, said her love of Holden cars began when she was a child, when she would sit in her grandfather's vehicle.
"It's been with me since I was a little kid. My grandpa had [one] which we used to drive around the block with," she said.It is fond memories like these that make Ms Bertoli confident Holden's legacy will live on for many years to come. "Hopefully people go into the history and learn about what Holden was when it first started — whether it be here or Fishermans Bend — and learn about it and understand it and preserve it," she said.The writing has been on the wall for Holden ever since the carmaker ceased Australian manufacturing in 2017.
It did have to be that way. Holden as a brand was as antiquated as Wolseley and Morris and Austin. 2nd rate cars that hadn't moved on in quality or technology, i.e. American.
164 years... is that correct? Thought the first car invented was around 1890?
Good grief ABC, I know you're rather fond of hyperbole, but 164 years! I must have missed a few models there somewhere along the way. Holden FordSh%t ABC 🤣😂🤣😂😷
If you go in to battle with a crap lineup in a competitive market, bad things will happen. Even the Colorado and Trailblazer were being outsold by the vehicles they’re based on.
Same old story. Major organisation too big to change with the speed of the times 🚀. Too much bureaucracy.
Globalists infiltrated both major parties in Australia & developed really bad “Free Trade” Agreements that exported all our manufacturing jobs to Asia. Trump is reversing the crap deals Obama et al did. ScoMo could do the same if he had the intestinal fortitude. WalkAway
ford won
GM Holden did not prepare for peak oil - since 1998 (Part 1: The Howard years)
Unless you live under a rock, the writings as on the wall
Sad.
Wow 164 years, who knew.
Holden have a long history of poor decision making and missed opportunities....axing the Aussie made Commodore was end.
Well, we got to make up for the lost $$ I think axing the biased ABC is the best bet to save $10billion every 10yrs
The rot started when the Labor Party allowed Ford & Mitsubishi to go under their watch.
164 years, sure. Must have missed that bit about the Holden cars whizzing around the goldfields.
Yep! Love the photo... overweight woman covered in Tattoos 😂😂😂 wearing a Star Trek T-shirt😂😂😂 Holdens heartland.😂😂😂 Symbol of Stralia! God save us!!! We are so f’d.
It was the LNP playing their 'Tough on Union' BS to get 200,000 out of country,
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