The Holden Monaro is a car that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005. Since 1968, three generations of the Monaro have been produced. Named after the Monaro region in New South Wales , the Monaro was introduced in July 1968 as a two-door pillarless hardtop coupe available in three models: the basic Monaro coupe, Monaro 'GTS' coupe and Monaro 'GTS 327' coupe. The GTS versions had "full instrumentation" which included a tachometer mounted on the centre console. This proved to be a bad location as the drivers... knee would obstruct the view and it often rattled . The cars could be ordered with a choice of six-cylinder engines of 161 cu in capacity or two versions of 186 cu in capacity , or a 307 cu in capacity Chevrolet-sourced V8. The exclusive 'GTS 327' model was powered by the 250 bhp Chevrolet 327 cu in V8. In early 1969 the HK Monaro range was awarded Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 1968.
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