Puckman27
11-02-2003, 07:49 PM
TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2003:
HOLDENS ABOARD TO UNITED STATES; NEXT STOP - UNITED KINGDOM
Holden today loaded the first shipment of Pontiac GTO coupes, based on the Holden Monaro, for sale in the United States later this year.
The 5.7-litre, V8-powered performance coupes were loaded to depart tonight for the Port of Benicia, California.
The vehicles were the first of 5400 to be delivered to the United States in 2003 and 18,000 coupes in a full year of production.
The delivery will be the final chapter in an historic agreement in which Holden was called upon by parent company General Motors to bring the Pontiac GTO back to life after a 30-year absence from the North American market.
The event coincided with confirmation that another GM division, Vauxhall, will start importing the Monaro in the United Kingdom from March next year.
GM Europe Vice President and Vauxhall Chairman and Managing Director, Kevin Wale, confirmed the program for 300 V8 Monaros a year prepared as the Vauxhall Monaro, on sale in the second quarter of 2004.
rest of article: holden news (http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/news?categoryID=6&articleID=983&navCategoryId=all)
HOLDENS ABOARD TO UNITED STATES; NEXT STOP - UNITED KINGDOM
Holden today loaded the first shipment of Pontiac GTO coupes, based on the Holden Monaro, for sale in the United States later this year.
The 5.7-litre, V8-powered performance coupes were loaded to depart tonight for the Port of Benicia, California.
The vehicles were the first of 5400 to be delivered to the United States in 2003 and 18,000 coupes in a full year of production.
The delivery will be the final chapter in an historic agreement in which Holden was called upon by parent company General Motors to bring the Pontiac GTO back to life after a 30-year absence from the North American market.
The event coincided with confirmation that another GM division, Vauxhall, will start importing the Monaro in the United Kingdom from March next year.
GM Europe Vice President and Vauxhall Chairman and Managing Director, Kevin Wale, confirmed the program for 300 V8 Monaros a year prepared as the Vauxhall Monaro, on sale in the second quarter of 2004.
rest of article: holden news (http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/news?categoryID=6&articleID=983&navCategoryId=all)