For seven decades, Holden cars have held a special place in the garages of Australians across the country, favoured by rev-heads and families alike.announcing Holden would be axed at the end of 2020
– just three years after it ceased local manufacturing and a month after posting its lowest annual sales since 1954. Now, as Australians prepare to farewell a brand that has shaped the country's motoring industry and delivered jobs for many thousands of people, we look back at some of the defining moments of Holden's 164-year history.
It’s global warming, no no it’s Scott Morrison narrrrrr it’s the bloody Chinese, nope it was Mr Trump. Watch the looneys come out and blame everyone else rather than Holden just not seeing the market change.
Unions.... blame the inflexible greedy unions
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'Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars': Some of the cars that made HoldenSince they were first made in Australia in 1948, Holden cars have been a familiar site on roads and racetracks across the country, creating memories of summer holidays, first cars and first dates. Because of all the wankers in their entry level BMW’s and Merc’s. Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie & Chevrolet was the original
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GM to scrap Holden brand in Australia and New ZealandBreaking General Motors has decided to retire the Holden brand in both Australia and New Zealand. Sad, but it stopped being that a while back now anyway. Thank LNP for that. Kim Carr and all the unionists involved TAKE A BOW 🤔...... 😒🖕🏻
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Government 'disappointed' with Holden over decision to axe brandThe federal government has vowed that Holden will be “held to account” over its promise to support the 600 workers and hundreds of dealers affected by the company’s decision to cease all Australian operations | paulsakkal paulsakkal They'll be trembling in their boots paulsakkal Unlike its own support to the thousands of workers it threw to the wind by Hockey and Abbott. Fucking hypocrites paulsakkal There was publicity about FORD getting bigger into Electric Vehicles at a more reasonable price a few days ago and now Holden doing not this also getting into Electric ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP Another Failure Australians politicians of the present is it? abcsydney abcbrisbane
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Supercars 2020: Holden retires brand, V8, Triple Eight, Gen3Supercars has been thrown into uncertainty just days out from the new season amid news the Holden brand will be no more, with General Motors opting to dump the name synonymous with Australian motoring by 2021. Beloved? It’s a car Finally Wasn't that inevitable when manufacturers Opel, Vauxhall were sold to Citroen/Renault?
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Holden to be pulled from sale by 2021The iconic Australian car brand Holden is being axed after decades making and selling cars such as the Commodore, Astra and Barina. Thanks Joe Hockey and the Liberals. You’ve lost an industry for no gain but less tax the last vestiges of the local car and related components industry, and technical skills associated with it, which was so completely screwed over by Tony Abbott. But (soon to be automated anyway) mining jobs? Australians to Holden - 😒🖕🏻
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