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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2017
  • GM Holden today celebrated nearly 70 years of proud manufacturing heritage with the final Holden Commodore rolling off the Elizabeth line today at 10.45am (Adelaide time). A private ceremony for employees was held today to mark Holden’s proud manufacturing history and pay tribute to the generations of hard-working men and women who literally built the Holden legend.
    From the very first Holden 48-215 to roll off the Fishermans Bend production line on 29 November 1948, to the final VFII Commodore Redline to come out of the Elizabeth factory on 20 October 2017, Holden has been a part of the fabric of Australia and that’s an honoured position that the Lion brand is committed to keeping for many years to come.
    Holden Chairman and Managing Director, Mark Bernhard, said: “Treating our people with dignity and respect was always our number one priority during this transition and we’re all proud we were able to achieve that, we see it as recognition of their dedicated service over the years. With 85 per cent of all workers to date successfully transitioning, we’ve worked closely with our people to support them.
    “Holden also appreciates the partnership and assistance of the state and federal governments, along with the unions, over many years.
    “Right after supporting our people comes ensuring we set Holden up for success for many years to come. The best way we can honour our people and our heritage is by building a successful future and that’s exactly what we’ll be focused on when Monday rolls around.
    “Today, however, is about paying tribute to the generations of men and women across Holden and our supply network who have given so much to our company. Holden is the icon it is today only because of these passionate people. On behalf of everyone at Holden, I thank you for your service from the bottom of my heart,” said Mr Bernhard.
    Holden’s award-winning employee transition centre will remain open on the Elizabeth site for at least two years’ post factory-closure to ensure all Holden and supply chain employees have the best possible chance to successfully transition.
    Holden’s Executive Director of Manufacturing, Richard Phillips, paid tribute to the people and achievements of the Elizabeth plant: “The passion and dedication of the team here is second to none, it has been an honour to work alongside them. In the final years of production, we have been building categorically the best-quality cars to ever roll out of this plant, and our last car was our best. Together we achieved a string of productivity and quality awards in recent times, doing so during the closure period is testament to the skills, professionalism and dedication of the team.”
    Looking to the future, Holden will remain a diversified business and a powerhouse of the Australian automotive industry for many years to come. Employing approximately 1000 direct employees in Melbourne and across national zone offices, Holden will also retain its highly-skilled Design and Engineering teams, working on local and global vehicle and transportation programs. This includes retention of Holden’s world-renowned Design Studios and the famous Lang Lang vehicle Proving Ground near Melbourne in Victoria.
    This is in addition to the nearly 6000 people employed across Holden’s 200-strong national dealer network, ensuring Holden’s customers are continued to be looked after and all warranty and spare parts needs continue to be met as they always have been.
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Комментарии • 225

  • @minecraftperson999
    @minecraftperson999 4 года назад +68

    ‘This won’t be the end of Holden, will it?’ Famous last words

  • @reyperez3424
    @reyperez3424 6 лет назад +96

    Purchased a 2014 & 2017 both Chevrolet SS but we know it's a Holden, thanks for building such a great car.

    • @captainkaos1770
      @captainkaos1770 6 лет назад +12

      rey Perez. Good on ya mate enjoy your Commodores aka Chevs built with pride in Australia.

  • @fendushi
    @fendushi 4 года назад +15

    I'm still crying after all these years.

  • @StreetspecTV
    @StreetspecTV 6 лет назад +43

    What a slap in the face of the Australian public by GM, don't want to build cars here but still want to take our money, and dump garbage imports here, the name Holden must die. RIP Holden.

  • @jwood299
    @jwood299 6 лет назад +68

    I love my new SSV Redline, and I love Holden but make no mistake, they are dead. Hearing the BS about the "Exciting future" just feels disrespectful to the workers, like Australia isn't good enough to employ, but Australian $$$ is good enough to take.

    • @7071t6
      @7071t6 6 лет назад +1

      I love that its a "REDLINE" which is really a US NAME anyway, but it will only go up in price as well, weather its a 2017 model or a 2013 model . :)

  • @davidtranmedia5112
    @davidtranmedia5112 4 года назад +13

    Thanks for building my 2017 chevy ss.
    Red with red calipers like the last commodore yall built.

