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A new 7ltr Monaro wins the first Bathurst 24hour race at Mount Panorama, with a US-built Mosler second.

WOO HOO!



Stolen from Richo's World

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[woggle.livejournal.com]

Ditto here, only another year before we see it as the GTO, and thankfully, Bob Lutz has exorcised the demon of plastic cladding from Pontiac, so there's a chance that it will actually look as good as the Monaro. Now, if we could get a new El Camino... and Holden happens to have a version based on the Commodore(the parent car for the Monaro) and then there's the Holden Caprice, a full sized car done right... I think you Aussies are going to be busy building cars for us Americans for a long time.

Wogs

[dwaggie.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, Plastic doesn't seem to have been a big issue with my GTP. It always feels very solid.

[woggle.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I meant plastic as a body trim item, Pontiac has a reputation for seeing how much they can fit on a car in the mistaken belief that it makes the car look better. Thankfully, they've decided that pretty sheetmetal will sell better than cheap looking add on plastics.

Wogs

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Of course, that's Steve Richardson's racing car.

The showroom Monaro can be found here:
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/vehicleentry?vehicleid=12
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/gallery?navid=5&catid=1004

5.5ltr V8 or 4 litre supercharged V6... take your pick. (prices are in AU$) Check out the Monaro History to see how they looked in 1968. They were a radical design for Australia then.

The rumour mill says the 2004 Commodore Calais (the luxury range of Commodore) will be all-wheel drive with a 6litre V8 or a 5 litre V6 with supercharger.

The first prototype of the new model was unveiled at the Sydney Motorshow about 4 years ago. Ford unveiled their new range of Falcons with a all-dancing, all singing laser light show and half naked ladies. Meanwhile on the Holden stand, one of the blokes who was setting things up flicked the cover off the Monaro concept car and said "Oh, and here's a new Monaro." BAM! Every single rev-head in Sydney went to look, leaving Ford waving their arms and saying "Excuse me! Fords are over here. Hey! Please?" At the time there were no plans to produce Monaros, but Holden dealers were deluged with requests for info and ORDERS for a car that didn't exist.

Somone at Holden went "Hmm... Maybe there's a market."

and there was.