Daniel J. Stern > wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Steve Firth wrote:
>
> > Daniel J. Stern > wrote:
> >
> > > Er...nope. Vauxhalls are a mix of Kraut and Brit. No Yank in 'em. Never
> > > has been.
> >
> > Untrue, the Monaro is the Pontiac Goat, for example.
>
> Steve, you ignorant slut:
>
> The Monaro is an Australian Holden design. It was rebadged into the
> Pontiac GTO for (very limited) sale in North America. Not the other way
> round.

Perhaps you'd care to tell us where Holden got the platform and who
first used it.

As a clue, it was a large RWD saloon built in Germany.
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