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View Full Version : Pontiac rumored to be re-releasing the GTO
akashik 07-17-2002, 12:52 AM Well seems Pontiac is going to re-release the GTO. Rumor has it, the new GTO is actually a rebadged Holden Monaro (Australian Legend)
http://www.holden.com.au/app/serve?page=monaroEntry
Naturally anyone outside Australia wouldn't know a Monaro from a hole in the ground so, he's a nice site of interest for the pedigree of the Monaro (aka Pontiac GTO)
http://www.emale.co.nz/FACELIFT/PlayBetter/MOTORING/CARS/HOLDEN/monaro/monaro_history.html#76%20-4
Yes.. oddly a New Zealand site :)
With my move in the near future stateside, I'm planning on getting one of these GTO's and rebadging it back to being a Monaro again... hoisting the AU flag out the front of my house and to be heard wailing on a Sunday morning in suburban USA
"Carn, ya farrkin bstards, get ya sht togther, and getta carton. We got all sortsa sht on the barbie. Bring ya shielas, and tha lil ones. Bonza!! Faaark!!"
hehe...
Greg Moore
*edit* I know for a fact Safeway has VB and Fosters, in little kegs no less!
Great...
Well, hopefully the cars will be fuel efficient. Cause, atleast here in Washington, gas prices suck. I just paid $1.55 a gallon for plain old regular.
They do look like a nice car. I'd even consider buying one.
ScottD 07-17-2002, 01:16 AM Rumor has it that this car will be subject to the gas guzzler tax. Vroom!
akashik 07-17-2002, 01:24 AM heh, well 5.7 litre, V8 engine.. unless Pontiac uses one of their own.
Gas here is around 80c a litre (aka $3 a gallon)
Greg Moore
ScottD 07-17-2002, 01:27 AM Most likely it'll be an LS1, unless they are serious about making this thing really fly in which case it'll be an LS6. The new CTSI coming out next year is supposed to have an LS6 and 400 HP. That's what I'm waitin for! Lutz is a good guy :)
I guess I won't consider moving to Australia... ;)
akashik 07-17-2002, 01:37 AM Originally posted by JTY
I guess I won't consider moving to Australia... ;)
Oh you know you guys love it out here. :)
Greg Moore
Originally posted by akashik
Oh you know you guys love it out here. :)
Greg Moore
Actually, the Weather does look nice. Sure, beats Washington. Although, it hasn't rained in a while around here. Must have been due to us having snow in May... :)
My girl friend would love to go to Australia, her family wouldn't be able to visit often. :D
akashik 07-17-2002, 02:09 AM actually as you know, spend a time in WA. I prefer it there with the snow over Xmas. Also from my better half being there, it's been bloody hot lately. :)
Techark 07-17-2002, 02:12 AM Originally posted by akashik
heh, well 5.7 litre, V8 engine.. unless Pontiac uses one of their own.
Gas here is around 80c a litre (aka $3 a gallon)
Greg Moore
http://www.motortrend.com/feb02/gto/gto_f.html
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The high-performance HSV group produces two hot Monaro models, the GTO 255 and the GTS 300, each using an enhanced Gen III 5.7-liter aluminum V-8. The top GTS model even boasts an engine warmed over by tuner Callaway for a prodigious 400-horsepower output. The photo illustration presented here is our best guess at how the styling would be adapted to Pontiac, building off the more subtle Monaro. We're told by insiders that the current view is that the face would carry essential Pontiac cues, but the rear would remain untouched.
End Quote.
As far as fuel cost in OZ, use propane or AutoGas as it is called here only 35 cents a liter.
:D
akashik 07-17-2002, 02:21 AM Originally posted by Monte
As far as fuel cost in OZ, use propane or AutoGas as it is called here only 35 cents a liter.
:D
Yeah but it's close to $1000 to convert last time I heard :)
Greg Moore
Techark 07-17-2002, 02:25 AM That is why I bought a car that was already converted:D
cyansmoker 07-17-2002, 03:45 AM Originally posted by JTY
My girl friend would love to go to Australia, her family wouldn't be able to visit often. :D
Do you really mean that your girlfriend insists on avoiding her family?
Dude, what's your secret?????
akashik 07-17-2002, 03:52 AM Originally posted by cyansmoker
Do you really mean that your girlfriend insists on avoiding her family?
Dude, what's your secret?????
I think it's a Washington thing. It rains 9 months of the year so you're stuck inside, and everyone's wired on coffee. Tension is bound to happen :)
Greg Moore
universal2001 07-17-2002, 05:52 AM I heard petrol in Iraq cost .10c per litre... no joke... They get it soo cheap because its OIL capital of the world.
Originally posted by akashik
I think it's a Washington thing. It rains 9 months of the year so you're stuck inside, and everyone's wired on coffee. Tension is bound to happen :)
Greg Moore
Yeah... Something like that... :) Actually, she is wired on coffee, half the time, and Mt. Dew the rest.
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