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Holden Going Out With a Bang

<p>Australian automaker GM Holden LTD&comma; a part of the General Motors global operations since 1931&comma; will discontinue its flagship Commodore car line after the 2018 model year&period; According to News Corp Australia&comma; plans are to close the Commodore car line in 2017 in order for GM to make way for the local production of GM&&num;8217&semi;s iconic Chevrolet Camaro&period; The shuttering of the Elizabeth car assembly line signals the end of Holden&&num;8217&semi;s Commodore line being built in Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although Holden Commodores from 2017 onward will be produced in China with an infused Buick chassis &lpar;that is only built in China&rpar;&comma; the 2018 models should catch the interest of Commodore enthusiasts&period; Holden may not be Australian made much longer&comma; but the planned muscle car should help Holden close its Elizabeth assembly operation with a bang&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>About GM Holden LTD<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;Holden is an <span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline">Australian company<&sol;span> located in Port Melbourne&comma; Victoria&comma; and has been in business since 1856&period; After starting out as a saddlery business&comma; Holden began making cars at the turn of the last century before being acquired by General Motors in 1931&period; The Australian and Asian vehicle operations for GM are the responsibility of Holden&comma; which produces various sedans&comma; wagons&comma; and luxury cars for domestic and international markets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Holden employs 4&comma;278 workers in the communities of Port Melbourne&comma; Elizabeth&comma; Fishermans Bend&comma; Dandenong&comma; and Lang Victoria&period; Holden cars are sold through more than 270 outlets across Australia&period; Revenues for the company have declined slightly&comma; from &dollar;4&period;54 billion &lpar;AUD&rpar; in 2010 to &dollar;4 billion &lpar;AUD&rpar; in 2012&comma; with a profit of &dollar;112 million &lpar;AUD&rpar; in 2010 and a net loss of &dollar;152&period;8 million &lpar;AUD&rpar; in 2012&period; The company added &dollar;420 million &lpar;AUD&rpar; in local wages in 2012 and added tax revenues of &dollar;120 million &lpar;AUD&rpar; to national and local governments in Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>The Commodore Car Line<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;There are 55 models and six body types that comprise the Holden car line&period; The products produced in the Holden Australian plants include the Volt&comma; Barina Spark&comma; Barina&comma; Cruze&comma; Commodore&comma; Sportwagon&comma; Caprice&comma; Captiva 5&comma; Captiva 7&comma; Ute&comma; Colorado&comma; Colorado 7&comma; Combo&comma; Epica&comma; and Monaro&period; The Commodore &lpar;along with the Chevrolet Caprice model&rpar; is the first to run on the company&&num;8217&semi;s liquefied petroleum gas &lpar;LPG&rpar; system&period; These vehicles boast a lower running cost and lower carbon emissions than comparable &&num;8220&semi;green&&num;8221&semi; vehicles on the road&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<b> <&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b>The Commodore V6 Muscle Car<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;The anticipated 2018 Commodores will mark a departure from Commodores of the past&period; The vehicle is being designed as a four-cylinder&comma; front-wheel-drive V6&period; This is different from the rear-wheel V6 Holden Commodores of the past&period; The newly designed V6 is moving toward a sleeker European-style vehicle and away from the old box-shaped body characteristic of the prior model Commodores&period; Integration of the Buick and Commodore body styling into a European-style vehicle should help broaden the appeal of the new V6s beyond the Australian borders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Holden has been and remains a strong national brand with a long and proud history of delivering quality Australian-built cars for more than 100 years&period; The closing of the Elizabeth car assembly line may mark the end of an era and the beginning of a new period in this storied company&&num;8217&semi;s history&comma; both for the company and for Australians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>This article was written by Philip Thompson&period;  He love his Holden and is sad to see the company go&period;  He writes this article on behalf of carsrm&period;com&comma; number one in automotive CRM software&period;  <&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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