The Monaro’s independent suspension at each corner brings a level of ride and handling sophistication—not to mention ability—that no Pontiac wearing a GTO badge could hope to match.

The Monaro will re-establish a link to Pontiac's performance heyday, which peaked in 1970 when the division rolled out its biggest engine, a 455-cubic inch, 375-hp V8 for the GTO and Firebird.

Bob Lutz was one of the forces behind bringing the Holden Monaro to the United States, as the ill-fated Pontiac GTO in 2004. And while that car received critical acclaim, it was a sales ...

Following an absence of three decades, the legendary GTO made a comeback as a 2004 model; it was based on the Australian-built Holden Monaro performance coupe. Like the originals, the new GTO had ...

All things considered, the modern day GTO and Monaro are authentic to the ground rules prescribed in the muscle car code. They're basic, rear-wheel driven monsters with gigantic V8s that swill petrol.

2005 Pontiac GTO - Devil In Yellow Joe Mayhew's 2005 Holden Monaro Clone Tony WhatleyWriterJun 15, 2007 ...

As we said in our story yesterday, the appearance of the Holden Coupe 60 doesn't necessarily mean a new Holden Monaro, and therefore a new Pontiac GTO (or G8 Coupe) is on the way. Holden needs ...

So perhaps it was inevitable that when GM chose to revive the GTO as a lightly made-over Holden Monaro 40 years later, public response would fall somewhere on the chilly side of tepid. The problem ...

In an interview with Australian newspaper, The Mercury, he said, "Everyone at Holden is certainly committed to delivering a new-generation Monaro in the future, but there is still a lot of work to ...

For GTO use, the engine has been given a high-lift camshaft and increased airflow induction, which results in greater horsepower and low-end torque than the Holden Monaro provides.