Going, Going, Gone – Very Last Monaro Up For Sales

[Darren]

The last current generation Monaro coupe built by Holden will be offered for auction this month.

The coupe has been painted with a custom color and modified by Holden’s Design and Engineering departments to reflect its iconic place in Australian automotive history.

It will be auctioned globally through eBay.com.au from February 9 – 19 with all proceeds donated to The Leukaemia Foundation, a long-term partner of Holden.

The vehicle will be unveiled by Holden at the Melbourne International Motor Show media day on February 9 before the auction begins.

The sale of the car will mark the end of Monaro domestic production in Elizabeth, South Australia after more than four years and 47,000 sales in Australia and overseas representing four General Motors brands.

The last Monaro was built on December 13 last year and customized by Holden Design and Engineering to cement its position as an automotive collector’s classic.

The “Torque” custom paint is an orange-yellow with fine metallic highlight, developed as an interpretation of the classic colors for which the original late 1960s Monaro coupes were famous.

A Very Last Monaro project team made various changes to reflect the car’s unique status including special embossed wheels, leather seats and color accents.

The architect of the new generation Monaro, former Holden Design Director Mike Simcoe, was recognised through the use of Data Dot technology which applied microscopic copies of Simcoe’s signature and the ISOVIN number to the vehicle’s underbody, panels and major components.

GM Holden Chairman and Managing Director, Denny Mooney, today said the car was a fitting end to the latest chapter of the Monaro story.

Mr Mooney said Monaro symbolised Holden’s heritage in Australia, providing a nameplate which inspired passion and respect across the car community.

Monaro was unveiled by Holden as a concept vehicle in 1998 and launched as a production vehicle in late 2001. It was Australia’s best selling sports car for each of the past four years.

Vehicles based on the Monaro were subsequently sold in the United States as the Pontiac GTO, United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Monaro and the Middle East as the Chevrolet Lumina Coupe. Holden Special Vehicles also released several variants.

“Monaro is symbolic of our success locally by showcasing Holden’s strength in innovation and design,” Mr Mooney said.

“It symbolises our commitment to philanthropy and we are extremely proud to be donating all proceeds to the Leukaemia Foundation with which we have a long association.”

Source - Holden Media Web Site

[Darren]

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Standard CV8Z features

• 260KW, 5.7 litre High Output Gen III V8 engine.
• 6-speed manual transmission.
• Control-Link independent Rear Suspension (IRS)
• Sports suspension
• Performance brakes
• Anti-lock Braking System (ABS).
• Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD).
• Brake Assist (BA).
• Traction Control (TC).
• High performance split dual exhaust.

Unique features

• Exterior colour in Torque painted in house by the Holden Design Fabrication team.
• Unique Monaro machine embossed 18” wheels
• Gun metal chrome badging.
• Exclusive made black leather trim seats have unique Torque coloured perforation inserts and feature stitching
• Torque colour accents on the dials, new Monaro embroidery on the floor mats and feature stitching on the leather trimmed door, rear quarter and centre armrests, steering wheel, shifter and handbrake.
• Dashboard badge engraved with Mike Simcoe signature
• Unique tag number on vehicle.
• Data dot technology applied with Mike Simcoe’s signature and the ISOVIN in every dot.

HOLDEN MONARO – DOMESTIC AND EXPORT VARIANTS
Australia: Holden Monaro
Launched: October 2001
Retail sales to December 2005: 12,829

The new millennium Monaro was sensationally unveiled as an un-named concept at the Sydney International Motor Show in 1998, created as a ‘skunkworks’ project by Holden designers led by then Design Director Mike Simcoe. The coupe made the transition from concept to Monaro reality in just 22 months and was shown as a production vehicle at Sydney in October 2001 before being sent to showrooms. Embracing advanced design, engineering and flexible manufacturing processes, it showcased Holden's commitment to technological and creative leadership. The Monaro was fully designed and validated 'virtually', using Simultaneous Math Based Process (SMBP) technology, considerably reducing turn-around time and expense. Monaro was released with V8 and Supercharged V6 performance, with the V6 model discontinued in 2003.

