2002 HSV Coupe V2 – today's tempter

By: Unique Cars magazine

Date: 26.08.2024

2002 HSV Coupe V2 – today's tempter

2002 HSV Coupe V2 – today's tempter

Show-stopper

These days, owning a Monaro of any generation is a bit special. But if you want something reasonably modern that really is exclusive, the HSV variants are the way to go.

Looking back at the history of the final-gen Monaro, Glenn Torrens reminisced: "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."

One of the HSV variants is the Coupe Series II.

Thjis example is build number 418, it runs the 255kW LS1 V8 with six-speed manual transmission.

Located in Sydney, it’s with Australian Muscle Car Sales, priced at $59,990.

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