Move Over Monaro

[SHAKER]

What do you guys reckon about this, a convertable 2 door GT!!

[fpv_gtho]

ive seen that pic before from where its sourced since im a member there, but i personally reckon the arse has been lowered too much. other than that theres nothing mcuh wrong with the car, for something photoshopped

[fpv_gtho]

i also think making the left hand door trim visible is unneccesary

[crisis]

Originally Posted by SHAKER

What do you guys reckon about this, a convertable 2 door GT!!

Too low. Loose the rear spoiler and its a goer.

[fpv_gtho]

but just imagine a possible price but. making it a 2 door convertibel from a 4 door sedan could add over $15K to the price. just look at how much a monaro costs although when you start saying its sedan equivalent you usually piss off a couple of holden fans. most would think its the SS but the Monaro's got a better interior

[crisis]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

but just imagine a possible price but. making it a 2 door convertibel from a 4 door sedan could add over $15K to the price. just look at how much a monaro costs although when you start saying its sedan equivalent you usually piss off a couple of holden fans. most would think its the SS but the Monaro's got a better interior

Its bad enough to mess with a few body panels but production cars like the Monaro have to adhere to crash tests and the like. The cost to build a convertible would be too high. I must admit to jumping in when people say the Monaro should not be dearer than a four Commodore. The logic is flawed unless you can buy a 3 series two door BMW cheaper than a four door or a two door skyline cheaper than a four door. They are lower production run cars and the price reflects that. People buy them because they are two doors, not becasue they make sense monetarily.

[fpv_gtho]

well its the price to produce the cars and such that killed off the original falcon hardtops and Monaros, plus the impact of the oil crisis on performance

[Falcon500]

Close but yet so far what killed the falcon hardtops and monaros was sales they wernt selling becauseof many many reasons (fuel crisis,super car sacre and so on and so forth)
With the next commadore being planned on the next world car platform that will help holden as they will already have the data for makeing convertables but granted theyll belimited numbers and my gawd theyll cost.

[fpv_gtho]

yeah things like the 2006 VE being a global car, on a global chassis have given Bob Lutz the confidence to suggest the possibility of a Pontiac GTO Convertible. im sure without the exports the monaro would once again be dead and now because of them we may have a convertible monaro.

[Falcon500]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

yeah things like the 2006 VE being a global car, on a global chassis have given Bob Lutz the confidence to suggest the possibility of a Pontiac GTO Convertible. im sure without the exports the monaro would once again be dead and now because of them we may have a convertible monaro.

Anythings possible im wondering what other intersting things will pop up for the next GMworld car? apprentlyits going to look more like the vectra (god forbid)

[fpv_gtho]

everything ive seen that holden have said have influenced the VE look like the RX-8, like the opel insignia and the chev SS

[SHAKER]

Cant remember what thread it was on (prob the djr 320 thread) but i claimed i saw an Aussie GTO Monaro on the street one day and a couple of fellow members said that they have never heard of an Aussie GTO coupe. Since last week i have seen atleast 6 on the street and they were definatley GTO, some ranging from 255 kw to 300 kw(unless the owners put fake kw badges on the cars) which i highly doubt.

[fpv_gtho]

the only aussie GTO's i know of would be the HSV GTO Coupe, which came in 255kw spec (series 1) and 260kw spec (series 2 and 3). the only 300kw coupes i know of are of course the HSV GTS Coupe

[SHAKER]

So no GTO coupe came out with 300kw in Australia then?.i must of seen a gts coupe with the 300kw originally, it might look a little similair to the gto. I would assume the GTS is a limited edition, and the top of the hsv tree in terms of 1/4 mile and top speed ?

[fpv_gtho]

well the only difference between the GTS Coupe and GTO Coupe is the alloy wheels i think, but until recently the GTS Coupe has been a regular model. From what ive seen though, the fastest HSV is a GTS sedan, i think motor got one to do 0-100 in about 5.25 seconds but HSV quotes 5.1 for both