Vauxhall Monaro

The Vauxhall Monaro is based on the Holden Commodore sedan. It is a Holden Monaro from Australia lightly adapted to European conditions, with an engine taken from the Corvette. Although approved to EU standards it was sold in Great Britain as a Vauxhall but not on the European continent as an Opel. The Monaro was also sold as the Pontiac GTO in the United States, as the Holden Monaro and the HSV Coupe in Australia and as the Chevrolet Lumina Coupe in some countries of the Middle East. Production ended in mid 2006, the last cars being sold as Pontiacs, and the Vauxhall VXR8 can be seen as its successor despite its sedan body. In 2003 the German small series maker Erich Bitter tried to build a new sport coupe on the Monaro and GTO, to be called the Bitter CD2.