They never quit ITS STUPID MARY TERESA BARRA THE CEO OF GM FORCE THEM TO SHUT DOWN PRODUCT STUPID B¡$$$ US AMERICAN IN THAT LOVE GM WE HATE HER TOO SHES RUINING GM
"evolution ends here". That is a sad truth. The Zeta platform was the last to underpin an Australia built Holden Commodore based car such as the Ute and Caprice.
Part of my soul died when Holden stopped making cars in 17, Still upsets me how it’s no more. No VN VP VR VS In the ad shame great ad, the Holden utes back VN with all the dogs in the back.
Hi. I am a Mexican-Australian grown in Mexico, BTW, I know that Holden UTE accompained so much generations of families, and also that brand was part of the called "Australian Dream", so I think that this CM would be a masterpiece.
The evolution of this company did really end there before. Just I hope GM would bring back Holden in soon like they did bring the Hummer back but to GMC
@@fakebeluga002knowing the story of why they died, very VERY low chance of Holden returning. Even if they do come back, they won’t be the same, just selling crappy imports like with every model except the Commodore, and even then the ZB was one of those
To the best of my knowledge, the Ranchero was the first American release to use the ute concept. I just found it hilarious that when they first released the Ranchero, Ford USA tried to pass it off as their own idea. Meanwhile, both Ford Australia and Holden were laughing their arses off at them for such a huge omission of facts.
Actually, as the Commodore ute is based on the sedan, its floorpan, firewall and interior are the same as their sedan and wagon brethren, The Zeta floorpan was designed from the start to be left and right hand drive with a minimum of fuss. Remember the Pontiac G8 IS the VE Holden Commodore, which is this model with LHD and a few style changes
The coupe utility as we know it today, began from a suggestion from a farmer. He wrote to Ford Australia, explaining that he couldn't afford a new truck and a new car. His suggestion was taken up by the design team, and in 1933 a prototype was built. Think '33 Ford Coupe with the ute rear end. The model made it into production the following year, and Henry Ford himself was so impressed, he took the idea back to America with him. How long until he built an American version, I'm unsure.
Chevrolet stole the idea for the El Camino from Holden and tried to pass it off as an original idea of theirs The credit goes to Ford Australia. The coupe utility, or what you know as a Ranchero or El Camino style ute dates back to 1933. Holden has been building their own version since 1950
The rumour is that it will wear the El Camino badge (apologies to the purists in America) but Holden is rebadging the Commodore for America again and it will be known as the Chevrolet SS. The ute may make it to Chevy showrooms, and they'd be fools not to import it
It's more like what many would consider the "true"outback still has rough dirt roads. I should know, my work as a truck driver brings me to some very isolated places. There have been some locations where the roads are so bad, I'm down to 20 miles an hour in places. If you want to see what Holden does in prototype testing, look up "Project V;" This tells the story of the first Commodore, the VB. Holden don't just test for durability, they want to know the exact breaking point of a component.
@vncommy This was pretty interesting. This ramble guy obviously know nothing about aussie brands at all. And even I from Norway know that Australia has it's own three brands made by australians, and Ford is one of those. Aside from that, why doesn't Holden export these cars to europe and further north? I know UK have these cars under Vauxhall, but why not the rest of the world? And under it's own brand... It might be good for their business. Damn, these cars are crazy awesome, I want these!
@Ramble1212 just clicked, you havnt read my previous comment have you? THIS PARTICULAR MODEL was designed from the ground up in Australia by Australians, we design cars here, not IEDS to blow up our own people and those trying to help you. The German designed commodores you are refering to are the Opel Omega, from many moons ago, the holden which shared its design with that has been updated by the VE Commodore.
It would be much better for the australian Holden factory if these cars also could have left hand drive too, specially for the world market, sales would increase greatly to the roof. Under it's own brand of course, a new brand is always interesting in it's own way! Come on! I expect more of the current Holden, and i also expect it to be imported world wide in all variations. Summary! LHD = Increased sales = increased domination = bulletproof foot hold Share your opinons, it's a big deal!
I think this would find a small but strong market in the USA, both for people who like the look and the fact that "small" pickups are so big nowadays they lost their value
Quite interesting that so many of those things were Australian in origin. I think I'll be looking a lot of this stuff up some time. Seat belts, however, was something that stuck in my mind. It seems like such a negligable invention until this came to mind. No offense, but aren't there seveeral parts of populated areas in Australia where the roads aren't quite up to par or the terrain is just rougher?
Interesting However, the Great Depression probably made it the worst time for the ute to ever see the light of day in America. Also, seeing as Henry had his hands full with a company under the strain of economic hardship in the 1930's, aid later in America's war effort throughout WWII, suffer the loss of his son and deal with health problems (strokes for example), he might not have done anything with it in his lifetime.
Thanks for the information. They can rebadge it into whatever they want; we need better cars here in America. We have no originality over here seeing as the Big Three are just trying to emulate the same style as their import competitors. The looks of your cars might be normal for you, but it's borderline innovative compared to the bland crap we get stateside.
out of curiosity, and be honest here, what type of car do you drive? if you are even old enough to drive? Or is owning something like a camry a luxury item only the wealthy can afford in your part of the world?
