Meet the closest thing GM has to a Holden Monaro – a large, rear-drive, four-seat coupe called the Buick Avista Concept, just revealed in Detroit.

Unlike the Avenir sedan revealed in Motor City this time last year, which was penned and put together in Melbourne, the Avista coupe was not designed in Australia.

However the size and styling of the two are as similar as their naming, although the coupe gets a lower, edgier stance, with guard-filling 20-inch rims and a shapely B-pillar-less body.

Buick Avista concept revealed rear

Last year’s fresh Camaro traded the previous generation’s VE Commodore platform for new underpinnings called Alpha and shared with Cadillac. Where the Camaro is lower to the ground and barely seats four in comfort, the Avista is being pitched as, “a contemporary grand tourer”. In short, it’s more like the properly four-seat Monaro.

Buick Avista concept interior side
Buick Avista concept dashboard

This could mean the Buick Avista becomes an Opel Monza for the European market, bolstering strong rumours that the famous coupe badge will be revived.

Buick Avista concept revealed front

Holden, meanwhile, promises that the local brand will import more vehicles from Europe than ever before. It has also has confirmed delivery of a rear-drive performance coupe to take the reins from the Commodore when it switches from local rear-drive V8 sedan to front- and all-wheel-drive import by late 2017.