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"A sports prototype, sometimes referred to as simply a prototype, is a type of race car that is used in the highest level categories of sports car racing. These purpose-built racing cars, unlike street-legal and production-based racing cars, are not intended for consumer purchase or production beyond that required to compete and win races."[1]
"A sports car, or sportscar, is a small, usually two-seater, two-door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling".[2]
"A grand tourer (Italian: gran turismo) (GT) is a performance and luxury automobile capable of high speed and spirited long-distance driving. Beginning in the 1920s, Italian manufacturers, such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Lancia, began referring to their luxury performance cars as gran turismo."[3]
GT (Grand Tourismo) car is "an open or closed automobile which has no more than one door on each side and a minimum of two seats situated one on each side of the longitudinal centre line of the car; these two seats must be crossed by the same transversal plane. This car must be able to be used perfectly legally on the open road, and adapted for racing on circuits or closed courses"[4]
Definition of GT cars according FIA 1961 appendix "J" Art. 264: Grand touring cars are vehicles built in small series for customers who are looking for a better performance and/or a maximum comfort and are not particularly concerned about economy.
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1927
Alfa Romeo RLSS 22/90
Alvis 12/50
Ansaldo 4H
Ansaldo 6BC
Ansaldo 6B IV serie
Aries Surbaissée
Austro Daimler
Bianchi tipo 20 Sport torpedo
Bignan
Ceirano tipo S 150
Christiane Huit
d'Yrsan
de Coucy
Diatto tipo 35
Diatto tipo 26
Diatto tipo 30
E.H.P. DS - CIME
Excelsior
Fasto A3S
Gendron Michelot
Georges Irat
Hanomag
Itala tipo 61
Lea Francis 12/50
Lorraine-Dietrich
Opel Special
Pluto
Rolland-Pilain
SAM tipo C 25F
S.A.R.A. ATS
S.A.R.A. SP7
S.A.R.A. BDE
S.C.A.P. 1.5 Litre
Sunbeam Sports Model
Theophile Schneider 25 SP
Tracta Gephi