Utes are better and look better. Also don’t put some mags on them it could sometimes ruin the main purpose of a ute which is to be tough and suitable for dirt and grass.
It’s usually the boss who drives the sports edition of the Ute here, as he could (back then(go out and buy a $70K Malik abs claim it on tax for work purposes… his employees got a van or the bog stock V6 version.
It was. Up until then ford America or any other car company never released something such as an Americanized ute. I'm surprised the australian branches didn't feel insulted. That was THEIR car that THEY designed and now the American branch is making a then twenty year old vehicle their own and making it look like their idea all of a sudden? how is that funny? question aside, I'd say you Aussies got revenge by making better muscle cars and keeping the utes around, making yanks like me envious.
this ad should be shown at australian history class. that way everyone will get an a+
I always love Holden Ute until to date. It's very sad Holden had to quit the business. Rest in peace, Holden.
Any Aussie car brand that might come the future should not accept general motors part as they end up like holden
@@alex-zc9lh any brand should not be bought out by gm. I mean, look at saab, even Vauxhall got left to die.
Yeah my family loves Holdens we have a 1984 Holden comadore
They never quit ITS STUPID MARY TERESA BARRA THE CEO OF GM FORCE THEM TO SHUT DOWN PRODUCT STUPID B¡$$$ US AMERICAN IN THAT LOVE GM WE HATE HER TOO SHES RUINING GM
I Love Holden Utes.
Moi aussi
wow, great ad, i love how it shows the evolution of australian suburbia as well as the evolution the commodore ute which is so iconic in australia
Some would say the Suburbia part isn't a good thing...
@@coastaku1954 how come?
"evolution ends here". That is a sad truth. The Zeta platform was the last to underpin an Australia built Holden Commodore based car such as the Ute and Caprice.
I miss Holden ❤🤍🖤 Australia’s favourite 🚗🇦🇺
Part of my soul died when Holden stopped making cars in 17,
Still upsets me how it’s no more.
No VN VP VR VS In the ad shame great ad, the Holden utes back VN with all the dogs in the back.
Hi. I am a Mexican-Australian grown in Mexico, BTW, I know that Holden UTE accompained so much generations of families, and also that brand was part of the called "Australian Dream", so I think that this CM would be a masterpiece.
As a Canadian... I want a Ute so damn badly...
Import nie from the US … there Is a company that imports them does the LHD conversion & compliance. Doug Demouro featured one on his channel.
I miss Holden
Evolution really did end there :(
The evolution of this company did really end there before. Just I hope GM would bring back Holden in soon like they did bring the Hummer back but to GMC
@@fakebeluga002knowing the story of why they died, very VERY low chance of Holden returning. Even if they do come back, they won’t be the same, just selling crappy imports like with every model except the Commodore, and even then the ZB was one of those
To the best of my knowledge, the Ranchero was the first American release to use the ute concept. I just found it hilarious that when they first released the Ranchero, Ford USA tried to pass it off as their own idea. Meanwhile, both Ford Australia and Holden were laughing their arses off at them for such a huge omission of facts.
Australians are already missing their UTE
Actually, as the Commodore ute is based on the sedan, its floorpan, firewall and interior are the same as their sedan and wagon brethren, The Zeta floorpan was designed from the start to be left and right hand drive with a minimum of fuss. Remember the Pontiac G8 IS the VE Holden Commodore, which is this model with LHD and a few style changes
I wish they sold them here, perfect El Camino
They were fine as Holdens...you can't have one lol
@@whcdv8 but I can get one lmfao
There's a company that imports them.
But i have a Ranchero so I already have a Ute.
An Aussie icon. Right up to the WB in 1984.
My childhood youtube commercial
When i was kid i heard this 0:42,0:52 as
"level up~! level up~!"
This song is called "Rip it up"
Would do anything to be twenty years old in 1970 Australian
When they say ultimate ute they mean it the car comes with a stock v8 with 345hp. No joke.
This is a perfect Australian car ad for real aussie car fans. Its a shame im a ford fan lol
gone but not forgotten
I want one badly.
VP, VS, VY Ute's missing but hey atleast the VU was there.
The coupe utility as we know it today, began from a suggestion from a farmer. He wrote to Ford Australia, explaining that he couldn't afford a new truck and a new car. His suggestion was taken up by the design team, and in 1933 a prototype was built. Think '33 Ford Coupe with the ute rear end. The model made it into production the following year, and Henry Ford himself was so impressed, he took the idea back to America with him. How long until he built an American version, I'm unsure.
Thank you so much for uploading this ad, it brings back so many good memories of my childhood seeing it again
Chevrolet stole the idea for the El Camino from Holden and tried to pass it off as an original idea of theirs The credit goes to Ford Australia. The coupe utility, or what you know as a Ranchero or El Camino style ute dates back to 1933. Holden has been building their own version since 1950
@PontiacAlfaHSV Yeah I saw that truck on Top Gear. Thats some crazy stuff Australia makes. Truck-Sports car.
