For Holden, the HQ Series that launched in 1971 was a revolution, bringing an all-new design and revolutionary engineering changes. The Monaro was part of that massive change and would experience its own revolution a couple of years later.
It seems hard to fathom now, but the HQ wasn’t immediately embraced by the Aussie public when it debuted in July, 1971. For some, the HQ’s different shape was thought to be too different and not reflective of the big square cars that had defined Holden for most of the previous decade. Buyers warmed to the HQ, though, and it would continue until late 1974, making it the second longest production run of any Holden up that point - only the 48-215 (aka FX) was on the market for longer.
Of course, the HJ, HX and HZ evolutions would continue through the 1970s and into the ‘80s for some models, so the HQ legacy lasted for almost 15 years.
But getting back