  • @tryingtolife3800
    @tryingtolife3800 3 года назад +5

    I'm crying while wacthing this

  • @davidmathersonparanormal522
    @davidmathersonparanormal522 4 года назад +8

    To my Australian brothers, Thanks for making these great Holden Commodores. Sorry to tell you that all the presses, welding and ancillary machines have now been shipped from your Holden factory in Elizabeth SA to our GM Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly where the new Chevy SS will be built in 2021 with a minor cosmetic makeover from the 2017 model which was built in Australia. In years to come it is possible that these amazing cars will be exported back to Australia from the USA. How mixed up is this? I have driven the Chevy SS and I believe it to be the best 4 door car ever built in the world with its 415hp LS3 V8. Take care.., David Matherson

    • @gregbassace1
      @gregbassace1 4 года назад

      David Matherson Paranormal: I sure hope you’re right. There’s an old cliche that keeps my optimism alive: “What goes around, comes back around.” Yes, Holden may be dead for now, but when the economics of this proud nation, my homeland of Australia is restored someday, car manufacturing may be a welcome return to generate job creation. For without jobs there is no economy, and without an economy, our nation will die. Simple as that. It does not take rocket science to figure it out. And we can’t all have the luxury of an air condition office. Someone has to do the physical work to build and if we don’t build, we’ve had it. 😢

    • @dingodazz3724
      @dingodazz3724 3 года назад

      Hate to be rude David, but I know for a fact that "all the presses, welding and ancillary machines have now been shipped from your Holden factory" is not true. In fact currently many of the presses are currently being pulled out and sold as scrap metal as no-one wanted them. Much of the equipment would not have been viable to ship all the way to the US, more cost effective to purchase new.

    • @davidmathersonparanormal522
      @davidmathersonparanormal522 3 года назад +3

      @@dingodazz3724 Sir your statement is correct. I happen to work for GM in the USA and have all the plans in front of me for the production of the new Chevy SS including the new factory at our GM Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly where it will be built in 2021. At the time I wrote the reply advising that we had relocated the entire factory from Elizabeth SA but we were unable to do so due to shipping delays. Take care, David Matherson

  • @tegretol200mg8
    @tegretol200mg8 6 лет назад +16

    Thanks for the many great childhood memories of various different Holden cars my parents owned over the yrs the last one was a White 1995 Holden VS Commodore most of my family are obsessed with the Holden brand during that time
    farewell Holden u did Australia very proud indeed :)

    • @captainkaos1770
      @captainkaos1770 6 лет назад +2

      Peter Brock Bathurst and Holden family as well. Still driving a vs Berlina 500.000 Ks still going. Vy Berlina and a Vk Brock. I've had two VC Commodores and a Torana SS hatch 308 4 speed. An a vs 5 litre. The family has had xu1 Torana two a9x toranas( one still owned) vb 308 4 speed wagon ordered new 1979 Hz 308 sandman ordered new 1977 wb statesman 308 Hz statesman 308 two Vk calais 308 both still owned vr gts 215 6 speed.holden will never die in our hearts.

    • @tegretol200mg8
      @tegretol200mg8 6 лет назад +1

      It's all i remember as a child was the holden range my parents drove - a torana SL (3300 1975) Torana sunbird (1978) there must have been more before that but we had another family member was was obsessed with Fords & had quite a few of them he couldn't stand Holden's as a friendly joke eveytime Ford won the V8 Supercars series he'd made sure we wouldn't forget about it for weeks his last car before he died in december 2012 was an 1999 AU Ford Falcon our last Commodore VS 95' was written off after my mum slammed into the back of a Grey 2004 Ford Territory i wasn't in the car that afternoon i was at home babysitting my then 6 month old nephew the Ford had not even a scratch or dent on it but the Commodore was finished lol My brother has owned 2 Holden's of his own so far a Dark Green 2001 VX Commodore & last yr got himself the Blue Greyish 2013 VE Commodore Series 2

    • @tegretol200mg8
      @tegretol200mg8 6 лет назад +1

      Sounds like your family was obsessed with Holden's with that huge range another uncle of mine did own the original 1978 VB Commodore he had an SLR Torana tried 2 convert it himself 2 an SLR 5000 spent a small fortune on it why he just didn't get the SLR 5000 from the start remains a mystery

  • @paul-sparky-sparr4160
    @paul-sparky-sparr4160 3 года назад +8

    It's the end of an era, a moment so great.
    We've seen Australia at it's best, since nineteen-fortyeight.
    One day we'll look back with a smile and say:
    "The best times in our lives, were those HOLDEN days..."
    (Adam Harvey)
    Farewell You AUSSIE Icon, from a fan 14.000 k's away in northern Germany...😟

