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How did the SL/R get its name

Started by _gmh a9x_ , Sep 26 2007 04:54 PM

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#51 slr5640

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Posted 10 January 2008 - 08:56 AM

Just as a matter of interest I found another shot of Brocks SLR at Sandown.
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#52 _pallbag_

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Posted 10 January 2008 - 06:06 PM

As an old mate of my fathers used to say. When he was first in the army and got caught calling their rifles guns, they had to walk around the barracks, camp or whatever, clutching at their rifle with one hand and their other hand on their groin saying.

"This is my rifle, this is my gun
This is for shooting, this is for fun!!

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#53 StephenSLR

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Posted 07 September 2020 - 09:06 AM

Sports Luxury/Rally was what I always heard back in the day. (1980's)

These days for some reason many claim it to be Sports, Luxury/Racing and when you think about it, it really doesn't make as much sense.

Sports and Racing are done on the same track whereas Rally is a totally different terrain, the SL/R being versatile for the Track, Road & Off-Road.

LC/LJ's were used a lot in rally and Holden didn't foresee back then that the larger LH/LX wouldn't turn out to be all that popular on rally tracks, by the 80's rally drivers shifted favour to smaller Euro/Japanese cars.

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#54 grumpy xu1

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 10:25 AM

Gmh only sponsored rally, not racing.

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#55 yel327

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 11:21 AM

Whatever the R meant in GTR it will most likely be the same as the R in SLR. Both GTR and SLR are referred to as Sports Sedans in GMH literature (with the GTR qualified as a 2-door Sports Sedan).