The super-fast motor is rare on UK roads - but has been favourably compared to the BMW M3The Vauxhall iteration of this motor is in fact a Holden - a well-known but now defunct Australian car brand owned by General Motors.
Indeed, the Holden Monaro is a common set of wheels in Oz, with three generations of the nameplate running in the 1960s and 1970s and then again in the early 2000s.The most powerful version was the Monaro V8 VXR - with came with a mind-boggling 6.0-litre motor capable of 400 bhp.ROQ STARtime round, you shouldn't give a ---- for anything else."in EVO magazine in 2006, the motor's scacity and likeness to the M3 were the main takeaways from their long-term test.
"I've seen hundreds of BMW M3s, yet while the M3 is the closest rival for the Anglicised, V8-engined Holden coupe, it seems that few Monaro VXR buyers actually have to choose between the two. "For most, the Monaro is an unusual, affordable and rare toy that joins a stable of interesting cars, and I've no doubt that at the core of its appeal are."