Help with new car

[R&J]

A friend is considering importing a 2003 Holden Monaro 5.7 V8.

Does anyone have experience of this car, or give advice on it?

I hope you guys can give some feedback as I'm always singing the Pistonhead crew.

Thanks in advance

Rich

[Nick P]

Isn't that the 200mph Vauxhall Carlton???

[CarZee]

They're evidently not very quick - Miraz has to put NOS on his

[FourWheelDrift]

Try asking that question in the HSV forum (for Aussie V8 owners)

HSV = Holden Special Vehicles

[mikeylad]

interesting cars. why is he importing it, i thought it was being adopted by Vauxhall UK and being introduced (in limited numbers) soon?

or am i mistaken? (autoexpress is so unreliable these days )

[R&J]

Not sure what it's based on.

Maybe he's getting it via Vauahall dealership

[Mr E]

Fast Omega isn't it?

And you want the HSV...... You know you want the insane varient.

Heard rumours that Vauxhall may sell them officially....

[ace-t]

I seem to recall JC doing a review of this car for Top Gear (old school version I think) IIRC he seemed to like it quite a lot.

Not entirely helpful I'm afraid!



Ace-T

[Miraz]

Mine doesn't have NOS - although there are a few around with blue-bottle throttles fitted....slightly more worrying is the proliferation of supercharger kits which take them up to the 550bhp level.

[planetdave]

Its kinda a HSV coupe and thus comes with a LS1 V8 which can be fidled with quite nicely. A tiny bit lardy perhaps. Brmmmm

[Miraz]

Not as lardy as you might think....around the 1500kg level.

[planetdave]

1500 is quite heavy for sportyness. Not exactly a superlight

[Miraz]

Comparable with the M3, lighter than the M5 - not too many cars around at this sort of power level that are lighter.

[planetdave]

Add lightness