Friday 21st June 2002

Ozzies Export to US

Holden Monaro to be rebadged as Pontiac GTO

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[Twin Turbo]

I'd love to see that come to the UK too. Problem is, it'd be priced too high, just as the current Holden is (same price as an M5).

There's still too much badge snobbery in the country for it to succeed. Shame, cos I bet it's a riot.

[JohnL]

Looks pretty good ot me. And being from Oz it'll be made in RHD too.

How hard is a grey import from Oz?

[CarZee]

A septic recently told me that Pontiac is an acronym for "Poor Old Ni***r Thinks It's A Cadillac"

[LotusV8]

I want one!

[JohnL]

quote:
A septic recently told me that Pontiac is an acronym for "Poor Old Ni***r Thinks It's A Cadillac"

You'll have to take away a couple of those asterisks, I'm lost

[thirsty]

I have been reading quite a bit about this car in some of the US car magagzines. It looks to be a real screemer. It is based on the Omega platform, with a lot of tweeking.

I think the price is supposed to be around 35 - 40K (dollars)

I am worried about having to sell my Chimaera one day when I have to move back to the USA, but I think I could be happy with one of those....

As for Mr "septic" who doesn't like Pontiac... he probably drives a Ford Fiesta. One of the meanest muscle cars from the 60s was the original 64 GTO.

[CarZee]

quote:

quote: A septic recently told me that Pontiac is an acronym for "Poor Old Ni***r Thinks It's A Cadillac"

You'll have to take away a couple of those asterisks, I'm lost

Think it's slang for "African American"

[JohnL]

Charming.

[pelo]

damn they really transmogrified the nose of the monaro for the yanks tho'! looks terrible! PS in oz/nz they are a third of the price of an M5

[wfg]

My first post and I dunno if I'll recheck this thread, but as a yank i must confess to being somewhat nationallistc and preferring that we use a car by Pontiac. but truth is that i'm not a gto fan, i like the Firebird, so no gto is no big deal to me.

Ni**ger is not general slang for african americans.

gto is one of our icons, and while there may be similarities between us and australia, it doesn't feel right.



>> Edited by wfg on Monday 24th June 18:54