  • @captainkaos1770
    @captainkaos1770 6 лет назад +28

    To all Americans drive your chev SS s aka Commodores with pride

  • @volksdeutschewaffenss9670
    @volksdeutschewaffenss9670 6 лет назад +39

    sorry mate they wont be holdens any more, holden are finished, designing what a new commodore its already designed in germany , change shockers and badges now its a commodore, i dont think so . RIP holden

  • @tonyrullo3634
    @tonyrullo3634 6 лет назад +106

    I don't care what is designed in Australia. It's not a Holden if it's not made in Australia by Australian workers in a factory. It's time for the Holden name to disappear. I want a rear wheel drive performance sedan with a V8 and Holden insults the Commodore name plate with a 4 cylinder turbo front wheel drive. I'm not buying Holden's anymore and I'm not brand loyal to Holden anymore either.

    • @applesanonymous
      @applesanonymous 6 лет назад +3

      Just because Commodores had V8s in them doesn't mean a Commodore is not a Commodore if it does not have a V8. The vast majority of Commodores sold had a straight 6 or a V6 (and some hideous 4 cylinder at some stage), and the V8 was the high end or the top end of HDT/HSV. The need for a V8 was turning out to be more of a want for a V8, with the last lot of 2017 Commodores to be mainly V8s (V6s were still produced too.) Unfortunately it wasn't viable to build V6s nor V8s in Australia any more, and the government had a bit to do with this decision. Don't worry, I'm sad to see it go too, and I did buy one of the last 2017 V8s for various reasons. The original Commodore was based on a German Opel (various models), and now we will be importing a German Opel as a Commodore. Yes, a Commodore can have 2 less cylinders and still be called a Commodore.

    • @tonyrullo3634
      @tonyrullo3634 6 лет назад +11

      Nikos I owned 2 VC 6 cylinders with the red 202 engine, a VL that had the horrid Nissan 3.0 litre 6 cylinder in it, I still own a VX 3.8 V6 as the daily driver and I own a V2 series 3 Monaro 5.7 litre LS1 V8. All those cars were put together in Australia by Aussie workers in an Aussie factory.
      Now I desire a rear wheel drive coupe, sedan or wagon made in Australia and once you drive a V8 you don't want to go backwards mate. My old man has had an EJ, HQ Kingswood, 2 TD Gemini's, a VB Commodore and a VX Commodore. My brother's and Sister have had Holden's all their lives too and we all feel for the Aussie factory workers who lost their jobs. Holden chose to walk away from Australia so we are walking away from Holden.
      Enjoy your foreign made ZB series abomination of a car Nikos!

    • @DxMT
      @DxMT 6 лет назад

      it has two models theres a v6 AWD version too lmfao 260kw with 9l per 100km what else do you want

    • @tonyrullo3634
      @tonyrullo3634 6 лет назад +10

      Allan Lancaster Full Australian production is what I want. I want to see Australian's in jobs. I want Australia to be the best it can be. Industries are leaving Australia in a big way. What are we leaving for the next generation?

    • @applesanonymous
      @applesanonymous 6 лет назад +4

      Tony, I appreciate your comments regarding various Holdens. I come from a Holden family also with similar cars to what you grew up with. I also feel for all the Aussie factory workers who lost their jobs. My dad worked at the GMH plant at Dandenong making various Holdens including the Commodore, and then they were producing Toyotas there before the plant shut in the early 90's (my dad left before this due to health issues.) I also feel for all the Ford and Toyota workers whose plants closed also - that's 3 manufacturing plants closing in 12 months. All these plants closing are not due to Holden not producing a V8 - it has mainly got to do with the Government not supporting local manufacturing in Australia that closed these plants. Holden, Ford and Toyota will still be around but all cars will be imported, unfortunately.
      As stated before, I bought one of the last Commodore V8s for various reasons listed above. This is my first V8 of any car, so I have had multiple cars that were not V8s and have been happy with those also. The V8 in my car is not even manufactured nor assembled in Australia (LS3s made in Mexico) so it makes my car not 100% Australian. I still feel for the Aussie workers who assembled my car in Australia and have lost their jobs.
      I see you have a passion for V8s and that's great. There are a number of V8 options out there and more will come to Australia. Unfortunately, there are no more Aussie V8 anything, and I agree with you, it's a damn shame. Everything will be imported from now on.

