Say goodbye to the wimpy 500 hp Viper

[Goodspeed]

I think the reason why it failed is very simple, the American consumers just plain didn't like the way it looked. Looking at those two pictures you posted, there really is no resemblance between the classic GTO and the Holden Monaro, because the car was exactly that in the first place, a Holden that had no ties to the GTO and thus had no obligation to try and look like one. With the retro styling thing going on lately, the GTO stuck out as a design failure. Maybe its just me but thats what always stuck out to me as the reason why it failed. I think there are some fundamentally different automotive design philosophies between the world markets...this same car is successful in Australia and in Europe under the Vauxhall badge, but it just didn't take off in the States