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500,001 | 100.00% |
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| Yes, I do but only at $215,000, maybe lower spec too to save costs |
  
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17 Sep 2003, 02:26 (Ref:721390)
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HRT 427 axed.
The HRT 427 Monaro project has been dropped from Holden's future plans. Is another "supercar scare" like in the 1970s in the offing or was it solely because of cost? Hands up those who'd still like one?
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17 Sep 2003, 08:01 (Ref:721556)
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Wanting one and being willing (and able) to hand over that sort of money for a hotted up Commodore are two entirely different things.
At 200k+, there are some looooovely European cars that would make my list first. |
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17 Sep 2003, 12:10 (Ref:721729)
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There are some dull european cars that i would buy before spending that much money on a 2 door rep mobile.
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17 Sep 2003, 23:24 (Ref:722526)
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3 votes, all no? Not hard to see why they dropped it really is it
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17 Sep 2003, 23:48 (Ref:722548)
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I doubt if it was ever going to see the road in the first place. Maybe Im cynical, but I think it was a bit of a PR exercise.
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18 Sep 2003, 07:33 (Ref:722726)
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One expensive PR exercise it certainly was.
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19 Sep 2003, 15:01 (Ref:724307)
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Any car called HRT deserves al that it gets!!
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19 Sep 2003, 22:12 (Ref:724698)
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I wonder if any of them actually stoped to think about that?
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22 Sep 2003, 08:39 (Ref:726115)
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way off topic
Last edited by Bluebottle; 22 Sep 2003 at 09:05. |
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15 Oct 2003, 13:08 (Ref:752124)
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Who the hell voted 50 000 times?!?
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15 Oct 2003, 15:31 (Ref:752333)
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sorry , I still want one
 For our Euro Friends , HRT in Aussie language stands for Holden Racing Team , not the Hormone stuff
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15 Oct 2003, 16:15 (Ref:752393)
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There was talk of a Monaro hitting UK shores, badged as a Vauxhall but still packing the 5.7 V8. There was one at the motorshow last October to gauge interest.
I guess they might follow it up as a potential rival for the X-Power MG ZT - although officially importing the HSV Commodore might be more successful... |
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15 Oct 2003, 16:17 (Ref:752394)
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VOTE RIGGED. No way do 500000 people want it at any price
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16 Oct 2003, 09:54 (Ref:753048)
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16 Oct 2003, 22:14 (Ref:753776)
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No performance car the size of the Monaro deserves to be in that price class. Put that engine in a street-legal Corvette, and then we'll talk.
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22 Oct 2003, 21:39 (Ref:760016)
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This is the Vauxhall version..looks quite nice to be honest with you..
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23 Oct 2003, 00:02 (Ref:760126)
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Is it called Monaro in the UK?
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23 Oct 2003, 07:52 (Ref:760320)
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yes
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