Tag: Holden

Mitsubishi offers Holden owners $1000 to buy its new cars

Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Mitsubishi cars. The Japanese company is offering Holden owners $1000 if they trade-in for a Mitsubishi – to reverse a 30 per cent sales slide. View 3 images Mitsubishi

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Duo charged with guns, drugs and theft from torched cars

Two men, allegedly found with guns and drugs, have been charged with stealing items from two torched cars south of Brisbane last month. Queensland Police Officers from Jimboomba, who were investigating reports of

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Which car brands won the internet last year: What you clicked on most

Toyota clocked up more than 23 million visits to its Australian website last year, but there were some big upsets among the other brands. Holden still had more clicks than BYD, two years

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Buckle up and take a ride down memory lane with new podcast series ‘Cars That Made Australia’

From the Datsun 180B, to the Valiant Charger, and iconic Holden Commodore, everyone has a memory of the cars that have made their way into the hearts of millions of Aussies.  In the

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Former Holden factory to be reborn as a mushroom farm – report

The factory which produced millions of Holdens for more than 50 years will be used to grow mushrooms, with annual production forecast to net 20,000 tonnes of the edible fungus. View 3 images The

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Are electric vehicles Australia’s opportunity of a lifetime?

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size On June 8, 2000, Australia got a glimpse of a possible future for its automotive industry. It looked familiar enough – like a sleek remake

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25 years of 25 cars: The automotive icons which launched in 1998

Cult classics, milestone models and some forgotten imports are among the cars eligible for discounted ‘historic’ registration in Victoria and South Australia now they have turned 25 years old. View 27 images A new

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Did Australians have more choice back when Holden, Ford and Toyota made cars here like the Holden Commodore, Ford Territory and Toyota Camry? – Car News

One of the silver linings in the otherwise tragic demise of Australian full-vehicle manufacturing as 2017 drew to a close was that buyers would enjoy greater choice moving forward. Ford and Holden, especially,

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New automotive sponsor joins NRL on Thursday night deal – Zero Tackle

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 24: A general view of an NRL ball on Adelaide Oval prior to the round 16 NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and the Melbourne Storm at Adelaide Oval

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Market Insight: Mazda, Kia fill Holden legacy

IT HAS been five years since Holden pulled stumps on Australian manufacturing and its brand was axed by GM at the end of 2020, wiping its name from the automotive shopping list and

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