New Zealand: Holden Monaro
Launched: February 2002
Wholesale to December 2005: 1065

New Zealand followed the Australian lead and introduced Monaro as part of a full-range Holden offering, included as part of GM Holden’s export program to that country. Similar interest around the vehicle followed. Despite not having the same heritage around the marque as Australia, demand exceeded supply for Monaro for the first eighteen months it was available. With a strong V8 Supercar following in New Zealand, the Monaro symbolised everything that a performance orientated buyer was looking for and was unmatched in the local market.

Middle East: Chevrolet SS Lumina Coupe (LHD)
Launched: February 2003
Wholesale to December 2005: 990

The Chevrolet SS Lumina Coupe injected even more excitement in the Chevrolet brand across the Middle East. The coupe was positioned as an extension of the Holden-sourced Lumina range, already including several Commodore variants. It particularly appealed to young locals and expatriates in the United Arab Emirates and added to Chevrolet’s performance credibility in the Middle East alongside an American performance car legend, the Corvette. The vehicle was offered with a 5.7L V8 (SS Coupe) or 3.8L V6 (S Coupe). The V8 was the overwhelming favorite and the V6 was withdrawn from market in mid-2004.

United States: Pontiac GTO (LHD)
Launched: December 2003
Wholesale to December 2005: 31,548

Holden’s performance car icon also became the reincarnation of an American legend, the Pontiac GTO. GM’s Chairman for North America and Vice-Chairman for product development, Bob Lutz, requested during a February 2002 visit for Holden to deliver the car as a Pontiac. The new generation ‘Goat’ was unveiled as the hero of the Los Angeles Auto Show in January 2003 and released in late 2003 as a 2004 model. The GTO was offered with a 5.7L V8 engine shared with Chevrolet Corvette. Modifications were required to meet or exceed mandatory US legal requirements, environmental conditions and design cues for Pontiac. A 6.0L, 298kW engine and more aggressive styling were introduced for the 2005 model.

United Kingdom: Vauxhall Monaro (RHD)
Launched: March 2004
Wholesale to December 2005: 798

Vauxhall chief Kevin Wale, a former Holden executive, secured an agreement to import the Monaro under the Vauxhall badge along with a smaller program to introduce the Vauxhall VXR performance brand using HSV GTO coupes. The British embraced the concept of an affordable, high output Aussie coupe along with all the Australian jokes they could find. Notably, UK title Top Gear named Monaro “Best Muscle Car” for 2005 with high profile TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson declaring his love for the car.

[B£å¢kÐðg]

It's now on ebay

LINKY

Already over 100 grand :my:

[scott.waldon]

$423 000 within 4 hours , holy sh#*, this is insane, its good to see money going to charity, the pictures are so so so slow to load coasue there probaly so many people trying to view the site!!!

[B£å¢kÐðg]

over $700 000 now, I hope the people that are bidding are legitimate.

Edit

Just noticed the thread in the pub

[GMH 72]

I looked in the bids history and it seems we have some very well off members in JC who have bidded around the $200,000.00 mark but then i guess reality hit & their bids were cancelled. Hehehehe Ohh well, theirs still time to save up for when HSV sell off their last Monaro.

[Notorious]

JUst check the link then, its was on 160,100 just then

[vyssls1]

as from 3.15pm wst $180100.00

[Sensations]

On my ebay its says only 187K aus dollars>>??

WTF

[Sensations]

over $700 000 now, I hope the people that are bidding are legitimate.

Edit

Just noticed the thread in the pub

What are you smoking>?

Its only like 180k

[VRFURY]

ROFL it would be good if 700 grand was going to charity but yeah its only at 187 thats a freaking lot of money

[EXCESSV]

there was even bids as high as $10m but obviously they were idiots being smart and ebay cancelled them.

but $187,000 is still a fair bit for a monaro.
thats 2 of the HSV Coupe Limited Edition only with the stripes.
sure 100 built but better and at least its two cars.

its all good at the end of the day. the charity will be pleased

[JB5 LTR]

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