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Holden says it is still working through redundancies at its Elizabeth car making facility and is yet to formally accept any applications.
The deadline for the 400 factory-job cuts is still two months away; Holden extended the deadline to the end of July to avoid forced redundancies.
News Limited was told a fortnight ago about 270 workers had made formal applications from about 700 “expressions of interest”.
Holden spokesman Sean Poppitt told News Limited the company is “working through the process”.
“We have not accepted or decided on any numbers yet,” he said. “We are still working through the process and looking at potential workflow balance.”
Holden is ramping up production of the new Commodore VF model which officially goes on sale in showrooms across Australia on Monday.
About 230 new Holden Commodore VF sedans, wagons and utes went down the line today. It takes about 20 days to bring the assembly line up to full speed -- to 400 a day -- with a brand new model.
However the peak output of 400 cars a day will be shortlived, as the job losses and new shift patterns will see production cut to 335 cars per day, but workers will have fewer rostered days off.
The VF is the first new Commodore in seven years and is likely to be the last homegrown Holden.
It will bow out in 2016 at the same time as the Ford Falcon. But the Commodore is likely be replaced by a globally-developed front-wheel-drive four-cylinder sedan that it will build alongside the next generation of the Cruze small car until 2022.
This reporter is on Twitter: @JoshuaDowling
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