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Originally Posted by ember1205
No kidding...
Trim levels of 1LT, 2LT, and 3LT seem reasonably consistent across many models. But, then there's the LT1 trim which happens to come with the LT1 engine. And, of course, the LT1 engine is in the 1SS and 2SS models.
Not to stop there, though, the LT1 engine is actually in something like its fourth or fifth generation having been used as far back as 1970 and was even in a Corvette at one point. It has also been of varying displacements as well with the current one being 6.2L but putting out quite a bit more power than the same engine in the Gen5 Camaro.
It's pretty easy to get lost in all of the incarnations of the combination of the number '1' and the letters 'LT'.  |
Going back to the early muscle car era of the late 60s, I think it has something to do with how conservative and stodgey GM's corporate management was (and maybe still is today). Ford had the "Boss 302" and the "Mach 1 Track Pack", MOPAR used the Roadrunner and Bumble Bee and had colors like "Plum Crazy" and today have the "Hellcat" and "Demon".
I bet John DeLorean had some pretty wild names he wanted to call various option and performance packages for the GTO but corporate put those down and simply used the order codes as the performance designations. Hence you have WS6 for the ram air that dates all the way back to 1968 and was used on every Trans Am with Ram Air until 2002. The powers that be wanted to present a more dignified, mature, professional appearance as opposed to the cartoons at Chrysler or the "caveman power" at Ford, and it became standard operating procedure at GM that continues today.