Holden was headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and was a 100% subsidiary of General Motors. Until 2017, Holden had its own development department with corresponding production facilities on site. The founder was Alexander Holden, who emigrated from England to South Australia in 1852. In Melbourne, Holden ran its technology and design development center. The center was part of a global GM development network and other models, not just Holden, were developed. The self-developed powerful models "Commodore" and "Caprice" (V6 and V8) from 2013 should be emphasized Holden Special Vehiles (HSV for short). The tuning company HSV distributed the tuned variants of Holden vehicles. The tuning versions of the Holden Commodore were imported to the UK. They were shipped from Vauxhall as models of the VXR8 (eight-cylinder) series. Comparable you were with the OPC variants of Opel, The comfortable large pickups were mostly own developments. They were better for the Australian market. 2017 ran the last Holden vehicle off the line. The Australian sales were simply too low.
In Holden's home market, the brand still enjoys an extremely high reputation and the V8 cars are particularly popular in the tuning community. And a vivid example of this is this lowered and significantly increased performance Holden VE Commodore Sportwagon. It is …
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Recently updated on February 23, 2022 at 11:17 a.m. Photos by ardskellig via Speedhunters In Australia, as is well known, the clocks run a little differently. Holden and Ford are still the clear number 1 when it comes to tuning, even if ...
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Even if General Motors killed the Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand, Walkinshaw Performance continues to target owners of current Colorado models with a tuning package. Why not? The latest project is the "Colorado 550 Package by Walkinshaw Performance" that ...
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Recently updated on February 23, 2022 at 12:45 p.m. Cars from Down Under are largely unknown in Europe. Many of you have probably heard of the Holden brand, but the Australians' independently developed models are...
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Over and over! General Motors kills subsidiary Holden. After trying for a long time, the suffering of the Australian GM subsidiary will come to an end in 2021. Then it's over as General Motors officially announced the days. The subsidiary brand Holden ...
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There is also an incredibly large pickup fan base outside of America. This applies in particular to New Zealand, where Holden New Zealand presented the “Colorado Rox Concept” in cooperation with the tuner Retro RVE Vehicle Enhancement 2018. And the mighty vice was allowed to ...
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Just something different! Anyone who opts for a Holden VF Commodore was consciously looking for a vehicle that stands out from the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 or the E-Class from Mercedes. The last luxury sedan from Australia with ...
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We are already familiar with performance increases on rare vehicles like the Holden HSV GTS from the team around Harrop Engineering. The tuner has recently presented a new vehicle with engine tuning on its website. This time it caught a Holden VF Ute ...
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The team around Walkinshaw Racing has just presented a new performance-enhanced car on its website. You can see a modified Holden HSV with LS3 V8 engine which, thanks to its 6,2 liter capacity ex works, already has an impressive 587PS up its sleeve ...
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