[kris9128]

MV6 = Motorsport V6
SRi = Sport Ralley injection
GSE = Grand Special einspritzung
GTE = Grand Touren einspritzung
GTi = Grand touren injection
GL = Grand Luxus
GLS = Grand Luxus Speciale
L = Luxus
VXR = VauXhall Rallye

MX3/5 = Mazda eXperimental
RX7/8 = Rotary eXperimental

Toyota's MR2 = Mid-engine Rear wheel drive, 2-seater
which is fine for everywhere apart from France where MR2 is pronounced "merde"

similar to what it's called over here then.  

[MarkG]

So still on the same thread, what does CD and CDX stand for?

[Banjax]

MV6 = Motorsport V6
SRi = Sport Ralley injection
GSE = Grand Special einspritzung
GTE = Grand Touren einspritzung
GTi = Grand touren injection
GL = Grand Luxus
GLS = Grand Luxus Speciale
L = Luxus
VXR = VauXhall Rallye

MX3/5 = Mazda eXperimental
RX7/8 = Rotary eXperimental

Toyota's MR2 = Mid-engine Rear wheel drive, 2-seater
which is fine for everywhere apart from France where MR2 is pronounced "merde"

similar to what it's called over here then.  

ah - they're cute - bit of a squeeze the Mk1, Mk2 was nice looking - Mk3 looks terrible


on the subject of car names fact fans - remember the Triumph Acclaim?

in German that translates as "Zieg Heil"  


Vauxhall Nova in Spanish means "won't go"  

Ford Pinto in Brazil translates as "small dick" - didn't sell too well there

[Jay w]

So still on the same thread, what does CD and CDX stand for?

My understanding something on the lines of Company Director

Lizzy the E in GTE and GSE was always German for Injection = Einspritzung

Italian Convertibles are not referred to as cabriolets or convertibles, they are referred to as Spiders

GTV = Gtande Tourismo Veloce
GTA = Grande Tourismo Arpeggio

[Lizzie_Zoom]

So still on the same thread, what does CD and CDX stand for?

My understanding something on the lines of Company Director

Lizzy the E in GTE and GSE was always German for Injection = Einspritzung

Italian Convertibles are not referred to as cabriolets or convertibles, they are referred to as Spiders

GTV = Gtande Tourismo Veloce
GTA = Grande Tourismo Arpeggio

Sorry Jay, but not on the GTE's I knew, because they didn't have injectors but carburetors, hence they were Grand Tourer Executives, "Executive" being the key word in the late 1970s and 1980 Thatcher Britain, like "Executive Houses"; "Executive Hotel Rooms", etc, we had "Executive cars" to reflect our 'status'.

It may well be that later, in Germany the 'E' meant something else, but not on the American based Ford cars like MKIII Cortina's and especially the earlier famous Cortina Mk2 1600E, ("Executive") with carburetor.

EDIT:  If you have any doubt about that historical fact Jay, go to:

http://www.fordcortina.org.uk/cortinapage2.htm


 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Further to my other post, an extract from the Ford enthusiast web site quoted I just couldn't resist as it is about one, if not my sole, all time favourite cars, the aforementioned Cortina Mk2 1600E!

 Ford Promotional (From Australia) picture showing probably the most popular Cortina ever. Note the low suspension and huge, by 1960's standards, chrome wheels.






The badge that said it all, the E stood for executive !