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| April 08, 2002 | Hall, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2002 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Holden has a local tuner, HSV (Holden Special Vehicles), a company owned by Tom Walkinshaw's TWR that does for Holden Commodores and Monaros what Reeves Callaway does for Corvettes-using many of Callaway's engine mods, in fact.

Though it cannot use the Monaro name, the two HSV ``enhanced'' Monaros are slugged GTO and GTS. Both get a unique body kit, bigger brakes and more power. The GTO is the ``runt'' of the litter, with a mere 342 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. The price is a reasonable $38,810 at current rates of exchange between the Pacific Peso (the ...

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