Fully sik VL Commodore as my first ride
I agree. I think we’ll regret the loss of the technical expertise that goes with automobile design and manufacturing. I understand it was almost inevitable given the small size of the market here and the vast number of existing imported vehicles, but it’s still a pity.
I had one of those, but in the early seventies. It was the first car I owned. Mine was a lovely pink with grey fins. I didn’t have the white sidewall tyres, but I did have the external sun visor. Pretty much halved the fuel consumption when I took the visor off. I drove it from Melbourne to Perth and back and it went beautifully. I eventually replaced it with a '66 VW Beetle, which impressed me greatly by having a heater that actually worked.
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How do you know that was the last one made?
Should have kept my VB SLE with the 308, what a car that was, had VH wagon with a 253, VK and a VN which despite being a pretty average car I loved. Now have a VF11 SS-V manual which I will never get rid of.
Despite knowing that it was coming it is a sad day.
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Sorry, meant last Aussie model, not specific car
I think the last actual Australian Commodore built was a very sweet red V8
Erm.
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I had an EH Special as my daily driver from 2001-2010. Original condition, Amberley blue with the white roof, like this:
Not in as good nick as the one above.
Some Collingwood supporter (I assume) stole it from my driveway. A special place in hell should be set aside for thieves.
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Seeing how that car is undriveable, you just tow it behind you wherever you go???
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Sounds like it was a very good nick.
Too soon, man. Too soon.
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Yes, @RedandBlackPartisan, haha. She is my pride and joy. She’s my age but in much better nick than me.
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I reckon Holden was as Australian as it got. GM was just the parent company and we built cars for here, for our market.
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My only holden was the VS SS.
My wife got an Astra in 2006 as her 21st birthday, I still drive it today.
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I wonder who will replace them in the V8 Supercars
Only ones I can think of are KIA and BMW and that’s only coming to me as that’s who the cops now use for their highway patrol… I can’t imagine either being well received…
It is, and always* has been, a subsidiary of an American company.
- nobody cares about horse carriages
Easy clean seats. You know what I mean? Easy clean…