This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Australian Ford 'Ute, which spawned the Holden Maloo 'Ute, Ford Ranchero, and Chevrolet El Camino.

Australia’s Holden entered the car industry in 1908, was bought by General Motors in 1931, started building its famous Elizabeth plant in 1958, and discontinued production with this final Holden ...

There's no getting away from its rugged roots, so the rear-wheel drive Holden Ute SS is powered by a 6.0-liter V8 coupled with a six-speed manual transmission, generating 270kW, or 362 hp, at ...

GM Holden unit in Australia also makes cars for U.S. market The century-old Australian auto industry is swirling the drain thanks to the decision by General Motors to stop making cars there by 2017.

GM Holden president, Alan Batey, who worked under Reuss as his Australian sales and marketing chief, said he was hopeful Commodore Ute and sedan could both be sold in the U.S.

1. Holden is GM’s Australian division, known for building rear-wheel drive cars. 2. The Ute is based off the Commodore sedan platform, which was sold briefly in the US as the Pontiac G8.

But News Corp Australia has been told that if Holden continues manufacturing beyond 2016 it will adopt two new "global" cars, one of which is a large front-wheel-drive sedan that will not be made into ...

We hope you are enjoying it immensely. But The Drive’s morning Speed Lines news roundup doesn’t take a break, and today we’re talking Australian cars, Tesla, Nissan and more. Holden Gets The Axe ...

Holden, General Motors’ Australian arm, is ending production of the iconic car-based truck ‘Ute’ in 2016. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...

Australian carmaker Holden survived several economic depressions, but it could not survive changes in how and why people bought cars. Earlier this year, owner General Motors announced that it was ...

As much as many of you begged GM, the Holden Commodore-based Ute never came to North America. Nevertheless, there’s one being offered for sale on Cars&Bids that comes complete with a 355 ...