CarTorque Series 2 - Holden Monaro - coupe concept to production road car.

It started life as a coupe concept but when it was launched at the 1998 Sydney Motor Show it was quickly dubbed the new 'Monaro'. Michael Simcoe, the Vice President of Design at General Motors was the man behind the concept that eventually turned into the production version of the modern Monaro. He tells us the story which also included the development of a super rare 427 HRT race ready version.

[@beagle7622]

The base model the VT was gorgeous in my opinion one of the best car designs of the time.. When I first saw it it blew my mind.

[@gmmuller100]

Great story, well done to Simcoe and the other Holden engineers who worked on this car in their own time to create another legendary Aussie car.

[@elijahhemara6520]

Are you still alive?

[@tjb92]

Great video my buddy has an 06 GTO loves it dearly

[@tomh894]

Its so sad to look back at videos like this and know Holden is gone... that there was passion and love involved in the design process.

[@HEKTIC458]

I wish they made more of those 427 Monaros

[@alexyoung478]

Awesome video and a great Australian vehicle history info

[@Dacommenta]

So nice. My fav is the CV8Z.

[@Tony-112]

Now that I've seen the show car , I prefer it 👍

[@JB-qw2jk]

Kudos to the designers and engineers who made this dream a reality. The proportions are just spot on. 20 plus years on and the design still looks fresh and very cool.

[@maliksuleman5677]

You should have sold the holden company to some Arab investment funds...I'm here in Saudi Arabia and holden cars are very popular here...I've vx Commodore & I love it.

[@kevinobrien4155]

Do you still have it? LS1?

[@maliksuleman5677]

@@kevinobrien4155 I still have it

[@maliksuleman5677]

But it's not LS1

[@Ryan191072]

Had Holden put together an affordable 427 Monaro, they would have sold plenty. Very cool part of Australian automotive history.

[@farishanafiah8461]

Using the race-bred 7L V8 engine is a dead giveaway. It should have no problem using the road-focused 7L V8 counterpart.

[@merkywater4142]

really prefer the show car with the vt front and rear

[@NIKOJEFE]

they should bring this car back evan thoa Pontiac doesn't exist no more. but if Holden brings it back I will go to Australia and bring the car over seas from Australia to the USA

[@mael-strom9662]

That's the genius behind this type of format ...you can personalize it from readily available bits from the factory parts bin.

[@TVperson1]

I like the VX parts better, much more modern.

[@deepakpatil3510]

Comments by Sid Patil - Monica in blue.....not bad!

[@farishanafiah8461]

Still loving the Monaro design. This could've been Holden's answer to Porsche 911 GT3 RS.

[@Aladdin5cave]

Future classic

[@omanhaddadtbh]

That starting song at the beginning, definitely captures the feel and emotion behind this brilliant car 👌🏻 Any chance there’s a song name to it?

[@omanhaddadtbh]

For anyone wondering, it’s Bruce Maginnis’ ‘Common Ground’

[@mael-strom9662]

Genius low budget engineering ...unlike the over developed over priced shit boxes on the roads today.

[@jimclarke1108]

HRT 427

[@captainkaos754]

Notice ford Australia didn’t even bother to invest in a two door v8 instead sticking to outdated piles of shit to the end. And so it was written that Holden shall forever have the king of the mountain and finish with the mighty w427 and ford go out with a whimper having nothing in there parts bin to even bother competing. Instead the old gaurd will continue to tell us what a legendary car the ford hardtops are when in fact they were an understeering bucket of crap.

[@rodneymcgiveron]

And you are a dickhead......No knowledge ....Ford's last two door was in 1978 with the XC...why would the spend millions to build a two door car that was ceasing production anyway...Far from being crap they'd at least not have to rely on parts bin GM Opel to put a car together...As for the W427....totally over rated , over priced and would still not keep up with lots of XR6 Turbo Falcons or many Miami powered V8 Falcons much less the F6's and FPV GT's ...couldn't even safely drive it on wet roads with the ridiculous tyres they put on it ..The VT etc Monaro's though were a bloody good car in their day and still look good...

[@Schnooblers]

@@rodneymcgiveron actually if you go look at the warren luffs laptime at wakefield park, you'll find the W427 was about a second a lap quicker than an F6, and almost 3 seconds quicker per lap than an XR6 turbo. facts don't lie mate, HSV was always superior to FPV in terms of chassis tuning.

[@Holden308]

IMO Holden stuffed up with this. If they had of built a more road focused Monaro GTS 427 instead of the more track focused HRT 427 it could have been cheaper and one that ended up being sold to the public.

[@gerardcrabb4556]

It was made to compete in Bathurst 12 hour but they only built 2 roadcars... Overseas they only allowed 5.7 engine and it got thrashed by GT3 cars without the 7.0 Corvette engine...

[@invader777]

the same shit front end call that concept