  • @falcon81701
    @falcon81701 6 лет назад +5

    So happy I had the opportunity to get my Redline in 2016. Awesome car to drive

  • @666demonknight666
    @666demonknight666 6 лет назад +53

    I won’t be cheering if I was one of those workers

    • @JohnSmith-fj1ku
      @JohnSmith-fj1ku 4 года назад +1

      666demonknight666 maybe they should move to countries with automobile industry such as Canada.

    • @matthunter4826
      @matthunter4826 4 года назад +1

      If I was one of the workers, I’d move to Canada or the UK.

    • @tuitui7703
      @tuitui7703 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂

  • @ryancowell6738
    @ryancowell6738 6 лет назад +7

    That is so depressing. AWhat a sexy car. RIP Holden. Love from USA. :'(

  • @LadsOfTheSouth
    @LadsOfTheSouth 5 лет назад +11

    "To make sure that Holdens are still Holdens" ya ok

  • @BrandonIngrassia
    @BrandonIngrassia 3 года назад +6

    What a beautiful car. And I can’t get one.

  • @Engineer9736
    @Engineer9736 Месяц назад

    Didn't know Holden had stopped. I did a road trip through Australia in 2009 in a Holden Commodore VP with a V6 engine. About 50000km. I remember drifting around through the dirt nearby Coober Pedy, that car could do that just by engine power from standstill. Some kid saw it and started cheering. Saw so many things and experienced so much in it. I wish i brought that car back to Europe as a souvenir. Today i looked on the Holden website, couldn't find their catalog, and they wrote something about "x-many cars still on the road". It's unfortunate. It was like an Australian icon.

  • @davidfessler1826
    @davidfessler1826 Год назад +1

    Just make sure you provide
    enough parts for all of us. We’re
    going to need them down the road.

  • @ritagoldman2905
    @ritagoldman2905 4 года назад +4

    It's the final Australia rolling, too

  • @neilfrasersmith
    @neilfrasersmith 3 года назад +8

    It's a pity the workers taking photos of the last Holden Commodore didn't think it might be a good idea to buy it. It just sold in 2021 for $750,000.

    • @OkieGamer69
      @OkieGamer69 2 года назад

      a employee bought it then sold it in auction

  • @joelhenderson3641
    @joelhenderson3641 4 года назад +5

    Now there gone forever... 3 years later

  • @StealthFB22
    @StealthFB22 7 месяцев назад

    I have a standard VE Omega and I will keep it for as long as I can. Holden forever!

  • @troyadamswaymarfarm5224
    @troyadamswaymarfarm5224 4 года назад +5

    Take a look at Holden today, not even in the top 10 ten selling vehicles...
    Holden is now a part of the history books...

  • @joelmichealrecchia2883
    @joelmichealrecchia2883 5 лет назад +6

    They’ll be back in 50 years.

  • @calimino7
    @calimino7 4 года назад +5

    so sad to watch this now as they have closed... :(

  • @sachinkumarsuryawanshi4855
    @sachinkumarsuryawanshi4855 6 лет назад +3

    Saddest moment in history of car making in Australia!!!!

  • @deancahill8630
    @deancahill8630 4 года назад +3

    R.i.p holden

  • @MrVice123456
    @MrVice123456 4 года назад +13

    Two years on and Holden is a disaster. Sales have slumped to an all time low. A proud owner of an VF2 SSV Redline wagon with no intention of selling it any time soon.

    • @rabidbigdog
      @rabidbigdog 2 года назад

      You can look forward to loads of frustrating repairs and quality problems though.

  • @Appl876
    @Appl876 6 лет назад +6

    The Holden Commodore was a amazing car (known as Chevrolet SS in US/Canada and the Vauxhall VXR8, Maloo in the UK, There wasnt an Opel one.) This car should'nt of been shut down but it should've stayed in production and the new commodore should be renamed as the Holden Insignia maybe (like vauxhall and opel) We miss you Holden

  • @joewhite8079
    @joewhite8079 2 года назад +1

    Such a sad day really the end of an era for Australia love my 2017 holden calais.

