Holden
Defunct Australian automobile manufacturer
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| March 6 2025 | The Holden Efijy is set to be exhibited at the Rear Vision: Holden Collection exhibition at the State Library of South Australia, continuing to showcase its iconic design and historical importance. |
| 2021 | Production of the Holden Colorado ends, marking the conclusion of its manufacturing run from 2008 to 2021. |
| 2021 | GM discontinues Holden, with Walkinshaw Group continuing to re-manufacture the Silverado 1500 on behalf of GMSV. |
| 2021 | Holden officially ceased operations, marking the end of the brand that had produced nearly 7.7 million vehicles throughout its history. |
| June 2021 | An A9X Torana was expected to fetch over $1,000,000 at auction, demonstrating the model's collectible status. |
| 2020 | Holden ceased trading, ending its 164-year history as an Australian automotive manufacturer. |
| 2020 | HSV cancelled plans for a high-powered Holden Colorado V8 with an LT1 engine and 10-speed transmission, marking the end of their final project with the closure of HSV and Holden. |
| 2020 | The HSV SportsCat ceased production following the closure of HSV operations and the discontinuation of the Holden brand in Australia. |
| 2020 | Final sales of the Holden Commodore conclude, coinciding with the complete discontinuation of Holden as a subsidiary company, marque, and nameplate. |
| 2020 | Holden experiences a dramatic sales collapse, selling only 16,688 vehicles with Colorado as its best-selling model. |
| 2020 | Holden ceased operations in Australia, discontinuing most of its model lines including Colorado, Trax, Spark, and Equinox. |
| December 2020 | The Efijy returned to the National Motor Museum as part of the Holden Heroes exhibition, displayed alongside 12 other significant Holden production and concept vehicles. |
| December 31 2020 | Holden ceased trading after 164 years of operation, with GMSV replacing the brand by importing Chevrolet vehicles. |
| November 2020 | General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) begins importing and distributing the Silverado in the Australasia region, following GM's discontinuation of Holden. |
| October 30 2020 | The GM Australia Design Studio at Fishermans Bend was shut down, marking the end of Holden's design operations. |
| February 17 2020 | General Motors announced the retirement of the entire Holden marque from sale in Australia and New Zealand by 2021. |
| 2019 | Kelly Racing entered two Holden Astras driven by Chelsea Angelo and Alex Rullo in the TCR Australia Touring Car Series, marking the model's competitive motorsport participation. |
| 2019 | Production virtually ceased, with only 43 sedan and 3 ute models sold for the entire year. |
| 2019 | Sales further decreased to an extremely low 5,915 units, highlighting the model's rapidly diminishing market share. |
| 2019 | Holden continues to decline, with sales dropping to 43,176 vehicles and falling to tenth position in the market, with Colorado remaining the best-selling model. |
| December 10 2019 | Holden announced the discontinuation of the Commodore nameplate in 2020, focusing on SUV and Ute range segments. |
| September 2019 | The Torana TT36 prototype made its most recent return to the National Motor Museum at Birdwood. |
| 2018 | Final assembly of four Maloo vehicles completed, marking the end of the Maloo production run. |
| 2018 | Holden Astra experienced significant sales variations throughout the year, with May being an exceptional month with 29,497 units sold, marking the peak sales period for the model. |
| 2018 | Sales significantly declined, with annual sales dropping to just 2,343 units across sedan and ute models. |
| 2018 | The Chevrolet SS was replaced by the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. |
| 2018 | HSV begins converting Chevrolet Camaro 2SS coupe and Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD from left-hand-drive to right-hand-drive, expanding operations and increasing staff from 130 to 150. |
| 2018 | HSV introduced the SportsCat, its first sports-oriented 4x4 utility vehicle, based on the Holden Colorado and designed to compete in the performance ute segment. |
| 2018 | Commodore sales dramatically plummeted to just 9,040 units, signaling a dramatic decline in the model's market presence. |
| 2018 | Holden switches to an imported Commodore based on the Opel Insignia, co-developed with Opel since 2012, transitioning to a fully imported model. |
| 2018 | Holden sold 13,046 vehicles, maintaining 3rd market position with Colorado as the best-selling model |
| 2018 | Holden shifts its best-selling model from Commodore to Colorado, experiencing a significant sales decline to 60,754 vehicles and falling to sixth position in the market. |
| 2018 | Holden began importing and selling Acadia and Equinox models, shifting from local manufacturing to imported vehicles. |
| December 2018 | December sales reached 1,000 units, maintaining strong year-end performance. |
| November 2018 | November recorded the second-highest monthly sales of 1,103 units for the Holden Astra. |
| September 14 2018 | Holden announces the discontinuation of the Barina from its model lineup. |
| February 2018 | February saw relatively strong sales of 1,008 units for the Holden Astra. |
| 2017 | Production of the VF Ute ended with the closure of Holden's local manufacturing operations in Australia, marking the conclusion of locally produced Holden Ute models. |
| 2017 | Brazilian-built Chevrolet S-10 dual-cab became the facelifted model. Colorado 7 was rebadged as Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV. |
| 2017 | Jamie Whincup won the Supercars Championship in the VF Commodore in the final race after a controversial incident with Scott McLaughlin, marking the VF's final race win. |
| 2017 | Chevrolet SS and Vauxhall VXR8 exports conclude. |
| 2017 | Holden remained in 3rd market position with Colorado still the top-selling model |
| 2017 | Partnered with Triple Eight Race Engineering as their factory-backed team, continuing until 2020. |
| 2017 | Production of Holden's last two American exports, the SS and the Caprice PPV, was discontinued. |
| October 2017 | A wagon variant of the Astra hatch was launched, available in LS+ and LT trims, with an exclusive 1.4-litre turbo engine and six-speed automatic transmission. |
| October 20 2017 | Local manufacturing of Holden Commodore in Australia comes to an end, marking the conclusion of domestically produced Commodore models. |
| June 2017 | The BL Astra sedan was released with four models: LS, LS+, LT and LTZ, available only with a 1.4-litre turbo engine. |
| March 2017 | Automatic transmission became available for the 1.6-litre turbo models. |
| January 2017 | Holden revealed that both Astra and Cruze would be sold under the Astra nameplate, with the hatch variant of the Opel Astra as the 'new Astra hatch' and the second-generation Cruze sedan as the 'new Astra sedan'. |
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