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Holden has saved the best until last for its final year of locally produced Commodore, with the new range gaining extra standard equipment and subtle visual enhancement. Holden Director – Communications, Sean Poppitt, said the 2017 Commodore honoured the attributes that have elevated it to be one of Australia’s most …

Holden has unveiled not one, but THREE new Limited Edition Commodores as a final send off for the local hero before local production at the company’s Elizabeth Plant in South Australia comes to and end on Oct 7. According to Holden, the three new limited edition Commodores was created as …

Photos of what are believed to be Australia’s most powerful car, the 476kW HSV GTS-R W1 has been caught on camera without a shred of camouflage. The two cars – a sedan and a ute – was purportedly caught outside of HSV’s Clayton headquarters, sporting never seen before rear bumper, …

Holden has announced the next step in its rejuvenated small-car strategy, with confirmation the all-new Astra sedan will launch in May 2017. The sedan offering joins the Astra hatch and Astra convertible siblings to expand Holden’s small-car line-up in one of the tightest segments in the passenger car market. Utilising …

A handful of spy photos showing a number of camouflaged HSVs at the company’s Clayton production facility have emerged online, thanks to the ‘Club VF’ Facebook page. Amongst them is purported to be the potent GTS-R W1, which is slatted to be the most powerful HSV/Commodore when it hits the …

There has been a ute variant of the Holden Commodore with each generation but that’s about to change when the next-generation Commodore arrives in 2018. When our homegrown Commodore bows out, so too does the last ever Commodore ute. As a tribute, rendering artist Theophilus Chin, has whipped up this …

General Motors has taken the wraps off its new Insignia Grand Sport, which previews the next-generation 2018 Holden Commodore. Seen here wearing a British market Vauxhall badge, the new Commodore is based on a new modular platform that only allows for more athletic proportions but also gives the new car …

Having been responsible for designing the Holden Colorado Extreme and Trailblazer Premier show cars, General Motor’s Australian design team is at it again, this time designing the refreshed 2017 Holden Barina with a distinctly grown-up feel. “It was time for the Barina to grow up at bit and expand its …

Holden is reportedly putting the finishing touches to the first of three special-edition Utes to be rolled out leading up to next year’s production deadline for the Commodore. The limited-edition ute is understood to be a bespoke-badged version of a Holden Commodore VFII SS-V Redline with a more aggressive aerodynamic …

This could be the all-new 2018 Holden Commodore Australians would be driving in two years’ time – if RM Design is to be believed. The renderings, based on recent spy shots of the car’s prototype, show a highly sculpted bonnet and new grille along with an Audi A7-esque fastback rear. …

Holden is banking on its all-new Astra for a bounce back in the small car segment, promising to bring some of the sharpest dynamics and most efficient performance in the class. Designed and engineered in Germany by Opel in collaboration with Holden, the new Astra sits on an all-new architecture that sees …

Holden has revealed the first details of its next-generation 2018 Commodore, the first to be fully imported for the nameplate. Set to launch in Australia in early 2018, the new model will be based on General Motor’s new ‘E2’ global architecture engineered in Germany and shared with the Opel Insignia. …

As Ford turns off the lights at its manufacturing plant in Broadmeadows today, Australia’s last locally-built Holden Cruze rolls off the assembly line in Elizabeth, South Australia. The milestone signals the start of Holden’s transition from manufacturing to becoming a design, engineering and importing business for the long-term. This morning …

Holden has announced Australian pricing and specification for the all-new Astra, as the first batch of the compact hatch makes its way Down Under for a December roll out. Priced from 21,990 before on-road costs, the Polish-built Astra heralds the start of Holden’s huge new product onslaught, as the company commits …