I just don't get all the latest (probably confected) emotion about Holden being finished forever. Holden ceased to exist when manufacturing folded at Elizabeth. No more Holdens were made. It was game over in 2017. We had all the moaning and groaning and abuse of a Coalition government that finally saw the stupidity of subsidising an industry that was unviable.

As a sop to Holden lovers, cars were 'imported'; but putting a Holden badge on an Opel doesn't make a Holden.

There was still a design facility left in Australia apparently. Why? Commodores always looked like Opels, Vauxhalls or Chevrolets.

I had only one Holden: a Torarana, off which bits dropped regularly. I got the message, and have relied on Japan ever since

The Australian taxpayer put $2.17 billion in Federal Government assistance in 12 years, into the hands of General Motors, many million more over the 70 year life span of 'Holden' in Australia . All this following threats of closure, and loss of unsustainable jobs in a non-viable industry. ScumO' got 15 minutes notice of the final execution! We had meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars, well at least we still have the meat pies and kangaroos. Has government learnt a lesson, me thinks not, the writing is on the wall as the government is preparing to prop up unsustainable coal fired power generation, and then down the track the whole coal industry

Has government learnt a lesson, me thinks not
Paul1405,
Wrong question ! Have the manufacturing Unions learnt a lesson , me thinks not !

individual,

Good point. Greedy unions certainly hastened the demise of Holden.

Media reports today headed "Holden 'went woke then broke' with your money" are interesting.

They detail how $2 billion of taxpayer's money was squandered "to sustain a flawed business model that it never attempted to reform". Lots of the money was spent on social programs such as, the gay Mardi Gras, same sex marriage, spreading the "economic myth" of a gender pay gap, cultural diversity and other woke nonsense that could we'll see other businesses thinking that they should lecture their customers going down the gurgler.

First the unions destroyed the UK car industry. You could easily tell by the accents of many of the spokes persons for car industry unions, those same unionists came out here, & did it to ours.

How does that definition of insanity go, Doing the same thing & expecting a different outcome. That now being proven, we have to say unions are insane, & unionists must be for letting union bosses destroy the golden egg laying goose.