  • @tripsadelica
    @tripsadelica 5 лет назад +6

    Years ago Sir Laurence Hartnett ("Larry" to his friends) was sent to Australia in the late 1930s with instructions to either make the local manufacturer work or sell it off and shut it down. After arriving he saw that the local workers were just brilliant at making many different models on three or four basic chassis. He went into bat for the Holden factories and pushed the development of a local industry and car with the moniker of "Holden"...the rest is history. Now the TRUTH of things is this... the unions did not kill this company (as many right-wing nutheads will tell you) ...they actually took pay cuts to keep the company going. The build quality did not kill the company. In fact, Holden's Elizabeth factory probably had the highest build quality of all GM factories worldwide. Most US reviewers of the G8 and Chevy SS (basically left-hook Commodores with Chevy or Pontiac badges) commented on the superb build quality of the cars and lamented the lack of quality from their own factories. What killed Holden was poor product planning IN THE US, not Australia (US beancounters made crap decisions) AND none other than Mr. Tony Abbott and his side kick, Joe Hockey. They literally dared Holden to shut up shop and refused to give Holden a subsidy to develop new models. Now before you scream about subsidies costing taxpayers heaps bear in mind that EVERY car making nation provides subsidies or tax breaks to car makers many times greater, in order of magnitude, than Holden ever received. Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey's tory attitude to subsidies and their pig-headed belief that Australia was better off without an indigenous car industry forced GM US to make the painful decision to shut-up shop...end of story.
    People getting very upset about the closure is very understandable. In my case I shed lots of tears when the closure announcement was made and I am not in the industry at all! I just realised that Holden ended making the best car this country has ever produced and a vehicle the equal of many cars in the whole world. To see all that experience, talent and ability go into the wastebin was too much for me. I just cried. I also cried because killing a factory like this makes us less able to prepare in times of war and it also kills all the support companies. Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey should have been shunted into time machines to see how Holden basically saved our bacon in WWII. Larry Hartnett was asked by the federal government to go into full wartime production. Larry had the factories churning out war materiel (yes, that's the right spelling...check) in less than two months. Holden made everything from aircraft engines to trucks, tank parts, Howitzers and even things like binoculars and microscopes! Now after Elizabeth's closure, Ford's closure and the end of Toyota production which remaining Australian heavy industries could help us in time of war (when supplies from other nations are usually cut off)? The answer is NONE...NONE! God bless the Holden workers in all the various departments. You built a world-class car. You should be very proud of what you have achieved. P.S. Do I own a Holden? Too right I do! I bought one of the last sportwagons and I love it!

    • @zwins208
      @zwins208 4 года назад

      You cannot keep propping up a car company at taxpayers expense when they keep sending the money and last time it was $AUD150 million straight back to Detroit, I bought a new commodore SSV G8 in 2010 and only recently sold it, plus I've owned a Holden Combo, VT Acclaim and a VP plus Torana's, and Kingswood's before that. Most people loved the brand for what it was not what it became. The last time we went to update a car we went to look at the a Holden dealership at an Astra in 2016 and it was a piece of junk compared to the i30 or the Kona. If you build crap cars no one will buy them. Remember the Camira? I'm pissed at what has happened but I also blame GM and Holden for the outcome. The last Commodore from Germany was NOT a Commodore, the last Commodore was built in Oct 2017.

  • @travistoole
    @travistoole 5 лет назад +4

    Im sad they wont be made in Australia anymore. I wanted to own a Commodore from Australia. Hopefully I can find a decent VE Commodore(G8)

    • @mrdilligaf1968
      @mrdilligaf1968 5 лет назад

      I wish you well to own one. The allot tec motors or "rattle tecs " are a shit motor. The last reasonable decent to work on model was the VS to VY. I pity anyone who has to repair them due to shit design and poor engineering standards.

    • @hadez438
      @hadez438 4 года назад

      @@mrdilligaf1968 Assuming he has the money, I'm sure he'd be going for an SS and not a tickingtec.

  • @AboTurkiPro
    @AboTurkiPro 6 лет назад +3

    🌷R.I.P Commodore 🌷HOLDEN 🌷

  • @vwoday1872
    @vwoday1872 6 лет назад +22

    and what the #%@& are they cheering about they just lost the best job the will ever have...

  • @myopinion138
    @myopinion138 6 лет назад +9

    Richard Ferlazzo is up himself

  • @chevyatkins558
    @chevyatkins558 5 лет назад +3

    Love it how they're trying to verify sell it out by going on about uni

  • @danpenny4267
    @danpenny4267 5 лет назад +3

    Please come back

  • @aussietrucker7565
    @aussietrucker7565 2 года назад +3

    watching this in 2022 is sad just thinking how horribly it ended

  • @timothymartin9224
    @timothymartin9224 5 лет назад +4

    The new Commodore you can send that back to Germany

  • @GrouseGarage
    @GrouseGarage 2 года назад +2

    "Fast forward 5 years, where will Holden be in 2022?" This guy's response did not age well! RIP Holden ☹️

  • @johnd8892
    @johnd8892 3 года назад +1

    At auction online since Dec 31 is a hsv Maloo W1 with a HSV build plate of 29/12/2017.
    So is the Maloo the last Holden?
    Auction started around 500,000 now up to $1,030,000 with 14 days to go.

