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Havok:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 03, 2007, 10:12:40 am ---
I'm trying to figure out how that car has a million miles on it.
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He probably screwed with the odometer. They have an anti-tamper device on them...
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 03, 2007, 11:27:43 am ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on August 03, 2007, 10:09:11 am ---The 80's were a TERRIBLE decade for American automobiles. ALMOST as bad as 1973-1979. So basically 1973-1989 sucked...1990-2007 has been pretty ---smurfy--- as well. Bottom line is that TRUE MUSCLE CARS died in 1972...the year I was born. ---daisies---.
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Which is why my favorite muscle car is the original muscle car, the GTO. The new GTO's are pretty nice too ;D (known as Holden Monaro's to the Aussie's)
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well, we did make em (",) . interestingly, in the UK it was still called a monaro from Vauxhall. its some sort of aboriginal word (probably meaning stick that go boom or summink ;D)
Loki:
Here's a nice little car :P
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on August 04, 2007, 01:12:48 am ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 03, 2007, 11:27:43 am ---Which is why my favorite muscle car is the original muscle car, the GTO. The new GTO's are pretty nice too ;D (known as Holden Monaro's to the Aussie's)
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well, we did make em (",) . interestingly, in the UK it was still called a monaro from Vauxhall. its some sort of aboriginal word (probably meaning stick that go boom or summink ;D)
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Ya, Holden actually has a bunch of cool designs, I'm just glad one of them finally made it to the states. There were rumors of them bringing the Ute over and calling it the new El Camino, which would of been cool, but it never happened. The new camero is actually based on a Holden design too, but instead of shipping them over from Aus. like the GTO, they're going to make them in Canada.
edit* just thought I'd mention that the only reason they brought the Monaro to US is because it was the 40th anniversary of the GTO and the new president of Pontiac wanted to bring the GTO back. They didn't have a decent local platform to do it on (they were all 6 cyl or front wheel drive) and didn't have the time or resources to develop a new one, so they shipped one over from Australia. Thats the reason they changed the name to GTO, it wouldn't of come to America at all if it wasn't for the name.
koolmoecraig:
It's a shame that they styled it like a Cavalier/Grand Am. Great drivetrain but the styling was about 8 years old upon introduction. Imagine what the GTO could have been if they actually did more than "badge engineering".
It is a great car for the money, especially since the dealers can't give them away. I've heard stories of close to $10k off of sticker to move them.
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