Developed from a few scrawls on the wall of Holden’s then-new Technical Centre, awards and accolades quickly followed its release, with the new HK Monaro coupe taking out Wheels magazine’s Car of the Year award in 1968, also winning Holden its first Bathurst and backing it up the following year in the updated HT.

Initially lean and lithe, the Monaro aged like Elvis, getting fatter as the years went on. Technically the Monaro-badged coupe bowed out in 1975 with the HJ Monaro GTS, while nameplate lived-on for a tad longer on the HX GTS Monaro sedan until late in 1977.

The Monaro name returned officially in 2001 with the V2 CV8 Monaro, going through several different interations and also being exported overseas badged as either a Pontiac or Vauxhall, until bowing out with the rest of the VZ range in 2006 to make way for the new VE platform.

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Darran Clark’s Holden HQ Monaro

Darran Clark’s HQ was bought new by a family friend, and was fully rebuilt and kitted out in the early 1990s as a pro street beast

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Street Machine TV

Project Monaro episode two – Video

Holden’s revamp of its very own CV8 Monaro continues

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1200hp Elite-level 2004 Holden Monaro CV8 – FRIED

Owen Rice isn’t afraid to give his 1200hp, Summernats elite hall Monaro CV8 the hammer on the burnout pad

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Mick Curren interview

More than three decades after Michael Curren’s tough-as-nails ‘Terminator’ HQ Monaro graced the cover of Street Machine we chat with him about why the car made such a massive impact

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Andy Lynes’s Holden HQ ute, GTS coupe and GTS sedan

When Andy Lynes’s dad brought his new Holden HQ ute home, he didn’t realise it’d spark his son’s obsession with the model that has lasted over 40 years

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Home-built blown 1970 Holden HG Monaro GTS – flashback

Long nights for four and a half years created this HG Monaro GTS in the Micallef family shed

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LS3-powered custom 1972 Holden HQ Monaro GTS – flashback

Looking back on Karen Keves’s iconic custom HQ Monaro dubbed Marilyn

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Blown big-block 1970 Holden HT Monaro GTS – 1FATHT

Brett Hewerdine’s killer blown Holden HT Monaro put the ‘Tuff’ in Tuff Street at Summernats 32

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Nitrous 427-cube 1971 Holden HQ LS Monaro

Dave Steele’s Holden HQ LS Monaro might look flawless, but it’s just as much a street beast as it is a show winner

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Drag Challenge

900hp HK Monaro coming to Drag Challenge Weekend 2019

Monster eight-second HK Monaro coming to Drag Challenge Weekend 2019

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News

Street Machine: April 2019

The April 2019 issue of Street Machine is on sale now!

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Drag Racing TV

Calder Park test and tune highlights – Video

Highlights from Friday night’s test and tune at Calder Park Raceway

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740hp blown HT Holden Monaro at Summernats 32 – Gallery

Brett Hewerdine’s killer blown HT Monaro made an auspicious debut at Summernats 32

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Holden 355 stroker-powered 1973 HQ Monaro – TUFF Q

Mark Simmonite’s 1973 Holden HQ Monaro

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Blown small-block Holden HK Monaro

Rob Cinanni’s Holden HK Monaro gets a real workout from a blown small-block sending around 800 horses to the rear wheels

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Tribute 1972 Holden HQ Monaro

Ron McMillan & Tania Dodd’s HQ Monaro is their own Aussie Rock ‘n’ Roll tribute

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Blown 400-cube custom 1973 Holden HQ Monaro – BANG ON

Shaun Horton took one of the most epic show cars in recent memory and elevated it to the next level in just 18 days

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Drag Challenge

Old-school 308 V8 Holden Monaro

Dave Chapple made his Drag Challenge debut with this classic Holden 308-powered Monaro

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Drag Challenge

Tuff Mounts Outlaw Aspirated quickest cars – Video

All the action from the Tuff Mounts Outlaw Aspirated class at Drag Challenge 2018

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Tubbed and blown 2005 Holden VZ Monaro

Tubbed, blown and legal – Jim Polentas took a wilder path when he bought his second Holden Monaro

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