Muscle car maker does well
Holden makes a success of the Monaro
Australian muscle car maker Holden had a good year in 2004. It said it shipped a record 52,372 cars globally last year, which beats its record, set in 1973, of 41,181 vehicles by 17 per cent. The figures show it to be 45 per cent up on the previous year, and was the first year that Holden shipped more than 50,000 vehicles outside the country.
While the Holden Monaro -- aka the Vauxhall Monaro in the UK and the Pontiac GTO in the USA -- is the company's best-known export, its biggest success was an contract to export cars to China, with over 10,000 Buick Royaums -- which are based on the Holden Statesman Caprice due to ship go to the Chinese market this year.
However, Holden shipped over 16,000 Pontiac GTOs to the US last year and the Vauxhall Monaro won the UK's Top Gear television show's Muscle Car of the Year award.
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