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Holden
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Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. Founded in Adelaide, it was an automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter that sold cars under its own marque in Australia. It was headquartered in Port Melbourne, with major industrial operations in the states of South Australia and Victoria. The 164-year-old company ceased trading at the end of 2020, having switched to solely importing vehicles in its final three years.
Key facts
- Company.name
- GM Holden Ltd
- Company.trade_name
- Holden
- Company.logo
- Holden (car brand) logo.png
- Company.logo_upright
- 0.95
- Company.image
- City Holden - Mile End, Adelaide, South Australia (cropped).jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Holden dealership in Mile End, South Australia, May 2020
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.foundation
- (as J. A. Holden & Co) in Adelaide, South Australia
- Company.fate
- Holden marque discontinued; replaced by GM Specialty Vehicles
- Company.area_served
- Australia & New Zealand
- Company.products
- Automobiles
- Company.parent
- General Motors
- Company.divisions
- Holden Special Vehicles (50%)
- Company.successor
- GM Specialty Vehicles
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Vehicles
- Driveline components
- Corporate affairs and identity
- Exports
- Leadership
- Sales
- Motorsport
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. Founded in Adelaide, it was an automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter that sold cars under its own marque in Australia. It was headquartered in Port Melbourne, with major industrial operations in the states of South Australia and Victoria. The 164-year-old company ceased trading at the end of 2020, having switched to solely importing vehicles in its final three years.
Holden's primary products were its own models developed in-house, such as the Holden Commodore, Holden Caprice, and the Holden Ute. However, Holden had also offered badge-engineered models under sharing arrangements with Nissan, Suzuki, Toyota, Isuzu, and then GM subsidiaries Opel, Vauxhall and Chevrolet. The vehicle lineup had included models from GM Korea, GM Thailand, and GM North America. Holden had also distributed GM's German Opel marque in Australia briefly from 2012 to 2013.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.