2003 Holden Monaro - today's tempter

By: Unique Cars magazine

Date: 12.03.2024

2003 Holden Monaro - today's tempter

2003 Holden Monaro - today's tempter

Australian classic

Initially developed by a small crew, largely in secret, the final Monaro series made a huge impact as a halo car for Holden.

As Glenn Torrens describes in our feature on the series: "Sydney Motorshow 1998 – Holden lifts the cover from a VT Commodore two-door coupe concept/show car on the morning of the media preview day. There is a hailstorm of applause from gobsmacked journos (including me).

"To use that old cliché, it’s a show-stopper.

"It’s instantly – and hopefully and logically – tagged the ‘new Monaro’. That afternoon – Thursday 15th October 1998 – in the decade before phone cameras and the everything-instant-everywhere of social media, that dark blue Commodore coupe made headlines in newspapers and on TV news bulletins."

This series III example runs the original 5.7lt LS1 V8 with six-speed manual transmission. It claims just 57,390km on the odo.

Prestige Motor Gallery in Sydney has it, priced at $69,990.

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