Holden News

Holden exits Australia
By Tung Nguyen · 17 Feb 2020
General Motors (GM) has pulled the plug on Holden after 160 years in Australia, shutting off the supply to right-hand-drive markets around the world which do not produce their own new vehicles.As a result, Holden will stop operating in Australia and New Z
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Could autonomy be the future for Holden?
By Stephen Ottley · 15 Feb 2020
What you're looking at is General Motors' future. It's called the Cruise Origin, a new autonomous and electric vehicle that will enter production in the USA by the end of next year - and it could point the way for a radical new future for Holden.
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MY20 Equinox arrives with fewer variants
By Justin Hilliard · 11 Feb 2020
Holden Australia has rationalised its Equinox range for MY20, with the mid-size SUV now available in four flavours, instead of the previous 11
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Facelifted Equinox SUV on sale at Holden soon
By Justin Hilliard · 07 Feb 2020
Following a Chinese media leak last month, General Motors (GM) has officially revealed its facelifted Equinox mid-size SUV, which is expected to go on sale in Australia in the fourth quarter of this year – badged as a Holden, of course
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Australian new car sales continue to tumble
By Andrew Chesterton · 05 Feb 2020
Australian new car sales have continued their free-fall after January's results proved worst start to a year since 2009, with the Toyota HiLux taking the early lead over the Ford Ranger for the title of the country's best-selling vehicle. Australians
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Benz X-Class joins Commodore in graveyard
By Andrew Chesterton · 04 Feb 2020
The new year has really only just begun, but already our list of dearly departed cars is growing longer, with the Mercedes-Benz X-Class joining cars like the Commodore and Accent in the new-car graveyard.Well, the Nissan Navara-based X-Class is not entire
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Hummer electric ute to produce 745kW!
By Andrew Chesterton · 31 Jan 2020
GM is reviving the Hummer brand in the most spectacular fashion, today confirming its first product would be an ell-electric truck, or ute, with power outputs and performance numbers that can scarcely be believed.Hummer will exist as a sub-brand under the
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GM commits big money to build electric ute
By Tung Nguyen · 28 Jan 2020
General Motors will pour $US2.2 billion ($A3.26 billion) into transforming its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant into an electric truck-producing facility, which could point the way forward for the local Holden Colorado ute.According to GM, the plant will
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The new cars that should be sold Down Under
By Stephen Ottley · 26 Jan 2020
Australia Day is a time for reflection. But instead of our nation’s history and its political impact, we’re going to reflect on cars. Specifically, the cars we’d love to see on Aussie roads as soon as possible.
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Where did my new car come from!?
By Justin Hilliard · 23 Jan 2020
Of the 1,062,867 new vehicles sold in Australia last year, just 45 were locally manufactured – a crazy thought a decade ago, right?
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