Holden News

Holden pays TribUTE to Australia’s Ute
By Justin Hilliard · 12 Oct 2020
Holden has marked the 70th anniversary of an Australian icon, the Holden Ute, with the reveal of the aptly named TribUTE, which is well and truly up for grabs
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More used-car gems for canny new-car buyers
By Byron Mathioudakis · 11 Oct 2020
With see-sawing currencies and tumultuous global events pushing new-car prices ever-higher, spending up big may not be an option at all for many of us right now.Thankfully, there's always the used-car market, where hundreds of not-so-old pre-loved alterna
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Family sedans are nearly a thing of the past
By Stephen Ottley · 12 Sep 2020
Once a common sight in Australian driveways, the family sedan is now an endangered species following the recent confirmation that the once-popular Subaru Liberty would join the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon in the history books
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Holden's Lang Lang proving ground sold
By Andrew Chesterton · 09 Sep 2020
Holden's iconic Lang Lang proving ground has been sold to Vietnamese car maker VinFast in a historic deal that GM says will see the site "continue to shape the global automotive industry".Details of the sale are yet to be made public, though GM Holden Int
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Models that might hold appeal for Holden fans
By Byron Mathioudakis · 06 Sep 2020
Holden is gone. Even with hundreds of unsold cars, trucks and SUVs still sat on de-branded dealer forecourts, the company once proudly proclaimed as 'Australia's Own' checked out long ago.
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Walkinshaw W550 to be Oz's most powerful ute?
By Andrew Chesterton · 19 Aug 2020
Holden will finally have a diesel dual-cab Colorado that will out punch the Toyota HiLux Rugged X, Ford Ranger Raptor and the Nissan Navara Warrior - it's just a pity it's arrived after the brand closed up shop in Australia.It's no secret that the Colorad
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Holden Colorado to out-punch the Raptor
By Andrew Chesterton · 16 Aug 2020
Holden might not have gotten around to building a true Ford Ranger Raptor rival, but that hasn't stopped Walkinshaw Performance picking up the slack, with the owners of the HSV brand unveiling a new performance pack that will seriously up street cred of t
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Why city-focused cars are leaving showrooms
By Justin Hilliard · 08 Aug 2020
What happened to the light car? It really wasn’t that long ago that city-focused hatchbacks and sedans were the go-to for Australian new-vehicle buyers on a budget, but as time goes on, that’s quickly becoming less the case
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Axed Holden Colorado facelift goes official
By Justin Hilliard · 30 Jul 2020
On December 10, 2019, otherwise known as the day it announced the retirement of the storied Commodore and Astra nameplates, Holden revealed a “significant MY21 upgrade” was on the way for its most important model, the Colorado ute, in the Spring of 2020
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These are the models struggling in 2020
By Stephen Ottley · 18 Jul 2020
It's no secret that 2020 has been hard for the local car industry.
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