though i am waitin for a new 6.8Litre Ford V10 GT-HO till early 2010.

keep on thinking, 470kW/800Nm , cant wait.

the coupe60 SHOULD be made, however PROBABLY WONT (in Aus at least)

The camaro (based on the same architect) fills the market this car sits in. shame because they could easily sell both but GM of course will realise that these cannot sit side by side in the market.

other problems for this car’s future are production numbers. with holden working at capacity and the green light oin US ute exports as well as the wagon which will be seriously popular in Oz (my local dealer has 10 pre-orders already) there will not be space for any more production.

if i ran holden i’d have bought the mitsubishi plant and tooled it for long wheel base models and the shorter torana model, therefore allowing standard wheel base model production to increase and allowing the coupe60 to be built on a torana platform instead.

anyway, even if this car never makes production, the important bits on it that will make production are a form of the rear lights which were just stunning (LEDs) – watch for them on sport models. and also the V8… my tip is that secretly holden are releasing basiclly this engine on the series 2 VE – giving them a trump card on the falcon (which has amongst the worst quality fitout at the show – bits of flapping plastic and loose doorpanels were disappointing).

look for CYLINDER SHUTDOWN which is on the US export engine and i believe will be on series 2 release (at same time as wagon release)

The pillar less design looks interesting, but I doubt if it ever makes production it’ll remain that way, they can re-design the C pillar, but it’ll affect rear/side view.

I just want to say, a production car will never be like this… ever… a track car or a race specific, good chance..

also, to BM, yes holden benchmarks BMW… the looks… the styling…. I really doubt they’ll be bench marking parts quality, refinement, accuracy, technology etc…

Lexus is directly set to compete with the euros and priced closely to them, the benchmarking isnt just based on “looks” as Holden did with their current model…

HUGE difference… like different library even. Its like saying the SW20 MR2s were bench marked against Ferraris, as it was influenced by Pinnanfarina (spelling lol sorry)… see its completely WRONG. Looks and styling.. maybe even setup… but no way near the engineering nor parts quality…. which is what you pay for (well most of the retail price anyways)

Monaros were pillarless from 68 to 76, as were Charger, Valiant and Falcon Coupes. BMW and Mercedes benz are still doing it. Gawd, even the Corolla Coupe was pillarless, although I remember even as a kid, I got the shock of my life to see the body flex when I closed the door.

I’ve been looking at this car for a few days now…overall, it’s a sensation. But I can imagine a production version looking better, funnily enough. On this car, the rear guards look overfilled by the wheel and tyre combo, seemingly giving the wheels no room to move up and down. Also, a production version will be sure to lose the VE’s BA-style front end, as it will surely coincide with a major face lift of the Commodore that will hopefully give it a more unique identity.

As for the Coupe 60 – The development of a RWD V8 Coupe has been put on ice whilst GM prepares for the release of the Camaro.. that’s not to say that the Monaro is dead in the water.. particularly given Bob Lutz’s [and the USAs]love of our cars

The only thing that makes it less obvious is the fact that the horizontal join is at the same level as the join for the rear bumper which then shoots up to meet the tail lights.

Yet this is a prototype and should the car make it into production I’d say the designers will be told to change it