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 Holden facts

• The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer in South Australia
• In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the United States-based General Motors (GM) in 1931
• After becoming a subsidiary of GM, the company was named General Motors-Holden's Ltd, becoming Holden Ltd in 1998—the current name was adopted in 2005
• Holden is responsible for GM vehicle operations in Australia, and on their behalf, held partial ownership of GM Daewoo in South Korea between 2002 and 2009
• Holden has offered a broad range of locally produced vehicles, supplemented by imported GM models
• Holden has offered the following badge engineered models in sharing arrangements: Chevrolet, Isuzu, Nissan, Opel, Suzuki, Toyota and Vauxhall Motors
• As of 2013, the vehicle lineup consists of models from GM Korea, GM Thailand, GM in the US, and self-developed Commodore, Caprice, and Ute
• Holden also distributed the European Opel brand in Australia in 2012 until the brand's Australian demise in mid-2013
• All Australian-built Holden vehicles are manufactured at Elizabeth, South Australia, and engines are produced at the Fishermans Bend plant in Port Melbourne, Victoria
• Historically, production or assembly plants were operated in all mainland states of Australia, with GM's New Zealand subsidiary Holden New Zealand operating a plant until 1990