grand touring car

noun

: a usually 2-passenger coupe

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For an upcoming fourth model, Lamborghini had announced an all-electric grand touring car to debut sometime in 2028. Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025 As a grand touring car, the Lexus’ burbly V8 exhaust note never hits a rumbling bass note like some loping American V8s. Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 1 May 2025 It became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional James Bond character following his use of an Aston Martin DB5 coupe in the 1964 film Goldfinger. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025 But the real surprise, for a grand touring car whose engineers placed an emphasis on providing easy, comfortable speed is the transmission calibration. Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024 The standard Chiron is really a grand touring car -- easygoing, beautiful to look at, comfortable and pleasant to drive -- but with weirdly outrageous power and acceleration. CNN, 10 June 2021 This new addition to the Lexus line is a quintessential grand touring car, right down to its long hood/short deck proportions. Al Haas, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grand touring car was in 1956

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“Grand touring car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20touring%20car. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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