The rumour is that it will wear the El Camino badge (apologies to the purists in America) but Holden is rebadging the Commodore for America again and it will be known as the Chevrolet SS. The ute may make it to Chevy showrooms, and they'd be fools not to import it
It's more like what many would consider the "true"outback still has rough dirt roads. I should know, my work as a truck driver brings me to some very isolated places. There have been some locations where the roads are so bad, I'm down to 20 miles an hour in places. If you want to see what Holden does in prototype testing, look up "Project V;" This tells the story of the first Commodore, the VB. Holden don't just test for durability, they want to know the exact breaking point of a component.
And to think that if Pontiac had not died we in the States would have actually been able to buy this awsome vehicle.
Good ad but they skipped the entire VG to VS generation which was insanely popular in the 90’s
@BlackBirdTransAm79 if you can wait a little longer i believe the holden ute will be coming to the U.S, but it will be rebadged as a chevy el camino.
@vncommy This was pretty interesting. This ramble guy obviously know nothing about aussie brands at all. And even I from Norway know that Australia has it's own three brands made by australians, and Ford is one of those.
Aside from that, why doesn't Holden export these cars to europe and further north? I know UK have these cars under Vauxhall, but why not the rest of the world? And under it's own brand...
It might be good for their business.
Damn, these cars are crazy awesome, I want these!
Love the HQ at 26 , exactly the same as my first ever vehicle :-)
hq's are 👌
@Ramble1212 just clicked, you havnt read my previous comment have you? THIS PARTICULAR MODEL was designed from the ground up in Australia by Australians, we design cars here, not IEDS to blow up our own people and those trying to help you.
The German designed commodores you are refering to are the Opel Omega, from many moons ago, the holden which shared its design with that has been updated by the VE Commodore.
Great ad apart from the fact it skipped the best ute ever. VS. They skipped a 10 year period vg-vs
Thanks Joe hockey …. Never forget that grub killed Holden
It would be much better for the australian Holden factory if these cars also could have left hand drive too, specially for the world market, sales would increase greatly to the roof.
Under it's own brand of course, a new brand is always interesting in it's own way!
Come on!
I expect more of the current Holden, and i also expect it to be imported world wide in all variations.
Summary!
LHD = Increased sales = increased domination = bulletproof foot hold
Share your opinons, it's a big deal!
They missed the VS!
And The three peice stamping makes it cheaper to write off then repair why would you want one pre tell?
love HOLEDN
I think this would find a small but strong market in the USA, both for people who like the look and the fact that "small" pickups are so big nowadays they lost their value
It already does.. there is a company that sells them & does the compliance to make it road legal.
isnt the ute coming to america as the el camino?
Quite interesting that so many of those things were Australian in origin. I think I'll be looking a lot of this stuff up some time. Seat belts, however, was something that stuck in my mind. It seems like such a negligable invention until this came to mind. No offense, but aren't there seveeral parts of populated areas in Australia where the roads aren't quite up to par or the terrain is just rougher?
i would rather the older utes... any one agree
Interesting However, the Great Depression probably made it the worst time for the ute to ever see the light of day in America. Also, seeing as Henry had his hands full with a company under the strain of economic hardship in the 1930's, aid later in America's war effort throughout WWII, suffer the loss of his son and deal with health problems (strokes for example), he might not have done anything with it in his lifetime.
They didnt really miss the wb it was the same car as the hq only diffrence was pannel work.
Got mine
Thanks for the information. They can rebadge it into whatever they want; we need better cars here in America. We have no originality over here seeing as the Big Three are just trying to emulate the same style as their import competitors. The looks of your cars might be normal for you, but it's borderline innovative compared to the bland crap we get stateside.
out of curiosity, and be honest here, what type of car do you drive? if you are even old enough to drive? Or is owning something like a camry a luxury item only the wealthy can afford in your part of the world?
Interesting, I'll look it up.
No VS either
laughing so hard at how they left all the bad looking utes out....
Thanks but i didn't get car holden old :(
Pissed no WB?
Oh my bad, I just re-read you comment. Just skip the first two sentences there. sorry about that.
Cool!
Utes are better and look better. Also don’t put some mags on them it could sometimes ruin the main purpose of a ute which is to be tough and suitable for dirt and grass.
It’s usually the boss who drives the sports edition of the Ute here, as he could (back then(go out and buy a $70K Malik abs claim it on tax for work purposes… his employees got a van or the bog stock V6 version.
They looked at doing it 5 years ago, currency swing makes it currently unprofitable.
Sadly, evolution had ended there.
Forza Horizon 3 Cars.
@abdrammal Rip it up - Jet
a truck sports car? what do aussies smoke?
2 people own fords
It was. Up until then ford America or any other car company never released something such as an Americanized ute. I'm surprised the australian branches didn't feel insulted. That was THEIR car that THEY designed and now the American branch is making a then twenty year old vehicle their own and making it look like their idea all of a sudden? how is that funny? question aside, I'd say you Aussies got revenge by making better muscle cars and keeping the utes around, making yanks like me envious.
@bj262 no
fuck me dead, please dont try to tell me about Holdens...
Lol completely skipped the vg to vs