Rock music plays on the radio in Romano Puntin’s workshop which is littered with tools and cars in various states of repair. “Welcome to the dream factory,” he says, standing in the doorway, his black ...

The ute is a type of vehicle that’s truly one of a kind. This unique body style, most commonly associated with Australia but also seen in some American and European vehicles, blends the design ...

Holden manufacturing will fall just shy of its 70 th anniversary when the brand switches from car maker to national vehicle importer and sales company. The iconic Australian brand has announced it ...

GM and Holden’s announcement yesterday that they’ll cease their Australian operations in 2017 could put the Australian automotive industry in jeopardy. GM’s announcement comes just seven months after ...

Cue Green Day’s Good Riddance because Holden has officially stopped production in Australia as of today. Rather than having some generic vehicle take the last lap around the assembly line, Holden’s ...

There’s been a lot of talk about Holden being shut down in Australia since General Motors announced it will be withdrawing most of its Chevrolet operations from Europe. Unfortunately, the recent ...

In 2016, GM ceased local manufacturing in Australia. Two months ago, after dismal sales in 2019, GM announced it would kill the Opel-based Holden Commodore and Astra to focus on Holden-badged trucks ...

Holden ceased domestic Australian production just over a year ago and has transitioned to offering only imported General Motors products—there is a perk in all of that, however. The brand’s Managing ...

Local Australian production of Holden vehicles ended in 2017, when the final Holden Commodore rolled off the assembly line at the automaker’s Victoria plant. Three years later, that final ...

Sixty-five years after it first began producing cars in Australia, Holden has confirmed it will cease local manufacturing in 2017. Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux confirmed in a ...

In the wave of nostalgia about the death of the Holden brand in Australia, something important has been overlooked. Holdens were never especially Australian. Their origins stretch back to 1856, when ...