  • @flightsimdev9021
    @flightsimdev9021 6 лет назад +7

    Sadly Holden the name will probably vanish in 5 years time, won't be the same car.

    • @jeffo1017
      @jeffo1017 4 года назад +2

      FlightSimDev ended up only being 1 year from when you commented :(

  • @JamesWilson-lg7bx
    @JamesWilson-lg7bx 6 лет назад +3

    I just locked in my Chevy SS what a great car

  • @Nicolas-zo6rg
    @Nicolas-zo6rg 4 года назад +9

    3:39 describe Holden in 2022.... Lol.... Global automotive leader.... Lmaooo you died 2 years later. Nice one Holden.

    • @hosey8574
      @hosey8574 3 года назад

      Oath! Rip Holden 😭

  • @petrolhead1203
    @petrolhead1203 2 года назад

    Just got my very first V8 ever.... build date 1Sep 17 VF SS 6.2lt LS3..... This car is an Animal.......

  • @paulharris3149
    @paulharris3149 3 года назад +1

    Which lucky person bought it 👍

  • @uhuh6667
    @uhuh6667 6 лет назад +4

    R.I.P holden

  • @haydenthackrah2182
    @haydenthackrah2182 Год назад

    My first burnout was in a vz ss, first car I owned was a series 3 VS, first serious accident on the road was in a VT, most money I have spent on a car was on a VF ss, Holden was amazing but nothing good lasts

  • @erroneouscode
    @erroneouscode 6 лет назад +7

    Give the brand a further 10 years and the name will be gone too.

    • @hosey8574
      @hosey8574 3 года назад +1

      More like 2 😭

  • @bobs.stevenson9704
    @bobs.stevenson9704 5 лет назад +2

    finally the bogan era of australia can be put to rest

  • @raulcarrillo2226
    @raulcarrillo2226 2 года назад

    Sad day this was....rip Holden

  • @perpetualgrin5804
    @perpetualgrin5804 2 года назад +1

    Last car was a SV6 , came with a' spare ' timing chain.

  • @unclemilton815
    @unclemilton815 6 лет назад +1

    The end of a legend!

  • @davidr4332
    @davidr4332 6 лет назад +3

    The last of the real Australian genuine V8's the 304ci made by Australia where the VR - VS Commodore pure all Aussie made cars , Am proud to own for the last 22 years the 1994 VR HSV Senator 304ci 185kw factory 5 speed manual it's not super fast but it's all Holden with Class . Beside my 2006 V6 Holden Adventure and my unfinished 1974 Holden HQ Statesman with real chrome bumper bars and a very clean un rusted body .

  • @AndrewThomsonBand
    @AndrewThomsonBand 6 лет назад +1

    I've allways been a ford man and i drive a wrx, but it makes me sad to see this happen.. with ford, holden and toyota closing a lot of people will be out of work.. Bathurst will never be the same.

  • @AkosiLentengGala
    @AkosiLentengGala 7 месяцев назад

    The last one might be expensive with the historical value of the company

  • @androrodriguez7793
    @androrodriguez7793 2 года назад

    How sad that HOLDEN cars are no longer being manufactured in AU!

  • @davidmathersonparanormal522
    @davidmathersonparanormal522 4 года назад

    The last German made Commodore was very well built however it suffered from a lack of power and also a narrow cabin compared to the Australian made Commodore that it replaced. The replacement German made Commodore was losing sales to the cheaper Astra and people were even commenting that the new Astra was a better car. See even though the Australian made Commodore was updated over the years, its design concept successfully blended proven motor/chassis/suspension and steering engineering suitable for long distance driving over rough roads with state of the art safety and parking technology never seen before in a mass produced car. This safety and parking technology was not included in the replacement German made Commodore. GMH also underestimated the patriotism of the Australian public and realized after severe financial losses that their forward planning team failed to increase market share, which nearly lead to the collapse of GMH in the Australian market.

  • @PaulRobinsonRacing
    @PaulRobinsonRacing 2 года назад +4

    Welcome to 2022 Holden doesn't exist.

  • @KepokLekor69
    @KepokLekor69 2 года назад

    its becoming rare..the price 📈📈📈

  • @Shanan81
    @Shanan81 6 лет назад +2

    Is HSV staying open?

