Launced in October 2001, the
new Monaro's tenure at the local Holden dealerships
was, sadly, all too short. Widely praised by
motoring journalists not only from Australia,
but around the world, the Monaro proved
GMH capable
of building world class performance vehicles
that matched the best Europe could offer, and
on price or bang-for-your-buck there was never
any real competition.
It was inevitable that
punters would balk at the thought of a 6 cylinder
Monaro, even if it was supercharged - the CV6
would depart early in the piece. In total, approximately
40,000 Monaro's would be built, 11,119 sold in
Australia, with 29,000 exported to the US (and
sold as the Pontiac GTO), South Africa and UK.
The last iteration was arguably the best, while
not all liked the bonnet scoops we at
Unique Cars and Parts think they looked great, almost
as good as the elegant (but smaller) versions
used on the original HT and HG's. The Gen IV
5.7 litre V8 was good for 260kw at 5600rpm, that'll
do nicely thanks. Here is a small collection
of television commercials featuring the late-great
Monaro CV8.