Holden Monaro

The Holden Monaro (/məˈnɑːroʊ/ mə-NAH-roh) is a rear wheel drive coupé that was produced by Holden between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005. Three generations of the Monaro ha

ve been produced, with the last spawning a limited edition model (CV8-Z) to farewell the historic name. The Monaro body was used by several different manufacturing brands around the world, seeing export models, various concept cars and even an all wheel-drive variant. Named after the Monaro region in New South Wales (although pronounced differently), Holden's new coupé was introduced in July 1968 as a two-door pillarless hardtop coupé available in three models: Monaro base model, Monaro 'GTS' and Monaro 'GTS 327'. The GTS versions had "full instrumentation" which included a tachometer mounted on the centre console. This proved to be a bad location as the drivers knee would obstruct the view and it often rattled.[2]:6–7 The cars could be ordered with a choice of six-cylinder engines of 161 in3 (2,640 cc) capacity (base only) or two versions of 186 in3 (3,050 cc) capacity (GTS with the uprated 186S only), or a 307 in3 (5,030 cc) capacity Chevrolet-sourced V8. The exclusive 'GTS 327' model was powered by the 250 bhp (186 kW) Chevrolet 327 in3 (5,360 cc) V8.