Holden Coupe 60 Concept Car (The new Monaro?)

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Holden's 60th anniversary present to its fans is the stunning Coupe 60 concept car based on the underpinnings of the VE Commodore.

Making its surprise debut at the current Melbourne International Motor Show, the 'new Monaro' is a full 60 mm shorter than the VE Commodore sedan despite sharing the same rear-wheel-drive Zeta platform and wheelbase.

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Featuring a low roofline and absent B-pillars, the taut styling of heavily flared guards housing massive 21-inch wheels, rectangular side-exiting exhaust pipes 'V8 Supercar' style full flat under body, rear under body air diffuser and functional rear deck-lid spoiler rounds off the super aggressive look of the Coupe 60.

The special one-off paint colour called 'Diamond Silver' references the brand's diamond anniversary while under the hood lurks a 6.0-litre flexfuel V8 (estimated at 300 kW) capable of running on up to 85% ethanol and can even run on only four cylinders during light throttle applications or cruising due to the Active Fuel Management (AFM) system. Mated to a six-speed manual transmission, power is sent through to the rear wheels in typical Holden fashion.

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The interior features one-piece carbon fibre seats, a flat-bottomed steering wheel, an abundance of suede and an LCD instrument cluster that would be right at home in a V8 supercar.

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See more pictures from the Melbourne Motor Show unveiling plus photos official Holden Image Gallery here

It's still a Holden though.

 

Amen, for the money that thing would cost I'd rather have something from Bavaria. *cough*

For $150k I'll take a new GT-R thanks.

Amen brother 


Edit: I think this concept looks pretty good... it would be an awesome job making these things, The Torana TT36 (even though it was pink) and the Effigy in recent years. Holden only built this because Ford released their new Falcon at the Melbourne Motor Show and it seems to have worked as all media is focused on the concept car.

IMO it'd go faster and look better too.

The Holden has 21 inch mags, wouldn't that make it marginably slower because of the larger diameter wheel the motor need to push and the weight of the wheel?

What would go faster?

Something like that is going to effect a car with this much power on the same level as if a bee were too land on it.

When I think about it we arn't going to be going 200km/h all the time anyway.