    • @stevethedonful
      @stevethedonful 3 года назад +1

      Congratulations for the most stupid question on youtube. HSVs are enhanced Holden's.. you need a car to start with....

    • @Shanan81
      @Shanan81 3 года назад

      @@stevethedonful well it’s open now converting Camaro’s to right hand drive and dressing up Colorado’s calling itself GMSV so who looks stupid now asshole. Typical Aussie zero to fuckhead in the blink of a eye.

    • @randallk2556
      @randallk2556 Год назад

      @@Shanan81your specific question was is HSV staying open. Not GMSV converting cars.
      You need a Holden to turn it into a HSV.
      So before you before you start flapping your gums read the most ridiculous question ever asked on RUclips again

  • @kellythompson9616
    @kellythompson9616 6 лет назад +1

    I cried

  • @commonsense31
    @commonsense31 2 года назад

    Why did they shut down production?

  • @mickbrumer
    @mickbrumer 6 лет назад +2

    Trust GM to take a viable Australian company and funnel off all profits and government hand outs then shut it down anyway.
    The poor staff putting on a brave face and cheering at the end

  • @dreadlocks7304
    @dreadlocks7304 2 года назад

    Hopefully 1day the iron lion will be revived,regardless it will never be the same again sadly

  • @OliverMoore1973
    @OliverMoore1973 6 лет назад +1

    Mercedes still make a rear drive V8 sedan. I'm optimistic about the new Commodore, built in Germany you'd think quality is a given and the V6 all wheel drive with sophisticated suspension set up sounds like it could be a good drive. We'll wait and see I guess.

    • @idontneedameme3665
      @idontneedameme3665 6 лет назад +1

      327 chev no it’s not even a HOLDEN it’s a shitty Opel astra

    • @OliverMoore1973
      @OliverMoore1973 6 лет назад

      Opel Insignia. And they're not as shitty as the South Korean Holdens like the absolutely woeful Epica. The Cruze is a heap of shit too. I sold cars in Perth WA for 5 years and if anyone drove into our yard with a Holden, which wasn't a Commodore, as a trade in we'd run and hide. Run and hide.

    • @idontneedameme3665
      @idontneedameme3665 6 лет назад +1

      327 chev still the “insignia” does not in anyway possible deserve the Holden badge and it DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT have the commodore badge

    • @applesanonymous
      @applesanonymous 6 лет назад

      The Commodore badge was adopted by GMH in 1978 from a GM Opel German branded car which dates back to 1967.

    • @tonyrullo3634
      @tonyrullo3634 6 лет назад

      Nikos They built Opel Omega's and Holden built them slightly bigger to handle the straight 6 cylinder and V8's (253 and 308 engines).

  • @markybojens
    @markybojens 6 лет назад

    I hope you will bring back the real monaro One day

  • @Iufen-pi3ec
    @Iufen-pi3ec Год назад

    Why did they stopped

  • @wildernessfishing7255
    @wildernessfishing7255 3 года назад

    I'm really gonna miss Holden it's like a chain smoker without his durries

  • @teddyboo2962
    @teddyboo2962 3 года назад

    Gina !!! Buy our badge back!!!

  • @stigsaussiecousin1197
    @stigsaussiecousin1197 3 года назад

    Holden in 2022 you can see they had no idea their parent company was just gonna give up and not be bothered in the right hand drive market and kill Holden all together

  • @francfurian8215
    @francfurian8215 3 месяца назад

    A very sad day & moment in our automotive & manufacturing history. The rest is bs because Holden no longer exists, GM USA made sure of that.😔

  • @theruski1247
    @theruski1247 3 года назад

    Holden in 2022.. he says Holden will be a force in local market..... now look. They’re non existent. What a heartbreaking result.

  • @colmolloy2551
    @colmolloy2551 4 года назад

    Its a bit misleading to say I want a Commodore V8, therefore they should keep making them. Holden has to make money to pay all those wages, and that money comes from new car sales, and there simply aren't enough V8 Commos being sold to warrant having a factory. The peak sales for Commodore was around 95000 in 1998, and the lowest was about 28000 in 2013. Compare to Hilux and Ranger, both well above 40,000 last year in Australia alone and you can see that people who want big powerful RWD multicylinder petrol powered vehicles are simply not actually supporting the factories by buying them. The new Commodore was jokingly called a Holden Camry, and if people wanted a Camry they'd go to Toyota, not Holden. Yet the car existed elsewhere and sold well, and the Aussi salesmen said if they could get people to actually DRIVE the latest Commodore they'd BUY them. FWD or not.
    I agree you should be able to get a RWD V8 Petrol vehicle, and with its RHD markets losing their local General Motors identities I think GM, as with Ford, may have to look at RHD versions of their current LHD vehicles. Holden, Opel and Vauxhall buyers would likely buy a Chevy if it was priced like the RHD Mustangs rather than the converted cars, which are very expensive.
    I believe there were plans to marked a RHD Corvette over here, not sure if that's still happening.

