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Loads in Australia

Gotta catch em all

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I L L E G A L

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what u done to it?

They were imported to merrifat.

I think only around 30-40k are here. Even less g8 commodores

I never seen them.

I see plenty of these

im fine with that i prefer the VT-VX Sedans and HSV's anyway

There are 3 for sale around me but they're automagics.

I really want one

>that's disappointing
But it isn't surprising. Maserati has been complete shit for at least 40 years.

lotta fun, they're depreciating pretty good so just wait.
Not much, I put most of my money into my motorcycles. straight pipes and tune.

common in Australia maybe, but it was sold as the Pontiac GTO in America and didn't sell all that well. 45000 over 3 model years. That's atrocious. To compare, the FWD Chevy Monte Carlo of the time was averaging about 100,000 units per year, which is also what the recent Camaros have done here.

The problem is that it was sold here as the Pontiac GTO. You see, here in America, the Pontiac GTO is a historic nameplate. It was the first muscle car of the 1960's and remains an icon to this day. But the new Holden built GTOs did not look how Americans expected a GTO to look. All 2004 models got LS1 V8's. All 2005-2006 models got LS2 V8's. There were no V6's in America.

Here's a direct comparison.
youtube.com/watch?v=HipCNoHzpmg

I agree they really fucked up with the naming of the car, even though GTO in Italian means small car in a big engine. It's not just the name though, all the rebadged Holdens in the US sold like shit, just look at the g8 and the SS

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>straight pipes and tune.
Noice whats ur dyno?
how sad.

Why did all the holden exports there flop?

I mean they flopped here in aus too

From my limited experiance owning older dunnydoors and keeping up with car culture here (on facey) heres why
VZ-VF2 model year 2004-2017
>Only the hoons like them, and they usually arnt rich boomers and can only mostly afford older used models
>Aforementioned reputation for hoons literally drove away up market customer base and they get euro, jap and american imports instead.
>Very expensive here new, depreciated horribly due to GM Quality issues and high k's
>Retarded Interiors, seriously i fucking hate it and i am aussie, the 2003-2014 ones the interior was absolutely disgusting
>2015-2017 cars where great apart from a below average interior but the writing was on the wall at this point.
>new Up market HSV, Senator, Calais and "Boomer spec" luxury trims didnt really ignite the market like the older VT-VX models did back in the day
Sad really because its a great car with a good chassis (used for drifiting and track work here in aus)

Mainly it was poor sales both home and abroad and over pricing that killed it.

The "GTO/Monaro" where always limited number VT-VX Coupes and will always be rarer.
Is it the same thing there? Yanks i know dont like bland styling and interiors (hence poor reputation over there)

>GTO in Italian means small car in a big engine
Gran Turismo Omologata means homologation special coupe in Italian, which the Pontiac version is not

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and it really is a shame the US Holdens sold so poorly. They are fantastic cars.
Change the styling and they sell like hot cakes.
Case in point: The Zeta chassis Camaro. The first Camaro for DECADES to REPEATEDLY outsell the Ford Mustang.
youtube.com/watch?v=pdQ3VTczVaY

>Gran Turismo Omologata means homologation special coupe in Italian, which the Pontiac version is not
Right. The original GTOs were called the GTOs specifically to piss off Ferrari. That's the main reason.

Ford escort cosworth are rare now, one of these for sale for £85000 atm

Ford Sierra turbo cosworth for good measure

Looks like you seppos need to brush up on the origin of this car

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Monaro#First_generation_.281968.E2.80.931971.29
Rip Zeta chassis.

I'd love to get one here but they still fairly expensive to get one that doesnt have a horrid interior (i think up spec 2009 models or so have a decent interior) but im more then happy with my old 2001 VX1 LS1 based of this lol

RIP opel Omega B

great for drag racing but not so much for cornering because the front end is a bit floppy from the factory, slowly working on mine, gonna get a strut brace soon

mmmmmmm yummy :3

honestly the interior outclassed gm at the time, here's the car I had before my goat, which is a 2005

LOL it literally looks like my old car

my headunit is different and my cars manual

GFs father owns a 2016 Senator Sig. and I can confirm that it's a pretty reasonable car, it's looks are uncomplicated and muscular and it drives and corners fairly well for a 1.5 tonne barge. The supercharged LSA also makes the most bizzare whine out of any SCd engine it's almost shrill.

