Originally posted by mayonaise
sounds pretty nice.. but i still think its sad that they had to use another company's work to get a car like that - they couldn't do it themselves, even if they had all the designs already drawn up for them..
Holden and Opel are part of GM, so technically they didn't get it from another company's work. And if you know about the original GTO, it was really worked from the Pontiac Tempest which was a mechnical clone of the Chevy Chevelle, Olds F85, and Buick Special.
i'm guessing the suspension is most likely carried over from the monaro, or tweaked slightly for the new engine. either way, it should be the same setup. the chassis dynamics are obviously going to come from the austrailain design.
The chasis is actually a German design from the Opel Omega. And the engine isn't techinically 'new'. It's the LS1 engine from the C5 Corvette.
interior? is that carried over as well? do you know if the transmission/clutch are GM parts, or are they holden components? [/B]
The interior of the Monaro was updated for 2004, probably by order of Lutz because of the GTO coming to America. The GTO interior looks very nice for a GM. The grill in front is made from metal.
