GTO

[Norm reynolds]

Bill I am with you I am thinking of picking one up my self
That is why I have been watching the deployment of the GTO
For months
I guess it will grow on me Just wish GM do a little more with the hood
The interior looks good so far the colors are red and yellow
Hope there will be other colors

[JacksonM]

Hello. I am a lurker here, been a member for a year or so, but just like to read all of your posts since I don't have a musclecar at the moment. However, I do read a lot about the 4th gen F-Bod's and C5 as I own a 99 Vette Vert. And, through these forums I have learned that GM has a subsidiary in Australia that absolutely kicks butt (not to mention Ford's efforts). The big racing there is the Supercar Series (nice name, huh?) and it involves racing 4 door factory sponsored cars on road courses. The GM sub is called Holden, and they have some spectactular vehicles - one of which is the Monaro which has been around since the late sixties. And the Monaro is what the new GTO is based on, not the lame Grand Am (no offense). Supposedly they are much nicer in person and more distinctive from the existing Pontiac Lineup than the photos show. Anyway, I wouldn't count the GTO out just yet since they haven't been out yet. And if you look at the concept of the original GTO (take a mildly attractive mid-size body and stuff a V8 in it and it turns into a legend), the new GTO definitely lives up to that. They also have a hi-po program with Reeves Callaway - yes THAT Reeves Callaway - for specially prepared hi-po Holdens called HSV's. Guys, they are doing things right there. They have M5 fighters (near BMW M5 performance for a fair amount less) that GM SHOULD DEFINITELY BRING TO THE US. Check out the Commodore SS, the UTE (el Camino), Caprice SS, etc. at their website:
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/...ehicleselector

And the HSV site: http://www.hsv.com.au/main.html

Sorry so long, Mark.

[GMH454]

The division is called General Motors Holden, if you do a web search on that, you may get the site. Plenty of good stuff on the Monaro there.
Car is made in South Australia (see Caprice 2002 disc )
The original Monaro, 2 door ceased production in around, 1978, and GMH has produced no two doors since.
The photo shown is not a good one.
Current colors here are silver, black, flame (similar to Monza Red 1970), hothouse (similar to Mopar green 1970), red, and bright yellow (like Daytona yellow )
the yellow and green are taken off of 1974 Monaro colors.
I think you will get tamer colors so white is possible.

[olredalert]

Hey GMH454,

-------Did any GMH vehicles come with 454s,either low hp,or LS6 style back in the era?........Bill S......ol red!

[GMH454]

There is an argument currently on that no 454 left the factory, but there was a car body built for a 454 drop, and the car was built with special Australian Design Rules so it could be registered. car had full interior, badges lights, interior,etc.
Ran A-Mod and under the records of the day 74-75.
Ran 11.68 and had a ET of 132 (not at the same time )
The 132 indicates that our tracks had very poor traction as they never got the rubber build up US tracks got.
Car is currently being restored. Resides in my garage.

[Norm reynolds]

Mark
Great web site love the caprice reminds me of our SS impalas we had. wonder
if they will ever be sold here in the us
I am not counting out the GTO yet later this month in Philly there will
be the new car show hope to see the GTO there And yes GM definitely needs to
bring these cars to the usa

[Norm reynolds]

The GTO now has a 5.7 aluminum block rated at 340hp@ 52000 and 360 ft lbs of torque
Can be had with a six speed manual or a four speed automatic trans
There is a hit that there may be a 400 hp in the works [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img]
Also check this web site it has pictures of GM concept cars
http://www.gminsidenews.com/

[Norm reynolds]

new pictures

[Norm reynolds]

new pictures
talk about upping H/P to 402

[Norm reynolds]

GTO