Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "What REALLY Happened to Holden" video.

  1. The W1 Maloo had an HSV plate with a build date of 29/12/2017. So it might have a claim to be the last Holden. But from HSV Clayton Victoria not Holden at Elizabeth South Australia. Which is the real last, or perhaps another of the four Maloo W1 cars made but not seen much yet.
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  2. The rare ones are getting highly sought after now. A 2017 Maloo W1 (one of five made) is now on auction bid up to $705,000 after about 8 days bidding with 21 days to go. You don't know what you've lost til its gone.
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  3. The 1969 Holden Hurricane is my favourite from the day I saw it as a kid at the Melbourne Motor Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezc14zdYCM
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  4. Increasing numbers of buyers saw Holden as a car for bogans. Confirmed by bogans choice of cars that appealed to them. Yeah, thanks bogans.
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  5. The large 21% market share ( from 4:55) was nowhere near the glory years earlier. Even more nuts in 1962 with 30% of all Cars, 64% of Station Wagons, 34% of Panel Vans and 37% of Utes on register in Australia then were Holdens. For some specific earlier model years the % was even higher. Overall 30.6% of all motor vehicles even though Holden did not make Holden trucks or Holden buses or motorcycles. A recipe for complacency with the 1948 motor only slightly upgraded until late 1963 although each new model Holden was heavier. Even then their market share was being eroded by newly introduced locally made Ford Falcons, Chrysler Valiants and Volkswagens from the Australian VW factory. Nearly as many Austin/Morris BMC cars as Fords. Then Australia was starting to be one of the first markets for Japanese cars. Japan and Aus both being right hand drive countries made it easier. From : https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/33B6EE45201C5F86CA2578FD001D900E/$File/93090_1962_No9_AUST.pdf From this even in 1962 you start to see small numbers of Datsuns, Nissans and Toyotas.
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  6. On Saturday 30/1/2021 a rare Maloo W1 sold at auction for $1,050,000. The W1 Maloo had an HSV plate with a build date of 29/12/2017. So it might have a claim to be the last Holden. But from HSV Clayton Victoria not Holden at Elizabeth South Australia. Which is the real last, or perhaps another of the four Maloo W1 cars made but not seen much yet.
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  7. Global car sales at 8:26 a dodgy number. Does NOT include UTES. Australian car sales had been over a million for several years when utes and suvs are included as is normal and significant in Aus. There is a problem there. A drop in 2018 but still 1,153,111 new vehicles. https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/australian-new-car-sales-drop-in-2018-116332/
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