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The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
The Real Last Monaro
Joshua Dowling 7 July 2006 www.drive.com.au No fanfare, no speeches, not even a cake. Just a couple of happy snaps and a pat on the back from some factory workers. Meet the last coupe. Holden has built its last Monaro and the historic two-door coupe has been exported to the United States badged as a Pontiac GTO. Earlier this year, Holden auctioned the last coupe to wear a Monaro badge and a Queensland Ford collector paid $187,900 for the car. The proceeds went to charity. However, after the last Monaro-badged vehicle was made, Holden's Adelaide factory continued to build the two-door coupe in various guises until 9.37pm on June 14. The cars were exported as a batch of Pontiac GTOs a few days later. The final vehicle was the 40,808th Pontiac GTO built. Unlike the fanfare surrounding the last Monaro, which was unveiled at the Melbourne motor show and featured in the mainstream media, Holden's final coupe rolled off the production line with no fanfare; a group of nightshift workers gathered around the car and one of their colleagues snapped these photos. They are the only official Holden memories of the car and it is expected that the red coupe will be sold as if it were any other Pontiac GTO. Click here to continue article ![]() ![]() The last Holden Monaro is a Pontiac GTO Last edited by JoeT : 02-21-2008 at 07:02 PM. |
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
The last one should have something special, perhaps once the car is bought the owner should be given a momento to indicate it was the last GTO/Monaro built....ever!
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
I agree. Something like a placard or something to indicate that it was the last. Even a certificate of authenticity.
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
It should have something special to commemorate it as the last GTO/Monaro. But, we know GM USA didn't support this car like it should have, so they will let it disappear as if it were any other car.
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The GTO is in the same regards as a G6 GTP Coupe, a nice sporty coupe. And to think, the Firebird was killed to make way for that car...
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God, I still can't believe that the GTO is getting yet another chance while the Firebird has to sit out yet again.... How many times is the b@st@rd child going to get at bat before the venerated veteran gets to return to the game??? Lutz, Wagoner.... time to go to the retirement home.... You've left your keys in the fridge one too many times. |
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
When people hear something stated as the last of something they automatically assume it will be the very last to ever be built ever again. It's just like when Cadillac built the "last" Eldorado convertible and Ford the "last" Mustang convertible back in the day. It's like when the "last" Camaro was built people acted like it could never possibly come back again. Eventually, when the timing is right and there is renewed interest something will have the pissibility of coming back in a new form. Certainly the Monaro was the last Monaro of that body style and platform, but one shouldn't assume it will be the last Monaro ever just because there are no firm plans to bring it back. I would never assume that the last Thunderbird was the last Thunderbird just because there are no plans right now to bring one back in some form.
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The concept of bringing the GTO back was correct to base it on an existing RWD V8 powered coupe just like the original. That's all it was back in the 1960's, an ordinary Tempest/LeMans. No one in the 1960's complained about it being based on something ordinary back in the day. But people today expect something that is either retro or completely new and contemporary looking. The way it is, it looks like a homoginization of a Cavalier, Lumina and Grand Am all of which are products of an old design era that is now history. So we had a soft looking GTO that resembled past American GM products when in fact what it needed was edgier styling that is more popular today whether it be slightly retro or just plain modern. I assume the direction the GTO needs to go in is to just incorporate contemporary surfaces and line with some identifiable heritage styling devices. What seems to identify a GTO the most is having the right classic split grille design and the ram air hood which are the unique model brand markers. Having it a blatant copy of the old one would look odd today. The magic about the new Camaro concept is that it takes familiar proportions and some lines which are freshened up with some contemporary surfacing and design elements that are not exactly identical to the classic ones. Thats why the Mustang works today. The thing about classic GTO's is that it was never designed to be a stand alone model with styling unique to itself. All classic Pontiacs had similar design elements as a family brand just proportioned to whatever size vehicle and body basic body and platform componants it had to share with other GM divisions.
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Is there a Pontiac Museum somewhere? That is where this last one should go.
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
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No fanfare, no special badging, no special sheetmetal... it did it's job and did it cheaply for GM... why would they do anything special on the way out???
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
ya i agree with you camaro_freak, it just was to fill a void after the firebird was killed. too bad they didnt just call the gto a grand prix next gen, and drop the FWD v8 they have in that thing. lots of auto magizines have already complained about its uncomfortable torque steer.
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Re: The Real Last Monaro Built Is A Pontiac GTO
You can't say that the GTO is not a muscle car. You push the accelerator and it hauls ass. It is definitely a muscle car. It may not look like as mean as a muscle car should look but it definitely is a muscle car.
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