  • @uhuh6667
    @uhuh6667 6 лет назад +1

    Also I want that car

  • @BSRants_and_other_BS
    @BSRants_and_other_BS Месяц назад

    I love these cars imagine if it fell though 🤣🤣😭

  • @tommymac7700
    @tommymac7700 6 лет назад

    Rip Holden I will still own many of your (Australian made cars) no others and you will never be forgotten as how I grew up how my dad grew up how my uncle grew up how my pop grew up and how my great grandfather grew up.i think it is disrespectful to the Australian name that they continue to make Holden’s anywhere other than Australia, with Holden dies Bathurst and v8 Supercars in my opinion cya Holden will always love you

  • @f-bodygarage
    @f-bodygarage 6 месяцев назад

    I hope to get my hands on a Pontiac GTO and G8 before the takeover clowns destroy them all, the American love for these cars really never let the prices drop on them and they’re certainly not gonna drop now that the brand is completely gone

  • @CentralTexasRailJetProductions
    @CentralTexasRailJetProductions 3 года назад +3

    This video aged poorly. Thanks Mary Barra

  • @goran2009
    @goran2009 6 лет назад +1

    ... when it’s cheaper to buy German. Then again, workers look happy 😳

  • @JohnDoe-yy5cw
    @JohnDoe-yy5cw 6 лет назад

    I can’t believe this happening, does this mean Holden finished? 😪😪😪

  • @stevespatrol
    @stevespatrol 5 лет назад

    What happened to that car?

  • @justbashingrc3624
    @justbashingrc3624 6 лет назад

    My parents have got one and were not selling anytime soon

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 3 года назад

    How many members of the Productivity Commission were there that day. I know Hocking & the Leader of the National party had a lot of fun shutting Holden down ( Great joke Mr Hockey). Just destroyed a major part of our manufacturing industry. It may have only lasted 3 more years because of what was happening in Detroit & Opel being sold , but I was so angry the day the closure was announced.

  • @SamJones-yu7wx
    @SamJones-yu7wx 6 лет назад +2

    blah blah blah…... Holden will never be a market leader again without the big V in the commodores

  • @scootergrant8683
    @scootergrant8683 4 года назад +1

    Describe Holden in 2022. Well you are a year too late as GM has already pulled the plug on them. Sad times.

  • @Dasman5624
    @Dasman5624 Год назад

    3:05 we're all out of a job "YAAAAH" 🤦‍♂️

  • @johnpobjoy2649
    @johnpobjoy2649 6 лет назад +2

    Put a v8 in new commodore don't leave it as a v6

  • @connorpimblett2302
    @connorpimblett2302 3 года назад

    Holden

  • @petersconrad3917
    @petersconrad3917 Год назад

    Well I hope so.😢

  • @0bserver416
    @0bserver416 7 месяцев назад

    It's sad to see the production ceasing to exist....

  • @mvpazzaa3551
    @mvpazzaa3551 3 года назад

    And it was sold for $750,000

  • @simonhendriksjade
    @simonhendriksjade 6 лет назад +7

    NO no no This is not the end of Holden? now we can import even more shit box Korean Daewoo cars and import them with pride .

  • @alexbaked4685
    @alexbaked4685 6 лет назад

    *cries*

  • @richardnixon4345
    @richardnixon4345 4 года назад

    Next job.......do you want fries with that.?

  • @bamviking2054
    @bamviking2054 2 года назад

    Why people seem happy
    Kinda sad to me

  • @rhettcorbett3346
    @rhettcorbett3346 4 года назад

    Never was an Aust named Commodore. It was a European Opel Commodore name.

  • @mickgerkinsquirter1736
    @mickgerkinsquirter1736 5 лет назад

    Well it's now over a year since manufacturing stopped and Holden is not succeeding with the imported lineup; and there is speculation of a distributor being appointed so GM can walk out altogether. I wonder if any of them (execs) lie awake in the wee small hours and regret this.