Holden shut down its Australian manufacturing operation in 2017, but not before going out with a bang.
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Before General Motors ran into a financial crisis in 2009, the American automaker had plans to import its Holden ute to the U.S., with GM going so far as to debut it as a Pontiac model at the New York Auto Show.
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For the record, 100,000 units is about what the current Toyota Tacoma sells each year in the US and to be fair represents rather high volumes for a niche vehicle. And in fact the best sales total the original El Camino ever managed, was 64,960 units, back in 1979.
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The death of the Pontiac brand, and subsequently the G8 sports sedan, also marked the end of the rumored Pontiac G8 ST. The ST was said to be a version of the Holden Ute (above), and the spiritual successor to the famed El Camino. According to several sources familiar with GM’s product plans the automaker...
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