# Holden Coupe 60 - the new Monaro? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 28, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181 "2008-02-28T20:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/21 "2008-02-29T05:09:28Z")
> [@bpipe95](#): > > I don’t like how so many new cars have such a HIGH ass end. It seems every year it gets higher and higher. Maybe it is just the angle of the pics though…? storage space, safety specs (a higher line around the car is safer), and general modern design trend. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/22 "2008-02-29T05:21:53Z")
i’d buy it ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/23 "2008-02-29T05:23:06Z")
Does it even have shocks/struts? There’s about .2mm of fender gap. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/24 "2008-02-29T06:13:00Z")
> [@Violator](#): > > I wish they just sold HOLDEN here. Fuck Pontiac and their gay interpretation of models. All their pieces of shit look the same. i am not allowed to agree with this statement because if i did agree with this statement i would get in serious trouble. so i’m not agreeing. edit: the more i look at it the more i see a CTS chassis but lowered ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/25 "2008-02-29T06:21:04Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > storage space, safety specs (a higher line around the car is safer), and general modern design trend. fuck modern safety and fuck the modern design trend (in reguards to the high belt line). my second gen taurus doesn’t have a high belt line and it almst always comes out on top in major accdents. it isn’t the most attractive car anymore but it isn’t necessary to make the doors and rear end so high that I can’t see out of them when i’m driving. Hello blindspots! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/26 "2008-02-29T06:39:40Z")
amazing :tup: I \<3 Holden ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/27 "2008-02-29T06:41:08Z")
^ Wait until you’re t-boned in that POS Taurus. That high belt line on new cars is there because the doors are full of high strength steel to save your ass in a side impact collision, and so a trucks front bumper isn’t connecting square with your head. ---
**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/28 "2008-02-29T06:50:51Z")
Couple things: It’s still a Zeta (not a Sigma, like the CTS), so yes, it’s “genetically” similar to the Camaro. And it still has the Commodore’s wheelbase, so it’s decently roomy inside (except for the coupe’s rear headroom, that is). And yes, they’ve fitted the LS7 in a HSV version of the Commodore, so that would fit (and presumably the LS9, too.) And the big thing that’s probably going to keep it from coming here is how the Camaro does and what it’ll do for CAFE - though I’d argue that if it’s small-volume (like the last GTO) it’s mileage is less of an impact than it’s “halo” capability for Pontiac. ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/29 "2008-02-29T06:57:00Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > ^ Wait until you’re t-boned in that POS Taurus. That high belt line on new cars is there because the doors are full of high strength steel to save your ass in a side impact collision, and so a trucks front bumper isn’t connecting square with your head. really. like when I was driving my moms taurus and a sliverado ran a light at T-boned me at 50mph? I had a cut on my wrist from glass ![http://sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSC00245.jpg](http://sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSC00245.jpg) ![http://sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSC00241.jpg](http://sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/normal_DSC00241.jpg) a front passanger at wouldent have done so well, but a silverado is a lot of truck and it threw my car clear across the intersection probably 30feet ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/30 "2008-02-29T07:01:03Z")
> [@somedude](#): > > really. like when I was **DRIVING** my moms taurus and a sliverado ran a light at T-boned me **IN THE PASSENGERS SIDE** at 50mph? Fixed. Had it been the drivers side you’d be dead. My point remains valid. Second, it’s your sho the previous boxy design, which has even less safety features built in? ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/31 "2008-02-29T07:03:17Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Fixed. Had it been the drivers side you’d be dead. My point remains valid. please show me a pic of a car that can take a 50mph hit from a vehicle nearly 3 times its weight. ^quoted before the edit ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/32 "2008-02-29T07:23:38Z")
That is sexy. Bring it to the states. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/33 "2008-02-29T07:29:52Z")
The Holden is teh hotness, but if by some chance it does come over here I’m sure Pontiac will ruin the styling. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/34 "2008-02-29T07:44:19Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > The Holden is teh hotness, but if by some chance it does come over here I’m sure Pontiac will ruin the styling. I think Pontiac did just fine with the G8 And the GTO looks fine to me too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/35 "2008-02-29T07:50:02Z")
Touche, I just can’t personally get into the front end styling. Not to mention, I feel the interiors on all domestics are physically painful to look at. edit: I do think the G8 will be nasty, though. Lots of potential. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/36 "2008-02-29T07:53:43Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > Touche, I just can’t personally get into the front end styling. Not to mention, I feel the interiors on all domestics are physically painful to look at. > > edit: I do think the G8 will be nasty, though. Lots of potential. have you been in a new goat? ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/37 "2008-02-29T07:58:05Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > have you been in a new goat? Yes. Not sure what you’re getting at, but the seats are terrible and the rest of the interior is not too spectacular IMO. ---
**Author:** ![matter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@matter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/matter)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/38 "2008-02-29T07:58:11Z")
I hope that design becomes the new firebird! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/39 "2008-02-29T08:00:28Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > Not to mention, I feel the interiors on all domestics are physically painful to look at. > [@Avatar](#): > > Yes. Not sure what you’re getting at, but the seats are terrible and the rest of the interior is not too spectacular IMO. Come sit in my GTO and see if you still feel the same. Way better than most of what GM has been putting out. The GTO has 8 way power adjustable bucket seats for the driver and passenger. I have no idea how you can say they’re terrible. They could use a little more bolstering on the track but on the street and long trips they’re phenominal. Or the G8’s interior… sexy: ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181/40 "2008-02-29T08:09:22Z")
Compare to an overseas Ford interior: ![http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p273/jpfenski/08fpv_gt-4.jpg](http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p273/jpfenski/08fpv_gt-4.jpg) Just seems better than any stateside Ford interior I’ve seen. IDK I guess my major complaint is the seats that are just too big and look like overstuffed pillows. But then again they are built around the typical fat American and just don’t hold me well. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holden-coupe-60-the-new-monaro/44181.md?page=3)