Undeniably mighty, if somewhat misunderstood by the car-buying public at large, the standard 6-litre V8 Monaro VXR found a keen cult following in the UK, but that didn’t translate into ...

380bhp factory version VXR at £35,595 from summer 2004. Standard car got power upgrade to 345bhp with 500Nm (353lb ft) torque from 10th March 2005 listed at £29,895. Got brakes from Corvette C6. 6.0 ...

Cue Monaro 2, this time as a halo car for the recently created VXR performance brand. Based on the Monaro HSV (Holden Special Vehicles), it was notably more aggressive, with big air intakes ...