Holden Special Vehicles
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| 2021 | GM discontinues Holden, with Walkinshaw Group continuing to re-manufacture the Silverado 1500 on behalf of GMSV. |
| 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. |
| November 2020 | General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) begins importing and distributing the Silverado in the Australasia region, following GM's discontinuation of Holden. |
| 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. |
| December 10 2019 | Holden announced discontinuation of the Astra nameplate due to lack of sales, planning to focus on SUV and Ute ranges. |
| 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 | The Chevrolet SS was replaced by the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. |
| 2018 | Sales significantly declined, with annual sales dropping to just 2,343 units across sedan and ute models. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| February 2018 | February saw relatively strong sales of 1,008 units for the Holden Astra. |
| 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. |
| 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 2017 | Production of the Holden Commodore (VF) concludes, ending the Australian-manufactured Commodore line. |
| 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'. |
| 2016 | Red Bull Racing Australia won the drivers and teams championship with Shane Van Gisbergen. Jimmie Johnson won his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in a Chevrolet SS, tying the all-time record. |
| December 2016 | The new BK Astra hatch went on sale with three models: R, RS and RS-V, initially only with a six-speed manual transmission. |
| 2015 | Holden announced that the fifth-generation Opel Astra will be sold in Australia, with the Holden Cruze's future uncertain. |
| 2015 | Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards won the Bathurst 1000 in their Red Bull Racing Australia VF Commodore. Mark Winterbottom won the Supercars Championship, ending the VF's domination. |
| December 2015 | Holden announced that the Astra and second-generation Cruze will be sold alongside each other. |
| 2014 | Kevin Harvick won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship driving a Chevrolet SS. |
| 2013 | The VF Commodore won twenty-eight of the thirty-six races in the V8 Supercars Championship. Holden secured the Manufacturers' Championship with fourteen races remaining. Jamie Whincup won the drivers' championship. |
| 2013 | Sales remained strong in the second half of 2013, with sales up by 19 percent compared to the same period in 2012. |
| 2013 | In NASCAR, the Chevrolet SS made its debut at the Sprint Unlimited non-championship race, with Kevin Harvick winning. Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500, and the SS won the NASCAR Sprint Cup manufacturers' championship. |
| December 2013 | General Motors announces the discontinuation of all Australian production by 2017, marking the end of the Holden Commodore's local manufacturing era. |
| June 2013 | Holden begins production of the Commodore (VF) full-size car, which would be the second and last significantly restyled iteration of the fourth generation Commodore manufactured in Australia. |
| February 11 2013 | The homologated version of the VF Commodore V8 Supercar was first shown by Garry Rogers Motorsport, followed by an official unveiling by the Holden Racing Team at Holden's headquarters. |
| October 13 2012 | The VF Commodore race car prototype, fitted with VE Commodore body panels, first ran at Holden's Lang Lang Proving Ground as part of the series' aerodynamic validation. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Holden Astra, Holden Special Vehicles & Holden Commodore (VF), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.