Holden Commodore News

Holden models that lived on beyond Australia

By Byron Mathioudakis · 30 Nov 2024

Not all Holden models disappeared when we thought they did. During the brand’s 72-year lifespan as “Australia’s Own”, a handful continued to exist elsewhere, even after their Australian-market production ceased. That's why we're highlighting the Holdens that were engineered and/or made in Australia at some point, but later continued on in other countries for a little longer.

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What a 2025 Commodore might have looked like

By Byron Mathioudakis · 05 May 2024

Is this what next year’s Holden Commodore would be if General Motors hadn’t pulled the plug in 2020?

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How does GM fit into a post-Holden Australia?

By Chris Thompson · 06 Apr 2024

It’s been more than four years since February 2020 when Holden announced it would shut its doors in Australia, and for Lion-badged die-hards there’s still some hurt - but General Motors is rebuilding, and there’s a lot of optimism around the future.

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The cars we want to make a comeback

By Stephen Ottley · 29 Mar 2024

Easter is a time of rebirth and new beginnings, and naturally that turns our mind to cars (what can I say, we have a one-track mind).

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Your 2023 Bathurst 1000 preview

By Stephen Ottley · 08 Oct 2023

This weekend it’s the other race that stops the nation - and this one has more horsepower than the one in November.

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From V8 Commodores to hulking Toyota Tundras!

By David Morley · 04 Jun 2023

Among the online white-noise continues the theme of `we don’t make anything in this country any more’. It’s the great post-car-making dirge that keeps online trolls and nay-sayers busy for hours on end.

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Holden VF Commodore's spirit lives on

By Byron Mathioudakis · 12 Mar 2023

It's a decade since Holden unveiled its final and some say greatest model ever in Australia, the VF Commodore.

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The Holden VF Commodore 10 years on

By Byron Mathioudakis · 26 Feb 2023

The Holden VF turns 10 this month. Feeling old yet?

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GM invests in new generation V8

By Chris Thompson · 23 Jan 2023

General Motors has announced it will invest US$918 million into its production facilities in the US, with the majority of that figure targeted at preparing for production of the company’s sixth generation small-block V8.

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Walkinshaw finds success after HSV

By Tung Nguyen · 07 Jan 2023

Five years on from the demise of the locally built Holden, Walkinshaw Automotive Group (WAG) is in an even better position than it was while producing Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) models.

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