All that is great, but not for very nearly $100,000 (or about US $3.50 at the current rate)

I'd rather a new STI Lux, spend some of the change on a few bits and pieces and the rest on speeding tickets/'on the spot cash fines' from the local fun patrol.

damn that's a lil rough. Once you change the head unit, it's good enough.

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that center console is aids tho i hate the way they look
yeah its mental money isnt it

My Calais was a 50k aud car back in 2001 which is like 80k aud today its nuts m8

they devalued like fuck you can pick most of them up for $2500-5500 for a top spec LS1 with Options

Old Toyota Crowns, in general, but especially in the U.S.

They were last sold in 1972 in the U.S. and are basically non-existent. Only ever seen one white sedan at JCCS.

heh i literally just sold a 1972 toyoglide auto sedan

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MG Metro 6R4

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that looks awesome

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Comes with a green house

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>KB
rare bc nobody wants one.

inb4 ford corvete

Did someone say green house?

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i dont get why this isn't a thing anymore.
rich ppl spend millions of $$$ to be seen in exotic car, in this kind of car ppl can see you better

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glass roof and doors only three ever made.

corvette IRS and "mystery motors" woulda killed in trans am.

>gets T boned by girl snap chatting

>woulda killed in trans am.
Trans Am required cars to have a back seat, be within a certain wheelbase and an engine under 305 cubic inches

How do you like it?

I wanted to buy a c5 Hardtop but I just couldnt justify it honestly and I wasnt really in the v8 mood I guess.

I currently drive a Twin Turbo Legacy that I imported, but Im interested in getting a more summer car in the next little bit.

Just wondering your opinions on it.

Someone 3 streets away owns one of these. Worth boosting?

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Maseratis are rare for a good reason. There are only so many rich retards.

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>tfw maserati was good before it got bought by Fiat
why does Fiat have to be like the GM of europe

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>the GM of europe
I thought that was Volkswagen.

>They could have made Calibra on Omegas platform
How many Sports Coupes were lost to the "FWD is the future" meme?

Fiat is like a even lower quality VW for mediterranean poorfags.

This is the first time i notice that this sorta looks like a delorean.

The Omega is a boat though, it would have been more of a Monza B than a compact sports coupe.
Not saying that's a bad thing

the facelift models have some reinforcements, but I don't know where exactly on the car

other way around. The Lancia came first. The DeLorean looks like a Lancia Scorpion

I think you meant to say Lancia Beta Montecarlo

Same car, different market, different name.
The US market car had pop up headlights to meet US headlamp height requirements.
The US market car also had different bumpets to meet harsher US crash test laws.
And finally, the US market Scorpions had a different engine. European Montecarlos enjoyed a 120 HP 2.0L. Americans got an emissions strangled 83 HP 1.8L.

Here's the US popup headlights fully open. Yes. They only raise about 20*

Just pulling your leg nigga

this was my desktop background for a while btw

Speaking of Scorpions, Giselle, from the 1977 movie "Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo" is coming up for auction soon.
mecum.com/lots/SC0516-239571/1976-lancia-scorpion/

VW SP02. Brazilian made. Air cooled flat4 at the rear and a whooping, uh, 70 bhp.

Still, rare af for you gringos.

Moar pictures, this time the front.

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I've only ever seen a couple of the Vauxhall badged monaros in the uk, too.

Back in the day this was a working class aspiraition, now it's a rich man's collectable

Did they actually build any factory four door r34 GTRs?

Even if you do manage to find one of these in the US that isn't completely thrashed to hell and back, good luck finding parts for the damn thing.

Just looked it up, a Nissan affiliated tuning house made a few hundred of them

lel

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What does it take to be rare? mine is sub 3k in north America

this is a V6 powered sporty coupe that was designed in the '80s

I should make a kickstarter about a movie where I travel across the USA to find these cars and bring them back to working condition. Guest starring Scotty Kilmer.

#SaveTheYugos