The car we know as the Vauxhall Monaro is fundamentally a re-badged ... wallowing boat with an interior that, although admittedly well-equipped, is made of materials that would be more at home ...

who had already teamed-up with Wortec earlier this year to build a one-off supercharged Maloo ‘ute’ (a two-seat Monaro-based pick-up sold in Australia) with 600bhp, which Vauxhall had been ...

The Vauxhall Monaro, then, wasn't the obvious fit ... There's not a lot of refinement about it, it's slippery when wet and the interior quality is average at best. But who cares?

Vauxhall badged Holden Monaro. Australian built RHD Omega sized coupe (4,798mm x 1,841mm) originally with 302bhp 5,665cc V8 that also pumps out a useful 339 lb ft torque at 4,400rpm. Comes with six ...